The Drum Designerati, sponsored by Workfront, is an annual platform celebrating the UK's most influential designers.
From auto design, to fashion, to branding, the list highlights the diversity of the country's design sector today.
Compiled by consulting the industry and readers of The Drum, the list was then ranked by judges of The Drum Design Awards 2015.
The result is a list of 100 individuals celebrated for their ingenuity in fresh thinking, ability to inspire others, and a relentless commitment to design.
Rank | Name | Job Title | Company / Organisation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ian Callum |
design director | Jaguar | |
2 |
Maggie Hodgetts |
head of graphic design | Waitrose | |
3 |
Christopher Bailey |
chief creative officer and chief executive officer | Burberry | |
4 |
Michael Wolff |
founder | Michael Wolff and Co | |
5 |
Sir James Dyson |
founder | Dyson LTD | |
6 |
Thomas Heatherwick |
founder and principal | Heatherwick Studio | |
7 |
Sir John Sorrell |
co-chair | The Sorrell Foundation | |
8 |
Dan Germain |
group head of brand and creative | innocent | |
9 |
Sir Harry Pearce |
partner | Pentagram | |
10 |
Laura Jordan Bambach |
creative partner | Mr President | |
11 |
Luke Pearson |
founder and director | PearsonLloyd | |
12 |
Adrian Caroen |
chief executive | Seymourpowell | |
13 |
Sir Paul Smith |
designer | Paul Smith | |
14 |
Malcolm Garrett |
creative director | Images & Co | |
15 |
Gareth Howat |
creative director | hat-trick | |
16 |
Garrick Hamm |
creative partner | Williams Murray Hamm | |
17 |
Simon Manchipp |
founder and executive strategic creative director | SomeOne | |
18 |
Nicolas Roope |
creative partner | Poke | |
19 |
Graham Shearsby |
chief creative officer | Design Bridge | |
20 |
Mary Lewis |
creative director | Lewis Moberly | |
21 |
Jim Sutherland |
designer | Freelance | |
22 |
Dave Palmer |
owner and executive creative director | LOVE | |
23 |
Greg Quinton |
executive creative director | The Partners | |
24 |
Ije Nwokorie |
chief executive | Wolff Olins | |
25 |
Marina Willer |
partner | Pentagram | |
26 |
Mark Bonner |
founder and co-creative director | GBH | |
27 |
Karsten Schmidt |
owner and creative director | PostSpectacular | |
28 |
Lawrence Zeegen |
professor of illustration / dean of the school of design | London College of Communication, University of the Arts London | |
29 |
Lee Draycott |
partner and creative director | The One Off | |
30 |
Tom Dixon |
founder | Design Research Studio | |
31 |
Deyan Sudjic |
director | Design Museum | |
32 |
Tim Greenhalgh |
chairman and chief creative officer | Fitch | |
33 |
Spencer Buck |
founder and creative director | Taxi Studio | |
34 |
Simon Sankarayya |
co-founder | AllofUS | |
35 |
Ian Ritchie |
executive creative director | jones knowles ritchie | |
36 |
Andrew Lawrence |
executive creative director | Elmwood | |
37 |
Bruce Duckworth |
founder, chief creative officer and joint chief executive | Turner Duckworth | |
38 |
Harriet Devoy |
creative director | Apple | |
39 |
Ian Anderson |
founder / creative director | The Designers Republic | |
40 |
Neville Brody |
chief executive and founding associate | Brody Associates | |
41 |
Jason Bruges |
creative director and founder | Jason Bruges Studio | |
42 |
Jonathan Barnbrook |
designer | Barnbrook | |
43 |
Stuart Watson |
executive creative director | Design Studio | |
44 |
Paul Priestman |
director | PriestmanGoode | |
45 |
Steve Vranakis |
executive creative director | Google Creative Lab | |
46 |
Ross Mawdsley |
creative director | AKQA | |
47 |
Josh Payton |
vice-president, user experience, Europe | Huge | |
48 |
Malcolm Stewart |
creative director | Tayburn | |
49 |
Matt Pyke |
founder and creative director | Universal Everything | |
50 |
Natalie Chung |
creative director | Pearlfisher | |
51 |
Adrian Shaughnessy |
designer, writer, publisher and educator | Unit Editions | |
52 |
Alex Bec |
managing director | It’s Nice That, INT Works | |
52 |
Will Hudson |
creative director | It’s Nice That | |
53 |
Bruno Maag |
chairman | Dalton Maag | |
54 |
Jeremy Lindley |
global design director | Diageo | |
55 |
Jonathan Ford |
founding partner and chief creative officer | Pearlfisher | |
55 |
Karen Welman |
founding partner and chief creative officer | Pearlfisher | |
56 |
John Benson |
design director | Stocks Taylor Benson | |
57 |
Simon Farrell |
managing director | Tayburn | |
58 |
Steven Bonner |
owner and designer | Steven Bonner | |
59 |
Wayne Hemingway |
designer | HemingwayDesign | |
59 |
Gerardine Hemingway |
designer | HemingwayDesign | |
60 |
Michael Johnson |
creative and strategy director | Johnson Banks | |
61 |
Craig Oldham |
creative director | The Office of Craig Oldham | |
62 |
Joe Macleod |
designer | Independent Project | |
63 |
Ian Thompson |
creative director | Thompson Brand Partners | |
64 |
Mark Denton Esquire |
creative director | Coy! Communications | |
65 |
Martino Gamper |
designer | Freelance | |
66 |
Jon Hicks |
managing director | Hicks Design | |
67 |
Morag Myerscough |
designer | Studio Myerscough, Supergroup London | |
68 |
Nick Eagleton |
UK creative director | The Partners | |
69 |
Brendan Dawes |
designer | Brendan Dawes | |
70 |
Noma Bar |
graphic artist , designer and illustrator | Noma Bar | |
71 |
Patrick Brill |
associate professor in fine art | London Metropolitan University | |
72 |
Adam Rix |
associate creative director | Music | |
73 |
Alannah Weston |
deputy chairman | Selfridges | |
74 |
Steve Davies |
head of design | Grey London | |
75 |
Anthony Burrill |
graphic designer | Anthony Burrill Design | |
76 |
Edward Barber |
founding director | Barber & Osgerby | |
76 |
Jay Osgerby |
founding director | Barber & Osgerby | |
77 |
Simon Elliott |
creative partner | Rose | |
78 |
Chris Forrester |
head of design | Vivid | |
79 |
Dominic Wilcox |
artist and designer | Dominic Wilcox Studio | |
80 |
Gregg Lawrence |
creative director | Yoyo | |
81 |
Louise Sloper |
head of design | CHI & Partners | |
82 |
Michael Sheridan |
chairman and founder | Sheridan&Co | |
83 |
Nick Clement |
Creative Director, Designer and Glug Founder | Glug Events | |
84 |
Adam Ellis |
creative director | The Cabinet | |
85 |
David Crow |
dean of faculty of art and design | Manchester metropolitan university | |
86 |
Flo Heiss |
creative partner | Dare | |
87 |
Gary Glozier |
design director | TH_NK | |
88 |
Gerry McGovern |
design director and chief creative officer | Land Rover | |
89 |
Jo Kotas |
creative director | Meme Partnership | |
90 |
John Morgan |
founder and director | John Morgan Studio | |
91 |
Johnny Kelly |
director | Nexus | |
92 |
Jon Tan |
designer and typographer | Fontdeck | |
93 |
Paul Taylor |
executive creative director | BrandOpus | |
94 |
Julia Whitney |
executive creative director, BBC engineering | BBC | |
95 |
Matt Chapman |
managing and creative director | Contagious | |
96 |
Sophie Thomas |
director of design | RSA | |
97 |
Stuart Humm |
creative director | Coley Porter Bell | |
98 |
Andy Altmann |
founding partner | Why Not Associates | |
99 |
Ben Parker |
founder and creative director | Made Thought | |
100 |
Clive Grinyer |
customer experience director | Barclays |