Jon-Paul Wheatley

I’m a product designer focused on balls and new projects. This website is mostly a dump of assets in my /projects/ folder.

I have trouble staying focused on 1 thing which has lead to a long list of side projects.

Ft. Projects

A week condensed into ~20 seconds. This is the 'cube ball' which has 30 identical rhombus shaped panels that happen to look like little cubes.

6 days ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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A still pulled from a timelapse stitching up my “idea ball”. It's a ball made from dry erase board material so I can draw all over it to explore new ball ideas. It's a tool. Not meant to be played with.

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28 days ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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Apple TV asked me to make a ball for MLS goalkeeper of the year: Roman Burki. It was an intense week to get it done before the deadline, but I really enjoyed it. The construction is based on the lines on the new away kit with Burki’s number 1 running through the water.

about 1 month ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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The first of man 'ball drops'. Every ball I've made (that I'm not embarassed by) was dropped onto 2 reluctant but willing participants. It's 'marketing' for 12 Pentagons, but also something that I really wanted to do and was a lot of fun. You can view the full slow motion video on 12p.com.

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about 1 month ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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About half way through my 'truchet tile' ball. One of my personal favorites. A new path is created for every rotation of the panels on the ball. If we ever did a run of these, each balls would be completely unique!

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about 2 months ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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A tetris inspired ball made for the first person to beat the game: 'Blue Scuti'.

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2 months ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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The tetris ball WIP.

3 months ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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A preview of the first ball that we will be dropping through 12 Pentagons. My favorite ball of all time (so far). 92 individual Italian leather panels hand stitched together.

3 months ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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This picture shows the crazy panel shapes for my (unintentional) sausage ball. The panels make 1 continuous path all around the ball to create the sphere.

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4 months ago,
Saint Louis, MO
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A ball that used a peeled orange as a basis for it's construction.

4 months ago,
Saint Louis, MO