LANCE RAKE

My current research began many years ago when I was teaching design in New Zealand. I took a Wooden Boatbuilding course, and ever since I have been studying the relationship between traditional craft skills, natural materials, and local design culture- in a contemporary context of global communication and technology. For instance, would it be possible for a person in rural Nepal to make a pair of shoes of their own design using local materials and the digital tools available in a public Maker Space? You can find several examples of these explorations in the "Research" section of my site... I enjoy the challenge of being asked to serve as a legal expert- it pulls together the full extent of my experience as a design educator, practitioner, writer, and presenter. The work is creative, demanding, precise, and intensely scrutinized. I have worked with some of the top legal firms in the US on a broad range of projects - each requiring the unique perspective of a qualified, multifaceted..