Roger Ball (designer) explained

Roger Ball
Honorific Suffix:	MFA, PhD
Occupation:	Professor

Roger Ball is 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.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roger Ball . School of Industrial Design . Georgia Tech . 25 January 2021.
2. Web site: Master of Design Scheme (Design Practices). Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design. 21 May 2011.
3. Web site: Faculty. The Hong Kong Polytechnical University: School of Design. 21 May 2011.
4. Web site: Mak. Bill. SizeChina. Industrial Designers Society of America. 21 May 2011.
5. Web site: Thompson. Gigi. IDSA AND BUSINESSWEEK NAME IDEA08 WINNERS. International Council of Societies of Industrial Design. 27 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720141022/http://www.icsid.org/news/year/2008_news/articles576.htm. 20 July 2011.