Ben Walker
LOCHES
Benjamin Walker is an Australian Designer based in France. Having completed degrees in Marine Biology and then Industrial design in Australia, Ben embarked upon a career at the interface of these to disciplines – the naissant field of EcoDesign.
Further studies took Ben to the Glasgow School of Art, then onto Paris. With the help of France’s excellent information and transport infrastructure, Ben decided to establish his own EcoDesign Agency – TDS – in the medieval town of Loches in the Loire Valley.
Ben also teaches Eco-Design at ESAD Reims and represented the school for the signing of the Kyoto Design Declaration in 2008.
Benjamin Walker est né en Australie. Diplômé en design industriel et en biologie marine à Melbourne, il intègre ensuite l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Glasgow puis s’installe à Paris.
En 2005, il crée Touraine Design Studio.
Il est par ailleurs professeur à l’Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Reims, en charge du pôle éco-conception et a représenté l’école pour la Design Declaration à Kiotyo en 2008.