Lance Rake, for over 40 years learning, practicing and teaching industrial design, often at the same time.
Currently Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Kansasand also taught full-time at Auburn University and Carrington Technical Institute in Auckland, New Zealand. Additionally taught short courses at Konstfackskolan in Stockholm, Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Halmstad University in Sweden and the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, India.
Rake: ‘My design research has been supported by private and public grants and findings presented at national and international design conferences and institutions. For several years I have been using my experience as both teacher and practitioner of design to serve as an expert witness in design patent infringement and product liability cases.
Working alone or in collaboration with other professionals, I have designed numerous commercial products, consumer products, aircraft and boat interiors, graphics, packaging, and exhibits. Recently, my research efforts have been focused toward using design to create sustainable craft-based enterprises in rural communities in the US, Africa and India.’
In 2025 he took part in the Shoes Mastercourse by Kobi Levi and Renรฉ van den Berg in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
ยฉ Lance Rake.
