Joyce Wang
Nils Holger Moormann
Joris Laarman
Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Heatherwick divides opinion. There are those who love his ambitious proposals that defy architectural convention. And there are those who seem incensed that the 46-year-old Englishman continues to go near buildings at all.
Jasper Morrison
Widely considered one of the world's best industrial designers, Jasper Morrison has the Midas touch, attracting attention for any and every product he gets his hands on, from his "super normal" furniture to customisable kitchens.
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Jonathan Ive
Apple design head Jonathan Ive is one of the most famous and influential designers on the planet. His celebrity is great enough that in March this year, Sacha Baron Cohen spoofed his Apple presentation style to promote the movie Grimsby.
Max Lamb
A former protege of Tom Dixon, London designer Max Lamb has built a reputation for tactile products that focus on exploring the possibilities of the materials they're made from.
Oki Sato/Nendo
It's a surprise to find only one designer in the top 20 of our Hot List. We always knew that architecture was more popular with readers than design, but we didn't realise by quite how much. It's less of a surprise to find Nendo, the Japanese studio headed by
Barber and Osgerby
In the year they won the London Design Medal, British design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby piqued our readers' interest as much for their contributions to industry debate as for their projects.
Maarten Baas
Alessandro Mendini
Ilse Crawford
Ross Lovegrove
Tom Dixon
British designer Tom Dixon has long had a following, but in the last year he's drawn particular attention for a number of large-scale installations that showcased his products in unusual settings.
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Brothers from Brittany Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec were on a roll at the end of 2015. Dezeen readers could not get enough of their striking and thoughtful designs for companies like Hay and Mutina, including outdoor furniture and porcelain tiles.
Marc Newson
It might be the diversity of Marc Newson's output that has the Dezeen audience hooked. The prolific Australian designer is known for creating the most expensive design object sold at auction – his Lockhead Lounge for £2 million. But he's worked on everything from aircraft cabins to shoes
Patricia Urquiola
Patricia Urquiola is one of few high-profile female designers. She has a whirlwind energy and prolific output, and her influence grows by the year.
Philippe Starck
The maker of the iconic Louis Ghost chair, Gnome stool and Juicy Salif citrus squeezer, Philippe Starck is one of the most famous and prolific designers in the world. As such, it makes sense that a lot of the interest in the Frenchman on Dezeen came from Google
Konstantin Grcic
German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic completes our overall top 100 and comes in at 14 in our design list. A total of 48 different stories about the Munich-based designer were visited by our readers over the year, but the most popular by far was the one featuring the minimal
Oki Sato of Nendo pips Thomas Heatherwick to top our Designers Hot List
It was a close-run thing for the top spot between Oki Sato of Nendo (number one) and Thomas Heatherwick (number two). But the prolific Japanese industrial-design studio eventually pipped the almost-as-prolific Londoner, whose work has dramatically scaled up and who we may have to shift over to the Architects
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