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Industrial Design

Ranked by authority, profile quality, engagement, and recency. 2,413 artists.

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#1 Industrial DesignAuthority 90

Sheila Hicks

American fiber artist and weaver whose practice spans sculpture, installation, and architectural textile design

American1934

Full Ranking

Rank	Artist	Nationality	Years	Authority
1	Sheila Hicks	American	1934	90
2	Frank Brangwyn	British	1867–1956	100
3	Jack Levine	American	1915–2010	90
4	Gerrit Rietveld	Dutch	1888–1964	90
5	Armin Hofmann	Swiss	1920–2020	90
6	Rafael Viñoly	Uruguayan-American	1944–2023	80
7	Jasper Morrison	British	1959	80
8	Kim Jones	American	1944	80
9	Dan Friedman	American	1945	80
10	Jules Chéret	French	1836–1932	90
11	April Greiman	American	1948	80
12	Greg Lynn	American	1964	80
13	Maarten Baas	Dutch	1978	80
14	Naoto Fukasawa	Japanese	1956	80
15	Ron Arad	Israeli-British	1951	80
16	Evan Roth	American	1978	80
17	Renzo Piano	Italian	1937	80
18	Hajime Sorayama	Japanese	1947	80
19	Martin Wattenberg	American	1970	80
20	Jean-Paul Goude	French	1940	80
21	Hans Erni	Swiss	1909–2015	80
22	Jane Freilicher	American	1924–2014	80
23	Wendell Castle	American	1932–2018	80
24	Ferdinand Porsche	German-Austrian	1875–1951	90
25	Robert Venturi	American	1925–2018	80
26	George Ortman	American	1926–2015	80
27	Ivan Picelj	Croatian	1924–2011	80
28	Antonio Frasconi	American	1919–2013	80
29	Oscar Niemeyer	Brazilian	1907–2012	80
30	Rafael Tufiño	American	1922–2008	80
31	Lenore Tawney	American	1907–2007	80
32	Jack Lenor Larsen	American	1927–2020	80
33	George Lois	American	1931–2022	80
34	Waldemar Swierzy	Polish	1931–2013	80
35	Ingo Maurer	German	1932–2019	80
36	Josef Mikl	Austrian	1929–2008	80
37	James Dyson	British	1947	70
38	David Aronson	American	1923–2015	80
39	Richard Hell	American	1949	70
40	Philippe Starck	French	1949	70
41	W. Eugene Smith	American	1918–1978	80
42	Walter Dexel	German	1890–1973	80
43	Joseph Maria Olbrich	Austrian	1867–1908	80
44	Sergei Senkin	Russian	1894–1963	80
45	Vico Magistretti	Italian	1920–2006	70
46	Paul Schuitema	Dutch	1897–1973	80
47	Karl Gerstner	Swiss	1930–2017	70
48	Jonathan Hoefler	American	1970	70
49	Eugene Berman	American	1899–1972	80
50	Giuseppe Santomaso	Italian	1907–1990	80

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