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 fashion, 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 Milan 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 Peter Zumthor Architects 32 John Pawson Architects
8 SANAA Architects 33 The Bartlett Schools
9 MVRDV Architects 34 Frank Gehry Architects
10 David Chipperfield Architects 35 Chanel Fashion
11 Apple Brands 36 Toyo Ito Architects
12 Rem Koolhaas/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 Jean Nouvel Architects
16 Tadao Ando 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 Renzo Piano 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 Shigeru Ban 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 Richard Meier 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 Eduardo Souto de Moura 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 David Bowie 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 London 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 Rafael Moneo 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 Philip Johnson 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 Wang Shu 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 Aldo Rossi 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 Oscar Niemeyer 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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