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

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