G. K. Walker

•Type One Technology Researcher, FUTURE SCENARIO ORIENTED STUDIES, Science Fiction Author. The Off-World Man Anthology at Amazon Kindle. My portfolio is a forecast of near-future technology for future generations of design engineers.

•CONSULTING PRODUCT DESIGNER, CONCEPTUAL FORECASTING, CORPORATE BRANDING.

GENE KEITH WALKER (Geno) PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY. I am a self-taught Mechanical and Industrial Designer and Conceptual Artist, specializing in creative design solutions. Author of the design engineering white paper, Formula One Geometry in Human Powered Land Vehicle Design; 20+ years of research into carbon fiber Forward Prone Position Speedframe Design and Construction. Author of the OFF-WORLD Man Anthology, a military science fiction novel series based on decades of research into the military aerospace community. I am a Product Designer, a Type One Technology Researcher and Science Fiction Writer.

I was accepted at the Art Center College of Design in 1987. However, I was unable to attend due to financial hardship. I am self-educated, looking into Angel investors to fund a design studio and various business partnership ventures. I can only imagine how far I would have gone. I would have had a productive, rewarding career as a product and transportation designer. '

My portfolio www.coroflot.com/GeneKWalker is a limited forecast of my concepts on product, transportation and architectural design. I was born to be an industrial designer. The creative process is my life. I would have become a professor and made a difference in the lives of design students.

Design and Marketing ARTIFACTS of the FUTURE

My portfolio site is an archive of drawings and sketches are an indication of where my training ended, pre-CAD, much too soon. I was not born to abundant financial means or resources, nor was I willing to follow other options such as the Montgomery G.I. Bill while I was still young and able; a costly, stupid lapse in judgement on my part. So, my quest to become an industrial design engineer ended abruptly in 1988. I have continued to self-teach and study the related fields for decades. Thirty+ years have passed, along with any realistic chance to make a living or a real contribution to the field of industrial design, but the desire get that education never went away. I wrote the whitepapers Formula One Geometry in Human Powered Land Vehicle Design and Higher Education 2050 out of frustration.



In 2006 I began studying novel writing and began the industrial design themed novella series The Off-World Man Anthology: The Ultimate Collection. In the novella series, I forecast near-future product and transportation, what I term artifacts of the future. I placed the storyline a mere 30 to 100 years into the future, knowing full well that many of the concepts may not be available to the everyday consumer for at least 100 years.

The OM Anthology was the only way I could contribute to the continuum of professional industrial designers and mechanical engineers and students fortunate enough to pursue a career in those fields, dedicated to envisioning artifacts of the future. Design engineers are priests of the purest of all creative processes. Priests of Creation. They are trained to tap into that solution-oriented process at will. And their works enhance and advance the human condition with every new innovation in materials and function. They can make a real difference in such far-flung fields as medical science, transportation and aerospace, consumer products and emerging technology. I wish that I could have been so blessed.