Launce Barber is dedicated to discovering
great design ideas by using the most fundamental
tool we all share in commonour
creative minds. His focus is to produce
innovative and creative design by discovering
elegant new solutions for old problems. He
feels that it's very important to partner with
individuals and companies that are leaders in
their industry and understand and share his
long-term vision for a product. Product design
is not static even after the product hits
the store shelvesit's dynamic. Launce and
his long time engineering and design partner,
Tom Stokes, have won numerous awards
for product design including the prestigious
international iF Product Design Award Silver
2004, Most Innovative Import Design of the
Year (Blade Magazine 2003), Best in Show
(SHOT Show 2003), Best Buy of The Year
(Blade Show & International Cutlery Fair
2007), SHOT Show's Best (Army Times
2007), 2008 IWA International Knife Award,
and 2008 Blade Show Accessory of the Year.
Launce and Tom's design collaborations and vision brought life to the I.D. Works line.