Who's hot? Dezeen Hot List is live

Who made the news in architecture and design this year?   Today we launch Dezeen Hot List: an index of the 400 hottest architects, designers, brands, events and more over the past year, based entirely on data from Dezeen readers. Explore the list now › Architects   The late Zaha Hadid tops both our Architects Hot List and our overall list. But who was number two? And number three? Click here to see the full architects list › Designers   The designer that Dezeen's audience most wanted to read about this year was Oki Sato of Nendo. Who else is in the top 10? Check out all the designers on our list › Brands   Tech giant Apple loses out to Swedish furniture giant IKEA in our Brands Hot List. But who came top out of rivals Adidas and Nike? See the full list of brands › Fashion   Chanel is top of our fashion list, thanks to the popularity of its Amsterdam store, which features a glass-brick facade designed by MVRDV. Which high-street brand was hot on its heels? Find out here › Institutions   Top of our list of institutions is London's Serpentine Galleries, which commissioned Bjarke Ingels to design this year's summer pavilion. See which other museums and galleries made the list › Events   As the biggest get-together in the calendar, it's no surprise Milan Design Week is the most popular event of the year. Can you guess which came second? Find out here › Schools   London's Royal College of Art is our highest-ranking school, thanks to a graduate show featuring a stone-sculpting glove and a coat that transforms into a refugee tent. But where is Design Academy Eindhoven? Or MIT? See all the schools that made the list › Personalities   Arguably one of the most influential creative figures of the last 40 years, the late David Bowie tops our Personalities Hot List. Click to see the full list of personalities › Artists   The top artist on our Hot List is Anish Kapoor. But what about Ai Weiwei or Damien Hirst? See the full list of artists to find out where they rank › Bye for now   Love from the Dezeen team x Dezeen Limited Unit 10 8 Orsman Road London N1 5QJ Office tel: +44 20 7503 7319 Forward this newsletter to a friend     Dezeen Hot List overall top 20   1. Zaha Hadid 2. Bjarke Ingels 3. Milan Design Week 4. Herzog & de Meuron 5. Kengo Kuma 6. IKEA 7. Peter Zumthor 8. SANAA 9. MVRDV 10. David Chipperfield 11. Apple 12. Rem Koolhaas/OMA 13. Norman Foster 14. Alejandro Aravena 15. Sou Fujimoto 16. Tadao Ando 17. Serpentine Galleries 18. Adidas 19. Google 20. Oki Sato/Nendo Visit the Dezeen Hot List website for profiles of the top 100. Recruitment partner

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