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

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