world design rankings 2019 announced!

with the turn of the new year comes the latest world design rankings. it reveals the countries with the most designers who have won A’ design award and competition annually. this is all in the name of further promoting a global design culture through exhibiting and supporting good design. for the first time, china now tops the rankings in 2019 with 67 platinum design awards won. they replace the USA – now in second place – with japan, italy, great britain, hong kong, turkey, taiwan, germany and australia completing the top 10. overall, the table remains similar to 2018 but now includes six new countries: macedonia, the maldives, lao, swaziland, kenya and armenia.

to be in with a chance of receiving an internationally recognized award and adding to your country’s prestige, register and submit your work to the 2020 A’ design award and competition now.

the world design rankings map for 2019
(main image: casa ojala by beatrice bonzanigo
A’ design award winner in architecture, building and structure design category, 2019
image © IB studio, milan)

below you will find the world design rankings for 2019:

the world design rankings list countries by the amount of platinum awards won at the A’ design award and competition. gold follows next, then silver, bronze and, finally, iron to determine standings. the list also includes a ‘design business insights’ section, which ranks nations based on their success in specific yet diverse categories. this enables industry members to understand ‘design strengths’ such as finding out which country is best for furniture, architecture, lighting and more.

bo du resort hotel design by zhang can
A’ design award winner in interior space and exhibition design category, 2019
image © wang ting

interested designers and architects are encouraged to register their designs for the A’ design award and competition here before the deadline on february 28, 2020.

olah light by maurice dery and jordan dery
A’ design award winner in lighting products and lighting projects design category, 2019
image © jordan N. dery

oceania by simon haeser
A’ design award winner in furniture, decorative items and homeware design category, 2019
image © paule scantlebury

one year project by kotaro anzai
A’ design award winner in architecture, building and structure design category, 2019
image © shinkenchiki-sha co., connecting bridge, 2016