Field Leaders

Design

Ranked by authority, profile quality, engagement, and recency. 135 historical artists.

Florence Knoll

American1917–2019

Full Ranking

Rank	Artist	Nationality	Years	Authority
1	Florence Knoll	American	1917–2019	80
2	Joseph de La Nézière	French	1873–1944	50
3	Sergio Pininfarina	Italy	1926–2012	30
4	Walter Landor	Germany	1913–1995	40
5	Bigas Luna	Spanish	1946–2013	30
6	Herbert Rösler	Germany	1924–2006	30
7	Elsa Peretti	Italy	1940–2021	30
8	Ben Van Os	Kingdom of the Netherlands	1944–2012	30
9	Giotto Bizzarrini	Italy	1926–2023	30
10	John Hill	United States	1945–2015	30
11	H Hans Erich Slany	Germany	1926–2013	30
12	J James Irvine	United Kingdom	1958–2013	30
13	Ercole Spada	Italy	1937–2025	30
14	Ferdinand Alexander Porsche	Germany	1935–2012	30
15	Kenneth Grange	United Kingdom	1929–2024	30
16	Marcello Gandini	Italy	1938–2024	30
17	F François Linke	Germany	1855–1946	40
18	J Jules Lavirotte	France	1864–1924	40
19	Marie Osborne	United States	1911–2010	30
20	Betsy Ross	Kingdom of Great Britain	1752–1836	30
21	Emil Strub	Switzerland	1858–1909	30
22	Felix Landau	Cisleithania	1910–1983	30
23	John Harrison	Kingdom of Great Britain	1693–1776	30
24	Salvatore Ferragamo	Italy	1898–1960	30
25	Bill Mitchell	United States	1912–1988	30
26	Ferry Porsche	Austria	1909–1998	30
27	Hans Hilfiker	Switzerland	1901–1993	30
28	Jiří Kroha	Czechoslovakia	1893–1974	30
29	Margarete Steiff	Kingdom of Württemberg	1847–1909	30
30	R. J. Mitchell	United Kingdom	1895–1937	30
31	Syrie Maugham	United Kingdom	1879–1955	30
32	Victor Papanek	Austria	1923–1998	30
33	Walter Zapp	Germany	1905–2003	30
34	Georges Paulin	France	1902–1942	30
35	Petrus Plancius	Dutch Republic	1552–1622	30
36	Karl Drais	Grand Duchy of Baden	1785–1851	30
37	F Friedrich Geiger	Germany	1907–1996	30
38	Henry Davis Sleeper	United States	1878–1934	30
39	Jean Bugatti	France	1909–1939	30
40	Ole Kirk Christiansen	Kingdom of Denmark	1891–1958	30
41	Charles Frederick Worth	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	1825–1895	30
42	M Medardo Fantuzzi	Italy	1906–1986	30
43	M Moshe Spitzer	Israel	1900–1982	30
44	T Tony Arefin	Pakistan	1962–2000	30
45	Alec Issigonis	United Kingdom	1906–1988	30
46	Erwin Komenda	Austria	1904–1966	30
47	Karl Elsener	Switzerland	1860–1918	30
48	Paola Marella	Italy	1963–2024	20
49	Peter Ghyczy	Germany	1940–2022	20
50	Philippe Charbonneaux	France	1917–1998	30

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