Post on 28-Aug-2018
Who are the architects, designers, brands, schools and events that Dezeen’s audience most wanted to read about over the last year? We’ve spent weeks crunching the data to find out. The result is Dezeen Hot List, a comprehensive guide to the most newsworthy and searched-for players in the design world in 2016.
Based entirely on audience data, Dezeen Hot List is more than just a popularity contest: it shows who set the agenda and who made the news. There are category lists ranking architects, designers, brands, institutions, schools and events according to the
number of times our readers searched for them and the number of times they engaged with stories about them. There are also lists for fashion, personalities and artists, and an overall list showing the 400 hottest people, companies and organisations this year.
The following pages list all 400 entries in Dezeen Hot List, plus the top five in each category. For a fully interactive version of Dezeen Hot List plus profiles of the top 100 entries, visit www.dezeen.com/hotlist
Rank
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Name
Zaha Hadid
Bjarke Ingels
Milan Design Week
Herzog & de Meuron
Kengo Kuma
IKEA
Peter Zumthor
SANAA
MVRDV
David Chipperfield
Apple
Rem Koolhaas/OMA
Norman Foster/ Foster + Partners
Alejandro Aravena/Elemental
Sou Fujimoto
Tadao Ando
Serpentine Galleries
Adidas
Oki Sato/Nendo
Nike
Renzo Piano
Thomas Heatherwick
Royal College of Art
Aesop
Name
Muji
Lego
Vo Trong Nghia
Santiago Calatrava
Hay
Álvaro Siza
John Pawson
The Bartlett
Frank Gehry
Chanel
Toyo Ito
Snøhetta
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Tom Dixon
Jean Nouvel
David Adjaye
Corten steel
Dutch Design Week
Tate
COS
Daniel Libeskind
Maggie’s Centres
Vitra
Assemble
Shigeru Ban
Category
Architects
Architects
Events
Architects
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Institutions
Brands
Brands
Designers
Brands
Architects
Designers
Schools
Brands
Category
Brands
Brands
Architects
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Schools
Architects
Fashion
Architects
Architects
Designers
Designers
Architects
Architects
Brands
Events
Institutions
Fashion
Architects
Institutions
Brands
Architects
Architects
Rank
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Name
Le Corbusier
Steven Holl
Moooi
Jasper Morrison
Ben van Berkel/ UNStudio
Richard Rogers/Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Samsung
Caruso St John
Design Academy Eindhoven
Venice Biennale
Ma Yansong/MAD
Naoto Fukasawa
MINI
Maison&Objet
Benjamin Hubert/ Layer Rafael Viñoly
BMW
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Barber & Osgerby
Pritzker Prize
Neri&Hu
Aires Mateus
Kickstarter
Marc Newson
Lexus
Name
Patricia Urquiola
Penda
Dior
Airbnb
Moroso
Converse
Audi
Gensler
Issey Miyake
Pitsou Kedem
Li Edelkoort
H Arquitectes
Grimshaw
Nook Architects
Jonathan Ive
RIBA
Haptic
Uber
Marcio Kogan/ Studio MK27
Richard Meier
MIT
Philippe Starck
Max Lamb
Konstantin Grcic
Category
Architects
Architects
Brands
Designers
Architects
Architects
Brands
Architects
Schools
Events
Architects
Designers
Brands
Events
Designers
Architects
Brands
Architects
Designers
Events
Architects
Architects
Brands
Designers
Brands
Category
Designers
Architects
Fashion
Brands
Brands
Brands
Brands
Architects
Fashion
Architects
Fashion
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Designers
Institutions
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Schools
Designers
Designers
Designers
Rank
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Rank
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Rank
126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
Name
Olson Kundig
Passivhaus
Tokujin Yoshioka
Eduardo Souto de Moura
Charles and Ray Eames
Mies van der Rohe
Marcel Wanders
David Bowie
Camper
SelgasCano
Studio Job
Duggan Morris Architects
Junya Ishigami
Design Miami
Anish Kapoor
Ai Weiwei
Olafur Eliasson
ÉCAL
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Prada
Clerkenwell Design Week
Arup
COBE
Iris van Herpen
McDonalds
Name
Brexit
Mecanoo
Universal Design Studio
Selfridges
Tesla
Atelier Bow-Wow
Formafantasma
Alessi
Piet Hein Eek
SO-IL
Hella Jongerius
Scott & Scott Architects
World Architecture Festival
Musée du Louvre
Note Design Studio
Coffey Architects
Hem
Paul Smith
Studio Weave
PLP Architecture
Ron Arad
Alvar Aalto
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
3XN
Category
Architects
Brands
Designers
Architects
Designers
Architects
Designers
Personalities
Fashion
Architects
Designers
Architects
Architects
Events
Artists
Artists
Artists
Schools
Architects
Fashion
Events
Architects
Architects
Fashion
Brands
Category
Events
Architects
Architects
Brands
Brands
Architects
Designers
Brands
Designers
Architects
Designers
Architects
Events
Institutions
Designers
Architects
Brands
Fashion
Architects
Brands
Architects
Designers
Architects
Architects
Architects
Rank
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125
Rank
176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200
Name
Jo Nagasaka/Schemata Architects
Ettore Sottsass
Red Bull
Tato Architects
MoMA
Acne Studios
Louis Vuitton
NASA
Jaime Hayón
Yves Behar/Fuseproject
Ole Scheeren
Sam Jacob
Karim Rashid
Peter Cook
Henning Larsen
Don’t Move Improve
6a Architects
Budi Pradono
Valerio Olgiati
OFIS
Morphosis
Star Wars
Dror Benshetrit/ Studio Dror
Beyoncé
Hermès
Name
Haworth
i29
Lee Broom
Amanda Levete
Kvadrat
Ilse Crawford
Starbucks
Hawkins\Brown Architects
Hussein Chalayan
Burning Man
Herman Miller
Paul Archer
Christian Kerez
Kate Moss
Odile Decq
Thonet
Joris Laarman
Fondazione Prada
Frank Lloyd Wright
Studio Mumbai
Antoni Gaudí
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Design Museum
Central Saint Martins
Architectural Association
Category
Architects
Designers
Brands
Architects
Institutions
Fashion
Fashion
Brands
Designers
Designers
Architects
Architects
Designers
Architects
Architects
Events
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Brands
Designers
Personalities
Fashion
Category
Brands
Designers
Designers
Architects
Brands
Designers
Brands
Architects
Fashion
Events
Brands
Architects
Architects
Personalities
Architects
Brands
Designers
Institutions
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Institutions
Schools
Schools
Rank
151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175
Rank
226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250
Name
Louis Kahn
Snarkitecture
TU Delft
Microsoft
Isay Weinfeld
Lacaton & Vassal
Populous
Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Henry Goss
Henn
Christo
IMM Cologne
Jonathan Tuckey
Swarovski
Woods Bagot
Valentino
Studio Gang
Science Museum
EFFEKT
HOK
Allies and Morrison
Tigg Coll Architects
Hassell
Cassina
Mutina
Name
London Design Festival
Lund Hagem
Knoll
Ross Lovegrove
Mercedes
Fendi
Nils Holger Moormann
Flos
David Kohn
Punkt
Tatiana Bilbao
Kartell
Wes Anderson
Porsche
OBBA
Vector Architects
United Nude
Rafael Moneo
Dyson
Glas Italia
Joyce Wang
Whitney Museum of American Art
MIMA Housing
RCR Arquitectes
Paul Cocksedge
Category
Architects
Designers
Schools
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Artists
Events
Architects
Brands
Architects
Fashion
Architects
Institutions
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Brands
Brands
Category
Events
Architects
Brands
Designers
Brands
Fashion
Designers
Brands
Architects
Brands
Architects
Brands
Personalities
Brands
Architects
Architects
Fashion
Architects
Brands
Brands
Designers
Institutions
Architects
Architects
Designers
Rank
201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225
Rank
251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275
Name
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Faye Toogood
Volvo
Adobe
Dualchas Architects
Kanye West
Damien Hirst
Form Us With Love
ACME
SHoP Architects
Carl Turner
a21studio
Eric Parry
Make
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Moon Hoon
Wang Shu
Brinkworth
Pantone
Atkins
Archmongers
Muuto
Project Orange
Carmody Groarke
Aldo Rossi
Name
Neri Oxman
SFMOMA
Aedas
Ström Architects
Eurostar
Philip Johnson
Andra Matin
WOHA
West 8
TAKA Architects
Max Dudler
Wilkinson Eyre
Reiulf Ramstad
CEBRA
Nieto Sobejano
DSDHA
Studio Swine
Moshe Safdie
Peter Barber
Vincent Van Duysen
Voga
Saunders Architecture
WeWork
REX Architecture
Nikken Sekkei
Category
Architects
Designers
Brands
Brands
Architects
Personalities
Artists
Designers
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Designers
Brands
Architects
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Category
Designers
Institutions
Architects
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Designers
Architects
Architects
Architects
Brands
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Rank
276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300
Rank
326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350
Name
Alberto Campo Baeza
Instrmnt
Arduino
Northmodern
Níall McLaughlin
Asif Khan
Kerry Hill
GKMP Architects
Autodesk
Volkswagen
Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
MOS Architects
Patrik Schumacher
Grafton Architects
Artek
Caesarstone
Haworth Tompkins
ODA
Rolex
BDP
Formwerkz Architects
Alison Brooks
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Septembre Architecture
MAXXI
Name
Uniform Wares
Aldi
Conran and Partners
Maarten Baas
Peter Marino
Stirling Prize
DRDH
FAT
What Design Can Do
NBBJ
Magis
March Studio
Squire and Partners
Barkow Leibinger
Amazon
London School of Economics
Ferrari
Dieter Rams
Torafu Architects
Boffi
Platform 5
Alexander Wang
Fraher Architects
Centre Pompidou
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Category
Architects
Brands
Brands
Events
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Brands
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Brands
Brands
Architects
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Institutions
Category
Brands
Brands
Architects
Designers
Architects
Events
Architects
Architects
Events
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Brands
Schools
Brands
Designers
Architects
Brands
Architects
Fashion
Architects
Institutions
Institutions
Rank
301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325
Name
Ciguë
TDO Architecture
Humberto and Fernando Campana
Lina Bo Bardi
Michael Young
Habitat
Hall McKnight
Tezuka Architects
Matali Crasset
Zanderroth Architekten
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
Adolf Loos
Kinfolk
Alessandro Mendini
Forpeople
Wiel Arets
Hopkins Architects
Burberry
Bulthaup
Braun
Hyundai
Alexander McQueen
Aecom
John Wardle
JDS Architects
Name
ICFF
Droog
Coca-Cola
Soho House
Jean Prouvé
Lasvit
IDEO
Imogen Heap
Martha Schwartz
vPPR Architects
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Enzo Mari
White Arkitekter
Chemical Brothers
Pedrali
Oscar Niemeyer
dRMM
Vipp
Hayo Gebauer
Michael Graves
Bocci
Greg Lynn
Lipton Plant Architects
Bernardo Bader
Bernard Tschumi
Category
Architects
Architects
Designers
Architects
Designers
Brands
Architects
Architects
Designers
Architects
Architects
Architects
Brands
Designers
Designers
Architects
Architects
Fashion
Brands
Brands
Brands
Fashion
Architects
Architects
Architects
Category
Events
Brands
Brands
Brands
Architects
Brands
Designers
Personalities
Designers
Architects
Institutions
Designers
Architects
Personalities
Brands
Architects
Architects
Brands
Designers
Architects
Brands
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Rank
351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375
Rank
376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400
Recruitment partner
Architects 1
2 3 4 5
www.dezeen.com/hotlist A downloadable version of this document is available at: www.dezeen.com/hotlist-download
Fashion 1
2 3 4 5
Artists 1
2 3 4 5
Designers 1
2 3 4 5
Institutions 1
2 3 4 5
Schools 1
2 3 4 5
Brands 1
2 3 4 5
Events 1
2 3 4 5
Personalities 1
2 3 4 5
Zaha Hadid
Bjarke Ingels
Herzog & de Meuron
Kengo Kuma
Peter Zumthor
Chanel
COS
Dior
Issey Mikaye
Li Edelkoort
Anish Kapoor
Ai Weiwei
Olafur Eliasson
Christo
Damien Hirst
Oki Sato/Nendo
Thomas Heatherwick
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Tom Dixon
Jasper Morrison
Serpentine Galleries
Tate
Maggie’s Centres
RIBA
MoMA
Royal College of Art
The Bartlett
Design Academy Eindhoven
MIT
ÉCAL
IKEA
Apple
Adidas
Nike
Milan Design Week
Dutch Design Week
Venice Biennale
Maison&Objet
Pritzker Prize
David Bowie
Beyoncé
Kate Moss
Wes Anderson
Kanye West
Communications partner