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Martha Schwartz
Dezeen Hot List reveals the architects and designers our audience most wanted to read about this year
Who are the architects, designers, brands and products that Dezeen readers most wanted to read about over the last year? Who made the news and set the agenda in the design world? We've spent weeks crunching the data to find out.
John Wardle
Stirling Prize
Aldi
Lina Bo Bardi
Reiulf Ramstad
Valerio Olgiati
Olson Kundig
Amazon
Jean Prouvé
Anish Kapoor finishes ahead of Ai Weiwei in our Artists Hot List
Only five artists made it onto our Artists Hot List and four of them tend to do work on an architectural scale or a design sensibility, which is why we cover them in the first place. Anish Kapoor (number one) built a giant skycraper-sized sculpture that has been
What Design Can Do
Patrik Schumacher
Habitat
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
Adidas
One of the biggest surprises in our list is the fact that sportswear brand Adidas has come in ahead of its arch rival Nike.
Benjamin Hubert/Layer
It's been a big 12 months for young British designer Benjamin Hubert, who caused a stir when he declared that furniture was a "saturated" market at Design Indaba in February 2016.