Who are the architects, designers, brands, schools number of times our readers searched for them and events that Dezeen’s audience most wanted to read and the number of times they engaged with stories about over the last year? We’ve spent weeks crunching about them. There are also lists for , the data to find out. The result is Dezeen Hot List, personalities and artists, and an overall list showing a comprehensive guide to the most newsworthy and the 400 hottest people, companies and organisations searched-for players in the design world in 2016. this year. Based entirely on audience data, Dezeen Hot List The following pages list all 400 entries in is more than just a popularity contest: it shows who Dezeen Hot List, plus the top five in each category. set the agenda and who made the news. There are For a fully interactive version of Dezeen Hot List category lists ranking architects, designers, brands, plus profiles of the top 100 entries, visit institutions, schools and events according to the www.dezeen.com/hotlist Rank Name Category Rank Name Category

Zaha Hadid Architects Muji Brands 1 26

2 Bjarke Ingels Architects 27 Lego Brands

3 Design Week Events 28 Vo Trong Nghia Architects

4 Herzog & de Meuron Architects 29 Santiago Calatrava Architects

5 Kengo Kuma Architects 30 Hay Brands

6 IKEA Brands 31 Álvaro Siza Architects

7 Architects 32 John Pawson Architects

8 SANAA Architects 33 The Bartlett Schools

9 MVRDV Architects 34 Architects

10 David Chipperfield Architects 35 Chanel Fashion

11 Apple Brands 36 Architects

12 /OMA Architects 37 Snøhetta Architects

Norman Foster/ Architects Ronan and Erwan Designers 13 Foster + Partners 38 Bouroullec

Alejandro Aravena/ Architects Tom Dixon Designers 14 Elemental 39

15 Sou Fujimoto Architects 40 Architects

16 Architects 41 David Adjaye Architects

17 Serpentine Galleries Institutions 42 Corten steel Brands

18 Adidas Brands 43 Dutch Design Week Events

19 Google Brands 44 Tate Institutions

20 Oki Sato/Nendo Designers 45 COS Fashion

21 Nike Brands 46 Daniel Libeskind Architects

22 Architects 47 Maggie’s Centres Institutions

23 Thomas Heatherwick Designers 48 Vitra Brands

24 Royal College of Art Schools 49 Assemble Architects

25 Aesop Brands 50 Architects Rank Name Category Rank Name Category

51 Le Corbusier Architects 76 Patricia Urquiola Designers

52 Steven Holl Architects 77 Penda Architects

53 Moooi Brands 78 Dior Fashion

54 Jasper Morrison Designers 79 Airbnb Brands

Ben van Berkel/ Architects Moroso Brands 55 UNStudio 80

Richard Rogers/Rogers Architects Converse Brands 56 Stirk Harbour + Partners 81

57 Samsung Brands 82 Audi Brands

58 Caruso St John Architects 83 Gensler Architects

Design Academy Schools Issey Miyake Fashion 59 Eindhoven 84

60 Venice Biennale Events 85 Pitsou Kedem Architects

61 Ma Yansong/MAD Architects 86 Li Edelkoort Fashion

62 Naoto Fukasawa Designers 87 H Arquitectes Architects

63 MINI Brands 88 Instagram Brands

64 Maison&Objet Events 89 Grimshaw Architects

Benjamin Hubert/ Designers Nook Architects Architects 65 Layer 90

66 Rafael Viñoly Architects 91 Jonathan Ive Designers

67 BMW Brands 92 RIBA Institutions

68 Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects 93 Haptic Architects

69 Barber & Osgerby Designers 94 Uber Brands

Pritzker Prize Events Marcio Kogan/ Architects 70 95 Studio MK27

71 Neri&Hu Architects 96 Architects

72 Aires Mateus Architects 97 MIT Schools

73 Kickstarter Brands 98 Philippe Starck Designers

74 Marc Newson Designers 99 Max Lamb Designers

75 Lexus Brands 100 Konstantin Grcic Designers Rank Name Category Rank Name Category

101 Olson Kundig Architects 126 Brexit Events

102 Passivhaus Brands 127 Mecanoo Architects

103 Tokujin Yoshioka Designers 128 Universal Design Studio Architects

104 Architects 129 Selfridges Brands

105 Charles and Ray Eames Designers 130 Tesla Brands

106 Mies van der Rohe Architects 131 Atelier Bow-Wow Architects

107 Marcel Wanders Designers 132 Formafantasma Designers

108 Personalities 133 Alessi Brands

109 Camper Fashion 134 Piet Hein Eek Designers

110 SelgasCano Architects 135 SO-IL Architects

111 Studio Job Designers 136 Hella Jongerius Designers

Duggan Morris Architects Scott & Scott Architects Architects 112 Architects 137

Junya Ishigami Architects World Architecture Events 113 138 Festival

114 Design Miami Events 139 Musée du Louvre Institutions

115 Anish Kapoor Artists 140 Note Design Studio Designers

116 Ai Weiwei Artists 141 Coffey Architects Architects

117 Olafur Eliasson Artists 142 Hem Brands

118 ÉCAL Schools 143 Paul Smith Fashion

Skidmore Owings Architects Studio Weave Architects 119 & Merrill 144

120 Prada Fashion 145 Facebook Brands

Clerkenwell Design Events PLP Architecture Architects 121 Week 146

122 Arup Architects 147 Ron Arad Designers

123 COBE Architects 148 Alvar Aalto Architects

Iris van Herpen Fashion Hiroshi Nakamura Architects 124 149 & NAP

125 McDonalds Brands 150 3XN Architects Rank Name Category Rank Name Category

Jo Nagasaka/Schemata Architects Haworth Brands 151 Architects 176

152 Ettore Sottsass Designers 177 i29 Designers

153 Red Bull Brands 178 Lee Broom Designers

154 Tato Architects Architects 179 Amanda Levete Architects

155 MoMA Institutions 180 Kvadrat Brands

156 Acne Studios Fashion 181 Ilse Crawford Designers

157 Louis Vuitton Fashion 182 Starbucks Brands

NASA Brands Hawkins\Brown Architects 158 183 Architects

159 Jaime Hayón Designers 184 Hussein Chalayan Fashion

160 Yves Behar/Fuseproject Designers 185 Burning Man Events

161 Ole Scheeren Architects 186 Herman Miller Brands

162 Sam Jacob Architects 187 Paul Archer Architects

163 Karim Rashid Designers 188 Christian Kerez Architects

164 Peter Cook Architects 189 Kate Moss Personalities

165 Henning Larsen Architects 190 Odile Decq Architects

166 Don’t Move Improve Events 191 Thonet Brands

167 6a Architects Architects 192 Joris Laarman Designers

168 Budi Pradono Architects 193 Fondazione Prada Institutions

169 Valerio Olgiati Architects 194 Frank Lloyd Wright Architects

170 OFIS Architects 195 Studio Mumbai Architects

171 Morphosis Architects 196 Antoni Gaudí Architects

172 Star Wars Brands 197 Coop Himmelb(l)au Architects

Dror Benshetrit/ Designers Design Museum Institutions 173 Studio Dror 198

174 Beyoncé Personalities 199 Central Saint Martins Schools

Hermès Fashion Architectural Schools 175 200 Association Rank Name Category Rank Name Category

201 Louis Kahn Architects 226 Design Festival Events

202 Snarkitecture Designers 227 Lund Hagem Architects

203 TU Delft Schools 228 Knoll Brands

204 Microsoft Brands 229 Ross Lovegrove Designers

205 Isay Weinfeld Architects 230 Mercedes Brands

206 Lacaton & Vassal Architects 231 Fendi Fashion

207 Populous Architects 232 Nils Holger Moormann Designers

208 Pezo von Ellrichshausen Architects 233 Flos Brands

209 Henry Goss Architects 234 David Kohn Architects

210 Henn Architects 235 Punkt Brands

211 Christo Artists 236 Tatiana Bilbao Architects

212 IMM Cologne Events 237 Kartell Brands

213 Jonathan Tuckey Architects 238 Wes Anderson Personalities

214 Swarovski Brands 239 Porsche Brands

215 Woods Bagot Architects 240 OBBA Architects

216 Valentino Fashion 241 Vector Architects Architects

217 Studio Gang Architects 242 United Nude Fashion

218 Science Museum Institutions 243 Architects

219 EFFEKT Architects 244 Dyson Brands

220 HOK Architects 245 Glas Italia Brands

221 Allies and Morrison Architects 246 Joyce Wang Designers

Tigg Coll Architects Architects Whitney Museum Institutions 222 247 of American Art

223 Hassell Architects 248 MIMA Housing Architects

224 Cassina Brands 249 RCR Arquitectes Architects

225 Mutina Brands 250 Paul Cocksedge Designers Rank Name Category Rank Name Category

Massimiliano and Architects Neri Oxman Designers 251 Doriana Fuksas 276

252 Faye Toogood Designers 277 SFMOMA Institutions

253 Volvo Brands 278 Aedas Architects

254 Adobe Brands 279 Ström Architects Architects

255 Dualchas Architects Architects 280 Eurostar Brands

256 Kanye West Personalities 281 Architects

257 Damien Hirst Artists 282 Andra Matin Architects

258 Form Us With Love Designers 283 WOHA Architects

259 ACME Architects 284 West 8 Architects

260 SHoP Architects Architects 285 TAKA Architects Architects

261 Carl Turner Architects 286 Max Dudler Architects

262 a21studio Architects 287 Wilkinson Eyre Architects

263 Eric Parry Architects 288 Reiulf Ramstad Architects

264 Make Architects 289 CEBRA Architects

Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects Nieto Sobejano Architects 265 Associates 290

266 Moon Hoon Architects 291 DSDHA Architects

267 Architects 292 Studio Swine Designers

268 Brinkworth Designers 293 Moshe Safdie Architects

269 Pantone Brands 294 Peter Barber Architects

270 Atkins Architects 295 Vincent Van Duysen Architects

271 Archmongers Architects 296 Voga Brands

272 Muuto Brands 297 Saunders Architecture Architects

273 Project Orange Architects 298 WeWork Brands

274 Carmody Groarke Architects 299 REX Architecture Architects

275 Architects 300 Nikken Sekkei Architects Rank Name Category Rank Name Category

301 Alberto Campo Baeza Architects 326 Uniform Wares Brands

302 Instrmnt Brands 327 Aldi Brands

303 Arduino Brands 328 Conran and Partners Architects

304 Northmodern Events 329 Maarten Baas Designers

305 Níall McLaughlin Architects 330 Peter Marino Architects

306 Asif Khan Architects 331 Stirling Prize Events

307 Kerry Hill Architects 332 DRDH Architects

308 GKMP Architects Architects 333 FAT Architects

309 Autodesk Brands 334 What Design Can Do Events

310 Volkswagen Brands 335 NBBJ Architects

Tham & Videgård Architects Magis Brands 311 Arkitekter 336

312 MOS Architects Architects 337 March Studio Architects

313 Patrik Schumacher Architects 338 Squire and Partners Architects

314 Grafton Architects Architects 339 Barkow Leibinger Architects

315 Artek Brands 340 Amazon Brands

Caesarstone Brands London School of Schools 316 341 Economics

317 Haworth Tompkins Architects 342 Ferrari Brands

318 ODA Architects 343 Dieter Rams Designers

319 Rolex Brands 344 Torafu Architects Architects

320 BDP Architects 345 Boffi Brands

321 Formwerkz Architects Architects 346 Platform 5 Architects

322 Alison Brooks Architects 347 Alexander Wang Fashion

Allford Hall Monaghan Architects Fraher Architects Architects 323 Morris 348

324 Septembre Architecture Architects 349 Centre Pompidou Institutions

MAXXI Institutions Carpenters Workshop Institutions 325 350 Gallery Rank Name Category Rank Name Category

351 Ciguë Architects 376 ICFF Events

352 TDO Architecture Architects 377 Droog Brands

Humberto and Fernando Designers Coca-Cola Brands 353 Campana 378

354 Lina Bo Bardi Architects 379 Soho House Brands

355 Michael Young Designers 380 Jean Prouvé Architects

356 Habitat Brands 381 Lasvit Brands

357 Hall McKnight Architects 382 IDEO Designers

358 Tezuka Architects Architects 383 Imogen Heap Personalities

359 Matali Crasset Designers 384 Martha Schwartz Designers

360 Zanderroth Architekten Architects 385 vPPR Architects Architects

Dorte Mandrup Architects Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Institutions 361 Arkitekter 386 Design Museum

362 Adolf Loos Architects 387 Enzo Mari Designers

363 Kinfolk Brands 388 White Arkitekter Architects

364 Alessandro Mendini Designers 389 Chemical Brothers Personalities

365 Forpeople Designers 390 Pedrali Brands

366 Wiel Arets Architects 391 Architects

367 Hopkins Architects Architects 392 dRMM Architects

368 Burberry Fashion 393 Vipp Brands

369 Bulthaup Brands 394 Hayo Gebauer Designers

370 Braun Brands 395 Michael Graves Architects

371 Hyundai Brands 396 Bocci Brands

372 Alexander McQueen Fashion 397 Greg Lynn Architects

373 Aecom Architects 398 Lipton Plant Architects Architects

374 John Wardle Architects 399 Bernardo Bader Architects

375 JDS Architects Architects 400 Bernard Tschumi Architects

Architects Designers Brands

Zaha Hadid Oki Sato/Nendo IKEA 1 1 1

2 Bjarke Ingels 2 Thomas Heatherwick 2 Apple

Herzog & de Meuron Ronan and Erwan Adidas 3 3 Bouroullec 3

4 Kengo Kuma 4 Tom Dixon 4 Google

5 Peter Zumthor 5 Jasper Morrison 5 Nike

Fashion Institutions Events Chanel Serpentine Galleries Milan Design Week 1 1 1

2 COS 2 Tate 2 Dutch Design Week

3 Dior 3 Maggie’s Centres 3 Venice Biennale

4 Issey Mikaye 4 RIBA 4 Maison&Objet

5 Li Edelkoort 5 MoMA 5 Pritzker Prize

Artists Schools Personalities

Anish Kapoor Royal College of Art David Bowie 1 1 1

2 Ai Weiwei 2 The Bartlett 2 Beyoncé

Olafur Eliasson Design Academy Kate Moss 3 3 Eindhoven 3

4 Christo 4 MIT 4 Wes Anderson

5 Damien Hirst 5 ÉCAL 5 Kanye West

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