Roger Ball

As a practising industrial designer, Roger Ball has crafted iconic sports products for Burton Snowboards, Fisher-Price, Cooper Canada, I-Tech Sports Products, Brine, Bell Sports and Nike. He designed the Skycap, the world's first snowboard helmet.

Over a 20-year teaching career, Roger has led design studios in North America, Asia and Europe. A Professor of Product Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University he holds an MFA from the Domus Academy, Milan, and a PhD from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. His anthropometric study, SizeChina, created the first-ever 3D digital database of Chinese head and face shapes, winning many international awards, and driving new developments in a wide range of products for the Asian market.