
The 2021 World Design Rankings (WDR) organized by the A’ Design Award and Competition are now available! This year, China took the coveted #1 spot among the 108 countries represented. The USA followed, along with Japan, Italy, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Taiwan, Germany, Turkey, and Australia. The top 10 countries didn’t change from last year but Hong Kong surpassed Great Britain while Taiwan and Turkey surpassed Germany. Two new countries were included in this year’s rankings: Macau (China) and Iraq.
The 2021 World Design Rankings show a snapshot of a global design community and is an excellent way to discover + get inspired by designers from specific fields beyond your local regions. You can learn more about individual designers in the “Design Classification Platform”. You can also discover the top designers, artists, and architects regardless of their design discipline on the “Designer Rankings,” which is ranked by the number of design awards won globally. The “Design Business Insights” also lets you see rankings by design fields and creative categories, like Interior Design, Fashion Design, or Industrial Design.
Feeling inspired to represent your country? Register for the upcoming 2022 A’ Design Award & Competition here!
Hourglass Multifunctional Shelf by Yu Ren
Multicolor Sky Interior Design by Yi-Lun Hsu
Parachute Wall Shelf by Yusuke Watanabe

Photo by András I. Gábor
Mubic Modular Table by Katalin Brigitta Csiki
TPH Cypress Tissue Paper Holder by Noriko Otaka
Transparent Chair by Xuanang Gao
Lattice Chair Weaving Armchair by Chen Kuan-Cheng
PANTONE Color of the Year 2022
The Pantone Color of the Year 2022 is… PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri! Check out this curated collection of our favorite finds on Design Milk Shop that give nod to the Pantone Color of the Year 2022 to get ahead of the New Year!