Biography

John Greg Ball is an award-winning Industrial Designer based in Calgary, AB. Ball teaches product design and development in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at SAIT Polytechnic, and is a professional member of the Industrial Designers Society of America -IDSA.

Ball is currently studying an MEDes- Masters of Environmental Design degree at the University of Calgary.

Thesis Topic: Technology, Sound Reproduction, and Product Development.

Experience includes:

Product Design: ergonomics, furniture, lighting, and consumer products for mass-production.

Urban Design: landscape architecture, architecture, and large scale public art.

Past Recognition:

The One to Watch -Western Living Magazine- Designer of the Year awards

People's Choice Award- Avenue Magazine

Design Inside the Box Award- Avenue magazine

Best of Canadian Design- Reader's Digest (with Shoko Cesar)- Toronto

Best of Canada Award - Canadian Interiors Magazine (with Shoko Cesar)

People's Choice Award- Canadian Interiors Magazine (with Shoko Cesar)

Honorable Mention- Designboom International Teenaged Furniture Competition- Italy

Winning work- OPUS Design Award- Japan (with Joel Yatscoff)