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	<title>Designer John Greg Ball -Weblog</title>
	<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines</link>
	<description>Following the current works of Industrial Designer- Greg Ball</description>
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		<title>The Cowboy Contemporary Series</title>
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	Growing up the son of the 25-year Calgary Stampede rodeo announcer- Lorne Ball, I have been surrounded by Western rodeo world for a good part of my life.  As a native southern Albertan, my work as an artist and designer has fueled a passion to understand the historic visual culture that constructs our Canadian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/09/03/the-calgary-contemporary-series/</link>
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		<title>Blend at Maison Objet- paris</title>
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See Blend: By John Greg Ball at Maison Objet exhibition (part of Industreal&#8217;s porcelain collection) September 05-09 in Paris, France.

	+ Industreal.it 
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/09/02/blend-at-maison-objet/</link>
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		<title>Hoodoo Stools at Cambridge Galleries</title>
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	Part of Shaun Moore and Julie Nicholson&#8217;s Radiant Dark Exhibit, The Hoodoo stools will now be on display at Cambridge Galleries- Design at Riverside from August 26- October 19 in Cambridge Ontario.

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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/08/31/hoodoo-stools-at-cambridge-galleries/</link>
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		<title>12-foot Hoodoo lamp</title>
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View from below

Images of the 12-foot ceiling hoodoo lamp installation in Calgary&#8217;s Kensington district designed by: Edmonton-based Shoko Cesar and Calgary designer John Greg Ball. More images after the official opening&#8230;
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/08/25/12-foot-hoodoo-lamp/</link>
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		<title>Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede</title>
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If you are from Calgary, and witness our annual 10-day transformation called: Calgary Stampede then I highly recommend this book:

	&#8220;An investigation of the meanings and iconography of the Stampede: an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for 10 days every July&#8221;. Edited by Max Foran 
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/08/12/icon-brand-myth-the-calgary-stampede/</link>
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	A long view from Meadowbank, Alberta
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/08/05/193/</link>
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		<title>Connect Logo</title>
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	Connect Logo designed by: John Greg Ball
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/08/01/connect-logo/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[	My work is a game, a very serious game.
- MC Escher
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/07/31/170/</link>
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		<title>calgary screen print</title>
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	An old Calgary Beer screen print I found inside the cover of a local book.
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/07/15/calgary-screen-print/</link>
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		<title>Signs</title>
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In the image above, Todd Falkowsky of Canadian Design Resource, recently documented a deer warning road sign in Ontario while broken down outside of Toronto. It stimulated some dialogue in the comments section:

	&#8220;While driving across Canada, it&#8217;s interesting to compare these signs in different provinces. They have subtle differences&#8221;. -Chistopher B.

	
In response, above is an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/07/08/signs/</link>
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		<title>Calgary Stampede</title>
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	Starts Today
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/07/04/calgary-stampede/</link>
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		<title>shotgun approach</title>
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	John Greg Ball and Shoko Cesar&#8217;s violent art collaboration using a 12-gauge shotgun, and prefabricated signage to create wall art. (image from Calgary&#8217;s arthouse opening of MADE in the WEST)
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/06/14/shotgun-approach/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[	

	Many thanks to Readers Digest for choosing the Hoodoo lamp as one of canada&#8217;s 30 best edition this month.
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/06/10/187/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[	
+ Part 1 on Moco Loco

	+ Part 2 on Moco Loco

	+ Canadian Design Resource
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/05/20/177/</link>
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		<title>tusk- baby coat rack</title>
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In my opinion, real inspiration to design products should come from first-hand life experiences. In the case of my newest work, we were inspired to design a small coat rack for my daughter&#8217;s room (who by the way is already one year old). From that, came the idea for Tusk, a simple powder coated steel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/05/10/tusk-baby-coat-rack/</link>
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		<title>design inspirations</title>
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Although I could hardly lift it, I was thrilled to receive my copy of Design inspirations in the mail today. The otto chair, x-Crib, and the Cholesterol Lamp are all featured in this monster 700-page coffee table book by Daab publishing.
Buy it here at amazon books
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/04/27/design-inspirations/</link>
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		<title>Violent by Design</title>
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Karen Von Hahn of The Globe and mail published a very thought-provoking article called: Violent By Design that featured the X-Crib as well as a number of other interesting works.

	See the article here:
Violent by Design 
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/04/05/violent-by-design/</link>
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		<title>Ultra Materials- How materials innovation is changing the world</title>
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The hoodoo lamp is part of a great book on international design and innovation from material connexion. 
&#8220;I.D. magazine called it a &#8220;must have,&#8221; and we&#8217;re sure that you&#8217;ll agree. Filled with interviews with Philippe Starck, Marcel Wanders, Patricia Urquiola, David Adjaye (and many more); up-to-date technological information; and hundreds of new materials and applications, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/04/01/ultra-materials-how-materials-innovation-is-changing-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Hoodoo Stools</title>
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	From the Radiant Dark exhibit in Toronto. (Stools designed by John Greg Ball and Shoko Cesar)
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/03/07/hoodoo-stools/</link>
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		<title>Radiant Dark</title>
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More here:
+ Madedesign.ca 
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		<link>http://johngregball.com/designlines/2008/02/16/radiant-dark/</link>
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