Designers That Shaped the World — Snap2objects

Designers That Shaped the World

A curated compendium of 92 of the most influential designers across two centuries.

Alvar Aalto (1898–1976, Finnish) — Architecture....
Norman Foster (1935–, British) — Architecture....
Eileen Gray (1878–1976, Irish) — Architecture....
Zaha Hadid (1950–2016, Iraqi-British) — Architecture....
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928, Scottish) — Architecture....
Richard Rogers (1933–2021, British-Italian) — Architecture....
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959, American) — Architecture....
Luis Barragán (1902–1988, Mexican) — Architecture....
Ernö Goldfinger (1902–1987, Hungarian-British) — Architecture....
Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960, British) — Architecture....
Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926, Spanish) — Architecture....
Le Corbusier (1887–1965, Swiss-French) — Architecture....
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969, German-American) — Architecture....
Frank Gehry (1929–, Canadian-American) — Architecture....
Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012, Brazilian) — Architecture....
Dieter Rams (1932–, German) — Product/Industrial....
Jonathan Ive (1967–, British) — Product/Industrial....
Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002, Italian) — Product/Industrial....
Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988, Japanese-American) — Product/Industrial....
Joe Colombo (1930–1971, Italian) — Product/Industrial....
Arne Jacobsen (1902–1971, Danish) — Product/Industrial....
Verner Panton (1926–1998, Danish) — Product/Industrial....
Jasper Morrison (1959–, British) — Product/Industrial....
Marc Newson (1963–, Australian) — Product/Industrial....
Tom Dixon (1959–, British) — Product/Industrial....
Ross Lovegrove (1958–, British) — Product/Industrial....
Ron Arad (1951–, Israeli-British) — Product/Industrial....
Konstantin Grcic (1965–, German) — Product/Industrial....
Thomas Heatherwick (1970–, British) — Product/Industrial....
R. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983, American) — Product/Industrial....
Christopher Dresser (1834–1904, British) — Product/Industrial....
Charles & Ray Eames (1907–1978 / 1912–1988, American) — Product/Industrial....
Eero Aarnio (1932–, Finnish) — Product/Industrial....
Michael Thonet (1796–1871, German-Austrian) — Product/Industrial....
Philippe Starck (1949–, French) — Product/Industrial....
Raymond Loewy (1893–1986, French-American) — Product/Industrial....
Flaminio Bertoni (1903–1964, Italian-French) — Product/Industrial....
Harley Earl (1893–1969, American) — Product/Industrial....
Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951, Austrian) — Product/Industrial....
Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938–, Italian) — Product/Industrial....
Matali Crasset (1965–, French) — Product/Industrial....
Luigi Colani (1928–2019, German) — Product/Industrial....
Will Wright (1960–, American) — Interactive/Game....
Manolo Blahnik (1942–, Spanish) — Fashion....
Hussein Chalayan (1970–, Cypriot-British) — Fashion....
Christian Dior (1905–1957, French) — Fashion....
John Galliano (1960–, British-Gibraltarian) — Fashion....
Alexander McQueen (1969–2010, British) — Fashion....
Jean Muir (1928–1995, British) — Fashion....
Philip Treacy (1967–, Irish) — Fashion....
Vivienne Westwood (1941–2022, British) — Fashion....
Coco Chanel (1883–1971, French) — Fashion....
Salvatore Ferragamo (1898–1960, Italian) — Fashion....
Gianni Versace (1946–1997, Italian) — Fashion....
Jimmy Choo (1948–, Malaysian-British) — Fashion....
Pierre Cardin (1922–2020, Italian-French) — Fashion....
Saul Bass (1920–1996, American) — Graphic....
Peter Saville (1955–, British) — Graphic....
Stefan Sagmeister (1962–, Austrian) — Graphic....
Matthew Carter (1937–, British) — Graphic....
Jonathan Barnbrook (1966–, British) — Graphic....
Robert Brownjohn (1925–1970, American) — Graphic....
Alan Fletcher (1931–2006, British) — Graphic....
Abram Games (1914–1996, British) — Graphic....
Irma Boom (1960–, Dutch) — Graphic....
Joshua Davis (1971–, American) — Graphic....
Derek Birdsall (1934–2020, British) — Graphic....
Martí Guixé (1964–, Spanish) — Graphic....
Andy Warhol (1928–1987, American) — Graphic....
Armin Hofmann (1920–, Swiss) — Graphic....
Jan Tschichold (1902–1974, German-Swiss) — Graphic....
Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996, Swiss) — Graphic....
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946, Hungarian-American) — Graphic....
Paul Rand (1914–1996, American) — Graphic....
Milton Glaser (1929–2020, American) — Graphic....
George Lois (1931–, American) — Graphic....
Seymour Chwast (1931–, American) — Graphic....
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859, British) — Engineering....
Phyllis Pearsall (1906–1996, British) — Engineering....
Chris O'Shea (1977–, British) — Engineering....
Robert Wilson (1941–, American) — Engineering....
Philip Worthington (1974–, British) — Engineering....
Ellen Lupton (1963–, American) — Graphic....
April Greiman (1948–, American) — Graphic....
Paula Scher (1948–, American) — Graphic....
Elaine Lustig Cohen (1927–2016, American) — Graphic....
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (1940–, American) — Graphic....
Deborah Sussman (1931–2014, American) — Graphic....
Katherine McCoy (1945–, American) — Graphic....
Louise Fili (1951–, American) — Graphic....
Barbara Kruger (1945–, American) — Graphic....
Ruth Ansel (1938–, American) — Graphic....

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Designers That
Shaped the World

A curated compendium of the most influential designers across two centuries, from the first industrial craftsmen to the architects of digital culture.

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