Australia at World Design Rankings
Best Designers in Australia
| Rank | Name Surname | Awards | Score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Angela Spindler |
20 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Simon Colabufalo |
5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 3 | Designer Doorware |
2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 4 | Paul Justin |
2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 5 | Michael Chijoff |
3 | 13 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 6 | Cord & Berg |
2 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 7 | Rafael Contreras |
2 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 8 | Antonia Davison |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Barrier Group |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Troy Backhouse |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Jonathan Chong |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Stanislav Roudavski |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Jaco Roeloffs |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Beck Storer |
6 | 23 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 15 | Keyvan Kasaei |
6 | 19 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Chris Knierim |
5 | 17 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Marc Pascal |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 18 | Shelley Mock |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 19 | Peter Rattle for CUS (Vic) Pty Ltd |
3 | 10 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Mark Boey |
2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 21 | Paul Bo Peng |
2 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 22 | Kent Walker |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 23 | Enoch Liew |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 24 | Peter Ellis & Gabriel Tam |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 25 | Koichi Takada Architects Pty Ltd |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 26 | Dr Scott Mayson |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 27 | German Jauregui |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 28 | A+ Design Group |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 29 | Kei Kitayama |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 30 | Annie Holden |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 31 | Ashley Dennis |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 32 | Faith Hilda Quek |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 33 | Peter Lombard |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 34 | CoMa | Interior Architecture Studio |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 35 | Adrian Light |
2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 36 | Lingjun Sun |
2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 37 | Melody Yi-Yun Shiue |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 38 | Sandy Richardson |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 39 | Tony Clark and Lisa Clark |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 40 | Elizabeth Kelly |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 41 | Riki Salam and Kate Gosnell |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 42 | Matthew & Terry Squadrito |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 43 | Ecoline Ltd |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 44 | Falecki Furniture |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 45 | Ricky Fung |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 46 | Lisa Saad |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 47 | Paul Meeuwsen & Ross Meeuwsen |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 48 | Hyo Jin Bae |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 49 | Simon Kooymans |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 50 | Anne Gordon |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 51 | Belinda Mason |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 52 | Paul Gawman |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 53 | Harry Strouzas |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 54 | Dot 3 |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 55 | Thuan Nguyen |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 56 | Lisa Furze |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 57 | Maja Maksimovic |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 58 | Jansen Che |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 59 | Zev Bianchi |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 60 | Ben Dungey |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 61 | Tony & Lisa Clark |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 62 | Will Ridley-Smith |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 63 | Volodymyr Iatsentyi |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 64 | Sam Alawie |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 65 | Mycboo Studio |
2 | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 66 | Katherine Alexandra Brunacci |
3 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 67 | Alejandro Stephens |
2 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 68 | Brendan Wong |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 69 | Lisa Zhou |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 70 | Miranda Pereira |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 71 | Alaskan Rock Pty Ltd |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 72 | Brendan Jurich |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 73 | Métier Medical Limited |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 74 | Nicholas Perillo |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 75 | Valentina Lin |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 76 | Ashby W A Martin |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 77 | Shane Thompson |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 78 | David Tate |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 79 | Todd Watts |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 80 | Grainne Devlin |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 81 | Dion Seminara Architecture |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 82 | Mehrnoosh Mirzaei |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 83 | Rumeysa Aris |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 84 | Lee Selsick |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 85 | Connor Mairs and Sebastian Davies |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 86 | Colin Strydom |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 87 | Adrian Fretwell |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 88 | Toby Farmer |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 89 | Ana Milena Lalinde Guzman |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 90 | Jack Chen |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 91 | Paul Bo Peng |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 92 | Paul Meeuwsen |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 93 | Jan Kadlec |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 94 | Grafa |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 95 | Hi Jac |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 96 | BBMLab Bio-Based Materials Design Lab |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 97 | Tina Waru |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 98 | Ghazaleh Abbasian |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 99 | Antry Lau |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 100 | Maan Sydney Design Studio |
1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 101 | Andrew Chong |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 102 | Amanda Dempster |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 103 | Cameron Ferry |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 104 | Johnathan Wu |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 105 | Maurie Novak |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 106 | Bryan Liebowitz |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 107 | Dave Colliver |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 108 | Patrizia Terranova |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 109 | Kent Gration |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 110 | Jin Lee |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 111 | Katrina Stevens |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 112 | Chloe Coelho |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 113 | Nalisha Chouraria |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 114 | Shui Yee Chin |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 115 | Iftekhar Abdullah |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 116 | Dave Nesbit |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 117 | Balarinji |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 118 | Sean McCaul |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 119 | Scott Flett |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 120 | Mac Nordman |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 121 | Tom Doull |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 122 | Rob Mills |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 123 | QUT School of Design |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 124 | Children's Hospital Wayfinding Team |
1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
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Designers in Australia were ranked based on the number and level of design awards won. Best designers from Australia are sorted and listed above based on the number of Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron Design Awards won, total score for each designer is calculated based on the table below.
| Color Legend | Award Level | Score Modifier |
|---|---|---|
| Platinum Design Award | +6 Points | |
| Golden Design Award | +5 Points | |
| Silver Design Award | +4 Points | |
| Bronze Design Award | +3 Points | |
| Iron Design Award | +2 Points |
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The displayed Australia design rankings are based on the current aggregated scores of designers in Australia is between the years 2008 and 2025.
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