Dezeen Hot List 2017: IKEA is the most newsworthy force in design, ahead of Muji and Peter Zumthor
Furniture and homewares brand IKEA has topped Dezeen Hot List 2017 of the 500 people, brands and organisations our readers most wanted to read about this year. Retailer Muji takes second place while Peter Zumthor is the highest placed architect.
Donald Trump has crashed into the top five of the list, which is compiled entirely using audience data. He is the highest placed personality, as well as the highest new entry.
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Trump ranks so highly thanks largely to the design world's subversive response to his victory in the US presidential election last year. Our story about a spoof IKEA border wall and a Nazi-style logo created for him by Tucker Viemeister are among the most popular posts. The most popular story about this year's winner, IKEA, was the introduction of furniture that snaps together "like a jigsaw puzzle"
But the big story of this year's list is the domination of IKEA and the surprise appearance of Muji in second place, meaning design-led retail brands occupy the top two slots.
Design-led retailers IKEA and Muji come first and second
IKEA topped the Hot List for its vast range of initiatives over the year, including the introduction of snap-together furnishings that do away with fiddly allen keys, a collection of no-waste products, and its witty response to Balenciaga's £1,705 take on the iconic blue Frakta bag. All these stories were incredibly popular with our readers, and the...
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