Roger Ball (designer)
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]
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Occupation | Professor |
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
- "Roger Ball". School of Industrial Design. Georgia Tech. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- "Master of Design Scheme (Design Practices)". Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- "Faculty". The Hong Kong Polytechnical University: School of Design. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- Mak, Bill. "SizeChina". Industrial Designers Society of America. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- 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.
- Anderson, Porter. "SizeChina". Design to Improve Life. Retrieved 21 May 2011.