Top Award-Winning Designers in Malaysia and Around the World According to The World Design Rankings (WDR)

The World Design Rankings (WDR) has just announced the design rankings of countries based on the number of design awards won at international design competitions and awards. China ranked as number one among the 108 represented countries, followed by the United States of America, Japan, Italy, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Taiwan, Germany, Turkey, and Australia. Malaysia did well too, as we were placed at the 39th spot! Check out the global rankings here.

What is WDR?
The WDR or World Design Rankings aims to provide additional data and insights to economists and journalists regarding the state-of-art in design industry. WDR ranks all the countries based on the number of designers that have been granted with international awards, namely the A’ Design Award.

The ultimate aim of the WDR is to contribute to the global design culture through advocating and highlighting good design. The rankings provide a snapshot of the worldwide design potential by highlighting creative strengths, design weaknesses, and available opportunities.

Which Malaysian Designers Have Taken WDR’s Top Design Spots?
In Malaysia, Chaos Design Studio bags the first spot, followed by Leong Huang Zi from Topology Illustration (2nd) and Ken Thong from The Roof Studio (3rd). These designers have all won the prime awards at A’Design Awards and Competition. See more winners here.

Chaos Design Studio
Chaos Design Studio is an award-winning design firm with six featured award-winning projects. Based in Penang, the firm draws inspiration from a melting pot of influences and design vocabulary – to create bespoke spaces that are beautiful, functional and relevant to today’s lifestyles.

Leong Huang Zi, Topology Illustration
Trained as an industrial designer, Huang Zi has worked on various projects ranging from retail design, events, products as well as branching into the digital spectrum. Huang Zi readily takes on all major components of a project – from the initial idea to the communications and on to the final build-up.

Ken Thong, The Roof Studio
The Roof Studio is an interior design studio with a highly innovative spirit. With over ten years of experience in the industry, Ken’s unique and creative design language has led him towards winning numerous awards both locally and internationally.

A’Design Awards
If you have a design project that you think would stand out, give A’ Design Awards a shot. This is your best chance to share your work on a global platform. Ultimately, you will also be helping Malaysia put its name on the design map!

A’ Design Award and Competition is the world’s largest design competition awarding the best designs, design concepts and products and services. However, it is more than just an award, as it is a significant indicator of quality and perfection in design.

The award is recognised worldwide and attracts design-oriented companies, professionals, and interest groups. Winning the A’ Design Award is a certificate of excellence for designers, a proof of quality for companies.

With over 100 design categories, the A’ Design Award is one of the most extensive competitions around. The jury panel is composed of dozens of professionals and academics. Each design is given importance and equal time during voting. In addition, the judging process features a highly developed methodology for voting with standardised scoring, voting criteria and more.

Learn more about A’Design Award here, or jump straight to the registration page to submit your entries.

Top 10 A’Design Award Winners @ The WDR
The A’Design Award winners hail from all around the world. Here are some of the best works from Malaysian and international designers (home product, interior design, and architecture categories) that have made it to WDR’s Top 10 rankings: