John Heskett was a British writer and lecturer on the economic, political, cultural and human value of industrial design. Heskett taught primary in the fields of design history and design thinking, and was a professor at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology (1989–2004) and the School of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2004–11), where he became the acting dean (2011–12). He was also a visiting professor at various universities in Turkey, Japan, Chile, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.

Industrial design
1980
ISBN 9780195202182
Design in Germany, 1870-1918
1986
ISBN 9780862940836
Design and the Creation of Value
2017
ISBN 9781474274265
German design, 1870-1918
1986
ISBN 9780800832087
Phillips B.V. (Design Management S.)
1989
ISBN 9780862941208
Design
2002
ISBN 9780192854469
Toothpicks and Logos
2002
ISBN 9780192803214
Designed in Hong Kong
2004
ISBN 9789889778415
Tasarim
2013
ISBN 9789752984950
A John Heskett reader
2016
ISBN 9781474221269
Design: A Very Short Introduction