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Roger Ball
MFA, PhD
OccupationProfessor

Roger Ballis a professor of industrial design at School of Industrial Design, Georgia Tech.[1] He is also a former professor and leader of Master of Design Practices and the Asian Ergonomics Lab at the School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.[2]

Ball was the co-founder of Paradox Design, a Canadian design firm that created sports products such as helmets, body armor, eyewear, for clients such as Itech Sports, Burton Snowboards, Bell Sports, Brine Lacrosse, Nike, Bauer, Fisher-Price, and Smith Goggles.[3]

Roger Ball received his Master of Fine Arts from Domus Academy and his PhD in Design and Ergonomics from the Delft University of Technology.[3]

Awards and recognition

In 1998 he won the IDEA/BusinessWeek Award Silver Medal - Sports Category for the Skycap Snowboard helmet.In 2008 his SizeChina anthropometric research survey won four major international awards: IDEA/BusinessWeek Gold Medal -Research Category,[4] IDEA/BusinessWeek - Best in Show (co-winner with Apple iPhone),[5] Fortune Magazine(China)- China's Most Successful Design Award{, Design For Asia Award- Grand Prize. In 2009 he won the Red Dot Award and was a finalist for the Index: Award - Design to Improve Life.[6] He won the 2009 Presidents Award for Research from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

SizeChina

Ball is the Director of the SizeChina research project which created a database of over 2000 Chinese head and face shapes in order to develop the first generation of "China Fit" products for the sports, entertainment, fashion, and medical fields.

References

  1. ^ "Roger Ball". School of Industrial Design. Georgia Tech. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Master of Design Scheme (Design Practices)". Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Faculty". The Hong Kong Polytechnical University: School of Design. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. ^ Mak, Bill. "SizeChina". Industrial Designers Society of America. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  5. ^ Thompson, Gigi. "IDSA AND BUSINESSWEEK NAME IDEA08 WINNERS". International Council of Societies of Industrial Design. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  6. ^ Anderson, Porter. "SizeChina". Design to Improve Life. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

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