Roger Ball holds an MFA from the Domus Academy in Milan and a PhD in Design Engineering from TUDeflt University in the Netherlands.

Dr Ball has been designing iconic sports products since 1983 for Burton Snowboards, Fisher Price, Cooper Canada, Itech Sports, Brine Lacrosse, Bell Helmets and Nike. Roger Ball has comprehensive teaching experience and teaching in the leading industrial programs in North America, Asia and Europe.

His award-winning 3D anthropometric study, SizeChina, created the first digital database of Chinese head and face shapes.  SizeChina was awarded the gold medal in research and the Best in Show Award (co-winner with iPhone) by the Industrial Design Society of America in 2008

Professor Ball studies the shape of the human body to improve the fit of wearable products. Dr Ball’s research clients include Google, Amazon, Magic Leap, Luxottica and Cartier. His research interests include design for the human body, design education and startup culture.

His latest project is SizeGLOBAL is a hi-rez 3D database of human ancestries used in product design and engineering