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Lighting Design Classifications

World's Best Lighting Designers, Ranked by Number of Design Awards Won by Each Designer, Worldwide.

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Rank Country / Designer Score Average
1 LDPi (China Branch) China 10 42 1 1 7 1 - 4.20
2 Alexey Danilin Germany 8 34 1 1 5 1 - 4.25
3 Limay Türkkan & Anıl Tontus Turkey 2 11 1 1 - - - 5.50
4 Daan Roosegaarde Netherlands 2 11 1 1 - - - 5.50
5 Dabi Robert Germany 2 11 1 1 - - - 5.50
6 Igor Lobanov Russian Federation 3 14 1 - 2 - - 4.67
7 Daniel Mato Hungary 3 13 1 - 1 1 - 4.33
8 Neil Walker Spain 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
9 Ronen Bavly Israel 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
10 Kahyun Kim Republic of Korea 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
11 A. Bosio and A. Ballestrero Italy 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
12 Björn Ischi Switzerland 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
13 Victor A. Syrnev Kyrgyzstan 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
14 Eric Brockmeyer + Karl Willis United States of America 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
15 Yasumichi Morita Japan 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
16 Dr. Regina Dahmen-Ingenhoven Germany 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
17 Natalya Koptseva Russian Federation 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
18 Davide Oppizzi Switzerland 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
19 Fernando Correa Italy 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
20 Akira Nakagomi Japan 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
21 Giuseppe Tortato Italy 1 6 1 - - - - 6.00
22 Kris Lin China 2 10 - 2 - - - 5.00
23 Ray Teng Pai Taiwan (China) 6 24 - 1 4 1 - 4.00
24 Maurice L. Dery Canada 6 22 - 1 3 1 1 3.67
25 Rubén Saldaña Acle Spain 7 24 - 1 2 3 1 3.43
26 Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan Taiwan (China) 3 13 - 1 2 - - 4.33
27 Bonnelycke mdd Denmark 3 13 - 1 2 - - 4.33
28 AlexXu&Partners China 4 14 - 1 1 1 1 3.50
29 Luca Matta Italy 3 12 - 1 1 1 - 4.00
30 Centrsvet Russian Federation 3 12 - 1 1 1 - 4.00
31 Marc Pascal Australia 2 9 - 1 1 - - 4.50
32 Miguel Arruda Portugal 2 9 - 1 1 - - 4.50
33 ADD Architecture Studio Greece 2 9 - 1 1 - - 4.50
34 Anna Sbokou and Matina Magklara Great Britain 2 9 - 1 1 - - 4.50
35 Kevin Chu Italy 5 16 - 1 - 3 1 3.20
36 Andrea Cingoli Italy 5 16 - 1 - 3 1 3.20
37 Taras Zheltyshev Russian Federation 3 10 - 1 - 1 1 3.33
38 MrSmith Studio Italy 2 8 - 1 - 1 - 4.00
39 William Hailiang Chen Great Britain 2 8 - 1 - 1 - 4.00
40 Napoleon M. Haboc China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
41 Lam Wai Ming Hong Kong (China) 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
42 Rob van Puijenbroek Belgium 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
43 Anarkhos design New Zealand 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
44 Maurizio Capannesi Spain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
45 Stefania Vola Italy 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
46 Conceptlicht GmbH Germany 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
47 Christoph Klemmt & Rajat Sodhi Great Britain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
48 Michal Maciej Bartosik Canada 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
49 David Irwin Great Britain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
50 Barbara Princic Slovenia 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
51 Edoardo Colzani Italy 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
52 Peter Ellis & Gabriel Tam Australia 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
53 Martin Enenkel Germany 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
54 Marco Parolini Italy 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
55 Florian Freihöfer Germany 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
56 Tiago Curioni Brazil 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
57 Tianyi Shi China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
58 Neringa Orlenok Lithuania 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
59 Nils-R. Schultze Germany 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
60 Cody Moore United States of America 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
61 Liquan Li China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
62 Nina Lieven Germany 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
63 Lewis Power Great Britain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
64 Wenqiang Han China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
65 Honghao Deng United States of America 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
66 Taras Sgibnev Russian Federation 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
67 Matt McCormick Canada 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
68 Kang Shan China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
69 Andy Vernall Great Britain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
70 Henry Chebaane Great Britain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
71 BUZAO & BENTU China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
72 StudioKnob Israel 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
73 Sushant Vohra United States of America 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
74 Cecilia Pozzi Italy 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
75 Rama Mendelsohn Israel 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
76 Ariel Zuckerman Israel 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
77 Idan Herbet Israel 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
78 Calaras Serghei Moldova 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
79 Heitor Lobo Campos Brazil 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
80 Cehao Yu Great Britain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
81 Marco Bozzola Italy 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
82 Kejun Li Italy 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
83 Fang Hu China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
84 Egemen Kemal Vurusan Turkey 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
85 Astro Lighting Great Britain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
86 SZ MATT Lighting Design Co., Ltd China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
87 Iestyn Davies Great Britain 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
88 Manu BaÑÓ Mexico 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
89 LIGHTING DESIGN INSTITUTEof UAD China 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
90 Ignacio Martínez Todeschini Argentina 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
91 Bruno De Lazzari Brazil 1 5 - 1 - - - 5.00
92 Mónica Pinto de Almeida Portugal 4 16 - - 4 - - 4.00
93 Alexey Danilin Russian Federation 4 15 - - 3 1 - 3.75
94 Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd China 3 12 - - 3 - - 4.00
95 Tao Chen China 3 12 - - 3 - - 4.00
96 Eduard Zhegalin Russian Federation 3 10 - - 2 - 1 3.33
97 Francesco Cappuccio Italy 3 10 - - 2 - 1 3.33
98 Mostafa ArvandBARMCHI Iran 2 8 - - 2 - - 4.00
99 Mighty Bright United States of America 2 8 - - 2 - - 4.00
100 Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd China 2 8 - - 2 - - 4.00
101 Soroush Vahidian Kamyar Iran 3 10 - - 1 2 - 3.33
102 Christian Schneider-Moll Germany 5 13 - - 1 1 3 2.60
103 Dahom China 4 11 - - 1 1 2 2.75
104 Nicolas Brevers, Belgium 3 9 - - 1 1 1 3.00
105 Xxx Bbbb China 3 9 - - 1 1 1 3.00
106 Yanchih Wang China 3 9 - - 1 1 1 3.00
107 Chih Liang Liu Taiwan (China) 3 9 - - 1 1 1 3.00
108 Arturo Fis United States of America 2 7 - - 1 1 - 3.50
109 Nico Ueberholz Germany 2 7 - - 1 1 - 3.50
110 Carlos G Galan China 2 7 - - 1 1 - 3.50
111 Guangzhou Pingtian Crafts Co. Ltd China 2 7 - - 1 1 - 3.50
112 Zuilin Zeng China 2 7 - - 1 1 - 3.50
113 Tulin Atamer Karaagac Turkey 2 6 - - 1 - 1 3.00
114 Raza Zahid Pakistan 2 6 - - 1 - 1 3.00
115 Centerlight Inc United States of America 2 6 - - 1 - 1 3.00
116 Kenyon Yeh Great Britain 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
117 Dalia Sadany Egypt 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
118 Serge Atallah France 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
119 Sergios Fotiadis Greece 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
120 Mahmut Baytas Turkey 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
121 Sha Yang China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
122 H220430 Japan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
123 Shinn Asano Japan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
124 Bogdan Moga Romania 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
125 Jesse Stefani United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
126 Mid Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
127 Brian Richer World Europe Asia Africa Australia Antartica 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
128 201 Design Studio Romania 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
129 Keren Shiker Israel 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
130 Terry Chow Hong Kong (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
131 Natasha Chatziangeli Greece 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
132 Megan Browning United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
133 Andrea Ciappesoni Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
134 Michele Armellini Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
135 Sanzpont [arquitectura] Spain 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
136 Marco Bozzola & Roman Radaelli Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
137 Daqiconcept Taiwan (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
138 Mohsen Noroozi Iran 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
139 Nimet Basar Kesdi Turkey 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
140 Mohammad Khodabandehloo Iran 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
141 Lukas Avenas Lithuania 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
142 Maria Lucia Colletti e Cristina Paladini Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
143 Qiu Liwei China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
144 Jolly Yan Yee Kee Hong Kong (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
145 Francesco Meneghello Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
146 Curio Design United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
147 Elnur Babayev Azerbaijan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
148 Theodore Richardson, Charles Brill, & Alexander Williams United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
149 Trayan Stamov Bulgaria 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
150 Jot.Jot Joint Stock Company Lithuania 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
151 Peter Schmidt, Belliero & Zandée Gmbh Germany 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
152 Patrick Iu Sweden 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
153 Hajime Narita Japan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
154 Dani Paez Guillen Spain 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
155 Attila Stromajer Hungary 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
156 Ruth Chen Hong Kong (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
157 Mark Talbot United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
158 Teodora McDonald Jevtic Serbia 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
159 Damir Aitov Russian Federation 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
160 Li Kai Chun Hong Kong (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
161 OTI Lumionics Canada 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
162 Jon Santacoloma Spain 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
163 Roberto and Fabiana Kenya 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
164 Hiroki Takada Japan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
165 Chen Yizhou United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
166 WANDA CPRI & MA RENKAI China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
167 TONS Lightology Inc. Taiwan (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
168 István Dávid Hungary 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
169 Santiago Bautista Denmark 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
170 Ori Sagi Israel 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
171 Fengsheng Cai China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
172 David Grifols Spain 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
173 Evgeny Arinin Russian Federation 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
174 Ian Cameron Great Britain 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
175 Gudao Design Studio China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
176 Akiko Yamashita United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
177 Chunlong Xiang China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
178 Natalia Komarova Russian Federation 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
179 Lucas Bittar Brazil 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
180 Reza Ghanadan Iran 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
181 Mehdi Atashfaraz Iran 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
182 Jun Pan China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
183 Mohammad Hossein Namayandegi Iran 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
184 Aldo Deli Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
185 Chris Herbold Germany 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
186 Yilmaz Dogan Turkey 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
187 Atelier Bam Brazil 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
188 PoWei Chen United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
189 Nargiza Usmanova Canada 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
190 CoCo Ree Lemery United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
191 Kaori Osawa and Masashi Yamanaka Japan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
192 Sepehr Mehrdadfar Iran 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
193 Max Kampa Brazil 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
194 Iván Soriano Martínez Spain 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
195 Eleftheria Deko Greece 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
196 Magali Suchowolski Argentina 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
197 Guogang Peng China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
198 Sapiens Design Studio Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
199 Licht.Associates Limited Hong Kong (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
200 U A D China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
201 Giulia Liverani Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
202 Francesca Schiavello Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
203 Cheng Jinying China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
204 Two square meters China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
205 Patrizia Volpato Srl Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
206 Mona Sharma Great Britain 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
207 Chia Yu Lin Taiwan (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
208 Tiago Russo Portugal 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
209 ANTBEE CO,.Ltd Japan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
210 Marta Perla Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
211 Maurice Taylor Ireland 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
212 Enza Home Design Team Turkey 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
213 Martini Rus Ltd Russian Federation 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
214 Peng Ren China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
215 Kaining Li China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
216 Hisham El Essawy Egypt 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
217 Horace Lam Hong Kong (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
218 Yi-Chang Chen Taiwan (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
219 Takanori Urata Japan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
220 Daragh Enright Czech Republic 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
221 Tatiana & Nicolas Boon Luxembourg 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
222 Shenzhen Zan Design Co., Ltd. China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
223 Álvaro Wolmer Brazil 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
224 Sepideh Bayat United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
225 Chromosome (Hangzhou) Design Co., Ltd. China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
226 Caterina Moretti Mexico 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
227 Tai, Hsin-kai Taiwan (China) 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
228 Tzuhsiang Lin United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
229 Bianca Tresoldi Italy 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
230 L&S Lighting (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
231 Yu Watanabe Japan 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
232 Seyedsajad Jalalsadat Iran 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
233 Shenzhen Snc Opto Electronic Co., Ltd China 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
234 Lincoln Chen United States of America 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
235 Hasan Keley Iran 1 4 - - 1 - - 4.00
236 Nima Bavardi Turkey 4 11 - - - 3 1 2.75
237 Ivan Radev Bulgaria 3 8 - - - 2 1 2.67
238 Jun Wang China 3 8 - - - 2 1 2.67
239 Yongwook Seong Canada 2 6 - - - 2 - 3.00
240 Harun Ayaydın Turkey 2 6 - - - 2 - 3.00
241 Andrea Bezerra De Carvalho MacRuz Brazil 2 6 - - - 2 - 3.00
242 Seyed Shahriyar Shahriyari Austria 2 6 - - - 2 - 3.00
243 Sebnem Buhara Turkey 4 9 - - - 1 3 2.25
244 Hakan Gürsu Turkey 3 7 - - - 1 2 2.33
245 Cengiz Sentürk Turkey 3 7 - - - 1 2 2.33
246 Bruce Tao France 3 7 - - - 1 2 2.33
247 Avni Sejpal - Studio Avni India 2 5 - - - 1 1 2.50
248 Ari Korolainen Finland 2 5 - - - 1 1 2.50
249 Alican Faydalı Turkey 2 5 - - - 1 1 2.50
250 Tara Derakhshanfar Iran 2 5 - - - 1 1 2.50

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