An award winning industrial designer and lighting engineer, Dan’s work promotes the novel manufacturing processes and skilled artisans behind memorable designs, and explores the functional storytelling that can give timeless significance to products. Drawn to a challenge and compelled by finely resolved detailing, Dan has developed a number of industry-first technologies that stand head to head against leading global studios. With a background in Industrial Design from Monash University in Australia, Dan went on to study Lighting Engineering and Design at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He is responsible for directing Rakumba’s collaborations with international and Australian designers as well as the in-house design team working on Rakumba’s product range and large bespoke installations.