Roger Ball

Roger Ball is currently an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in the School of Design, and the Leader of the Asian Ergonomics Lab. He has extensive experience in anthropometrics, manufacturing, and testing in the Industrial Design field.

He is the Director of the SizeChina [http://www.sizechina.com] research project, concerned with creating a database of Chinese head and face shapes with an aim towards development in the sports, entertainment, fashion, and medical fields.

Roger Ball was also 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.

In 1998 he won the American BusinessWeek magazine's Award for Best Product, with the Skycap Snowboard helmet.

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