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

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