A brief portfolio of Roger Ball\'s professional design work and academic research.

1. 1 R o g e r B a l l - Professional Portfolio - 01/06/2009
1. Skycap Snowboard Helmet. 2. Lacrosse Equipment: Body amour, sticks and helmets. 3. Whitewater Helmet
Client: Burton Snowboards, USA Client: Brine Sports, USA Client: Sports Helmet, USA
4. Equestrian Helmet 5. Falcon Hardhat 6. Ice Hockey Helmet
Client: Troxel Sports, USA Client: Construction Safety Association, Canada Client: Nike, USA
Design for Human Performance
High speeds, bone jarring impacts, hazardous environments and
extreme weather conditions de ne the Design for Human Perform-
ance category. Cutting edge materials, advanced ergonomics and
capturing the “cool factor make Design for Human Performance one
of the most demanding elds in design today.

2. 2 R o g e r B a l l - Professional Portfolio - 01/06/2009
1. CAT Baseball Catchers Faceguard 2. Childs Bicycle Helmet 3. Ice Hockey Faceshield
Client: Irwin Sports, Canada Client: Fisher Price, USA Client: Itech Sports, Canada
4. AlphaBake. Educational Book 5. Lacrosse Body Amour 6. Power wheelchair
Client: Somerville Publishing, Canada Client: Brine, USA Client: Fortress Scienti c, Canada
Studio Work
Professional work from Paradox Design Studio. Studio projects
included sports equipment, educational toys, housewares and
vehicles.

3. 3 R o g e r B a l l - Professional Portfolio - 01/06/2009
1. Knee Brace concept 2. Bicycle Helmet sketch 3. Lacrosse Stick concept
Client: RED Client: Giro Client: Brine
4. Cooking surfaces study 5. Impact absorption system for athletic shoes 6. Magnetic Induction Cooking concepts
Client: Mitsubishi Client: Bata Client: Mitsubishi
Sketches
Quick hand sketches are an integral part of the development
process. Hundreds of sketches are produced during the course of a
project.

4. 4 R o g e r B a l l - Professional Portfolio - 01/06/2009
1. Traditional tape and caliper measurements 2. 3D Laser Scanning (Lanzhou, China 2006) 3. Subjects — age ranges of 18-30, 31-50 and 51-70, with equal
numbers of males and females participating
4. A comparison of Chinese and Western head shape 5. Chinese Headforms. The ten sizes available describe the 6. Chinese Faceform. This prototype represents a statistically
complete range of Chinese adults average small-size female Chinese face
Research — SizeChina
Western designed products do not t Asian people due to
signi cant head and face shape di erences. SizeChina is the world’s
rst high resolution 3D digital database of Chinese head and face
shapes. The design tools created from the data allow designers to
create the rst generation of Asian Fit Products.