Helen Walters

Helen Walters

Helen Walters is a writer, editor and researcher at the innovation and design consultancy, Doblin, part of Monitor Group. Previously, she was the editor of innovation and design at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, where she covered the intersection of business and design. A native of Sheffield, England, she moved to New York City in 2002 to found and edit the online, acclaimed design magazine, IDANDA.NET.

Prior to her American life, Walters was the features editor at the British design magazine, Creative Review, for which she is still a contributing editor. She has written for numerous international design publications and is regularly invited to take part in discussions about the goings-on within the business of design at conferences around the world. She has also served as a juror on a number of international award panels.The author of five design-related books, she has also written essays for monographs by a number of leading edge creative professionals. As if that weren’t more than enough for one lifetime, she tweets, @helenwalters.