While we wait for summer 2020 and another chance to watch the medal counts climb and cheer on our home countries in the next Olympics, a different type of international contest has tallied its scores and the United States has taken the gold in the World Design Rankings, with China and Japan following for second and third place respectively. Sponsored by the international A’ Design Award and Competition, the world’s largest and most diverse design accolade, the World Design Rankings are compiled based on the number of designers from each country granted an A’ Design Award.
Countries are ranked based on the level of each award their designers have received and given a corresponding number of points (from 2 points for each Iron Design Award up to 6 points for each Platinum Design Award). A country is not able to individually join the ranking, but is added based on participating designers’ countries or nationalities. Drilling down beyond the overall rankings, however, the World Design Rankings offer a multitude of possibilities for further discovery.
