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The Global Footwear Awards - Top Ranking Designers

Professional | University / School

No Company/University   Country   Awards
1 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   95 Prizes
2 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   9 Prizes
3 d’Academie Sint-Niklaas (Sask)   Netherlands   8 Prizes
4 Mehmet Türker Işıkhan   United States   8 Prizes
5 Savannah College of Art and Design (Scad)   United States   7 Prizes
6 Th Köln / Köln International School of Design   Germany   7 Prizes
7 Deborah Kiwi   Israel   7 Prizes
8 Anita Soundar   India   7 Prizes
9 Kenan Medić   United States   7 Prizes
10 Will (Chin Wei) Huang   United States   6 Prizes
11     6 Prizes
12 Matea Gluscevic   Australia   6 Prizes
13 Estonian Academy of Arts   Denmark   6 Prizes
14 Academy of Fine Arts Sint-Niklaas (Sask)   Belgium   5 Prizes
15 Ual: London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   5 Prizes
16 University of The Philippines   Philippines   5 Prizes
17 Georgia Institute of Technology   United States   5 Prizes
18 Pratt Institute   United States   4 Prizes
19 Imperial College London   United Kingdom   4 Prizes
20 University of Nottingham In China   China   4 Prizes
21 Ye Shen   United States   4 Prizes
22 National Taipei University of Business   Taiwan   4 Prizes
23 University of The Arts London: London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   4 Prizes
24 Anna Boutashkova   Germany   4 Prizes
25 HYON PARK   Germany   4 Prizes
26 University of Oregon   United States   4 Prizes
27 Iowa State University   United States   4 Prizes
28 University of Oregon   United States   4 Prizes
29 University of Oregon   United States   4 Prizes
30 Hochschule Pforzheim   Germany   4 Prizes
31 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   New Zealand   3 Prizes
32 Olly Saunders   United Kingdom   3 Prizes
33 D'Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas   Belgium   3 Prizes
34 Eshton Chua   Singapore   3 Prizes
35 Jaden Zhai   Canada   3 Prizes
36 University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   3 Prizes
37 Rebecca Meixner   Austria   3 Prizes
38 Gabriel Giordano   Netherlands   3 Prizes
39 Daniel Visintainer   United States   3 Prizes
40 University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   3 Prizes
41 Massey University - College of Creative Arts   New Zealand   3 Prizes
42 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   3 Prizes
43 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   3 Prizes
44 SASK d’Academie   Belgium   3 Prizes
45 Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin   Malaysia   3 Prizes
46 Wout Speyers   Netherlands   3 Prizes
47 Constantinos Panayiotou   Cyprus   3 Prizes
48 Nazanin Bozorgizadeh   Iran   3 Prizes
49 Jóse Monroy   United States   3 Prizes
50 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design   Israel   3 Prizes
51 Akademy of Art In Szczecin   Poland   3 Prizes
52 Ecal   Switzerland   3 Prizes
53 School of Visual Arts   United States   3 Prizes
54 Shih Chien   Taiwan   3 Prizes
55     3 Prizes
56 Artcenter College of Design   United States   3 Prizes
57 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   3 Prizes
58 Central Saint Martins   United Kingdom   3 Prizes
59 Konstfack - University of Arts, Crafts and Design   Austria   3 Prizes
60 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   3 Prizes
61 Elizabeth Nartker   United States   3 Prizes
62 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   3 Prizes
63 Howest University of Applied Sciences   Belgium   3 Prizes
64 Fh Joanneum University of Applied Sciences   Austria   3 Prizes
65 D academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas (Voormalig Sask)   Belgium   3 Prizes
66 Kristen Decker   United States   3 Prizes
67 University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign   United States   2 Prizes
68 Safa Sahin   Turkey   2 Prizes
69 Royal College of Art   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
70 Estonian Academy of Arts   Estonia   2 Prizes
71 Quint Verhaart   Netherlands   2 Prizes
72 London College of Fashion   Greece   2 Prizes
73 Fit Yellowbrick Sneakerschool , Pensole Footwear Design Accademy Alumni   India   2 Prizes
74 Royal College of Art & Imperial College London   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
75 Massey University   New Zealand   2 Prizes
76 London Southbank University   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
77 Tori Soudan   United States   2 Prizes
78 D'Academie Beeld / Sask Shoe Design   Belgium   2 Prizes
79 Artcenter College of Design   China   2 Prizes
80 School of The Art Institute of Chicago   United States   2 Prizes
81 Sarah Madeleine T. Guerin   United States   2 Prizes
82 Leung Jia Jun   Singapore   2 Prizes
83 Catia Di Carlo   Italy   2 Prizes
84 University of Arts London   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
85 Polimoda   Italy   2 Prizes
86 Academy Of Fine Arts Sint-Niklaas (sask)   Belgium   2 Prizes
87 Academy of Art University   United States   2 Prizes
88 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   2 Prizes
89 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   2 Prizes
90 Aalto University   Finland   2 Prizes
91 Ravensbourne   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
92 School of The Art Institute of Chicago   United States   2 Prizes
93 Parsons School of Design   United States   2 Prizes
94     2 Prizes
95     2 Prizes
96     2 Prizes
97 Funfere Koroye   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
98 Joseline Haverman   Netherlands   2 Prizes
99 Maico Thiesen de Souza   Australia   2 Prizes
100 Sebastian Zgutka   Poland   2 Prizes
101 Fatemeh Safikhani   Germany   2 Prizes
102 Sarah Inyoung Park   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
103 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
104 Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas (SASK) Belgium   Belgium   2 Prizes
105 Fashion Institute of Technology   United States   2 Prizes
106 Arsutoria   Italy   2 Prizes
107 Arsoy academy   Iran   2 Prizes
108 College For Creative Studies   United States   2 Prizes
109 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   2 Prizes
110 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.   Israel   2 Prizes
111 College For Creative Studies   United States   2 Prizes
112 Lab University of Applied Sciences   Italy   2 Prizes
113 Media Design School   New Zealand   2 Prizes
114 Canberk Karakaş   Turkey   2 Prizes
115 Imperial College London   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
116 Autonomous Mexico State University   Mexico   2 Prizes
117 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design   Israel   2 Prizes
118 Pforzheim University, Faculty of Design   Germany   2 Prizes
119 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   2 Prizes
120 Georgia Institute of Technology   United States   2 Prizes
121 School of Visual Arts   United States   2 Prizes
122 Academy of Arts and Design, Basel, Switzerland.Fachhochschule Norwestschweiz   Switzerland   2 Prizes
123 UAL   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
124 Tomas Bata University   Czech Republic   2 Prizes
125 University of Oregon   United States   2 Prizes
126 Appalachian State University   United States   2 Prizes
127 University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
128 Akademia Sztuki W Szczecinie   Poland   2 Prizes
129 IMRAN OMAR   Australia   2 Prizes
130 Marijoe Piñon   Philippines   2 Prizes
131 School of Visual Arts   United States   2 Prizes
132 Olsen Huang   Canada   2 Prizes
133 Kyunghee University   Korea, Republic of   2 Prizes
134 Sask - D'Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas   Belgium   2 Prizes
135 Art Center College of Design   United States   2 Prizes
136 Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology   China   2 Prizes
137 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
138 Georgia Institute of Technology   United States   2 Prizes
139 The London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
140 Florence University   Italy   2 Prizes
141 Falmouth University   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
142 University of Michigan   United States   2 Prizes
143 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   2 Prizes
144 University of The Arts   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
145 Central Saint Martins   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
146 University of Nebraska - Lincoln   United States   2 Prizes
147 Munich University of Applied Sciences   Germany   2 Prizes
148 Wonder Vision   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
149 Pensole Lewis College   India   1 Prize
150 D'Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas   Belgium   1 Prize
151 University of Oregon   United States   1 Prize
152 College For Creative Studies   United States   1 Prize
153 Savannah College of Art and Design   Mexico   1 Prize
154 Oliver Knights   United Kingdom   1 Prize
155 Hs Pforzheim   Germany   1 Prize
156 Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture   Russian Federation   1 Prize
157 Pratt Institute   China   1 Prize
158 Haoran Qi   United Kingdom   1 Prize
159 Ben Smits   Austria   1 Prize
160 Jed Cabugao   Philippines   1 Prize
161 Keya Martin   United States   1 Prize
162 The New School   United States   1 Prize
163 London College of Fashion   Canada   1 Prize
164 Bezalel Acedemy For Art and Design   Israel   1 Prize
165 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   1 Prize
166 Amirathan Nouri Latif   Iran   1 Prize
167 Minjiang Normal School   China   1 Prize
168 Politecnico Di Milano,Milan,Italy   Italy   1 Prize
169 Fh Joanneum   Austria   1 Prize
170 Royal College of Art   United Kingdom   1 Prize
171 Hita Wangse Rudira   Indonesia   1 Prize
172 Rudy Camratura   Indonesia   1 Prize
173 Conor Stack   Australia   1 Prize
174 Jimmy SUGIURA   United Kingdom   1 Prize
175 Harvey Waters Jr   United States   1 Prize
176 Rex Emmanuel (Rico) Alfaras   New Zealand   1 Prize
177 John Lodge   Spain   1 Prize
178 KHALED AMIR BENAIDA   Algeria   1 Prize
179 Imperial College London   United Kingdom   1 Prize
180 Auckland University of Technology   New Zealand   1 Prize
181 四川文化艺术学院   China   1 Prize
182 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   1 Prize
183 Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology   China   1 Prize
184 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   1 Prize
185 Estonian Academy of Arts   Estonia   1 Prize
186 Pratt Institute   United States   1 Prize
187 Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez   Chile   1 Prize
188 Sask   Belgium   1 Prize
189 University of Arts London   United Kingdom   1 Prize
190 London College of Fashion-University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   1 Prize
191 University of The Arts London   China   1 Prize
192 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design   Palestine   1 Prize
193 Bezalel   Israel   1 Prize
194 Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź   Poland   1 Prize
195 Tomas Bata University In Zlin   Czech Republic   1 Prize
196 Yuki Xu   United States   1 Prize
197 yip ho   China   1 Prize
198 Jo Cope   United Kingdom   1 Prize
199 University of California Berkeley   United States   1 Prize
200     1 Prize
201 Henry Hardigan   United States   1 Prize
202 D'Academie Beeld   Belgium   1 Prize
203 D'Academie   Belgium   1 Prize
204 Naba Milan   India   1 Prize
205 College For Creative Studies   United States   1 Prize
206 Appalachian State University   United States   1 Prize
207 University of Oregon   United States   1 Prize
208 University of Oregon   United States   1 Prize
209 University of Nottingham Ningbo China   China   1 Prize
210 Köln Na International School of Design   Germany   1 Prize
211 London college of Fashion   China   1 Prize
212 Isabelle Ragnarsson   Sweden   1 Prize
213 Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation   Denmark   1 Prize
214 Nicolas Li   China   1 Prize
215 Nura Adam Gorički   Croatia   1 Prize
216 University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   1 Prize
217     1 Prize
218 College For Creative Studies   United States   1 Prize
219 Artcenter College of Design   United States   1 Prize
220 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   1 Prize
221 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   1 Prize
222 Carleton University   Canada   1 Prize
223 Artcenter College of Design   United States   1 Prize
224 Hochschule Für Wirtschaft Und Technik (Htw)   Germany   1 Prize
225 Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin   Germany   1 Prize
226 Parsons School of Design, The New School   United States   1 Prize
227 D’academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas (Sask)   Belgium   1 Prize
228 Esdi   Spain   1 Prize
229 Estonian Academy of Arts   Estonia   1 Prize
230 L'Ecole De Design Nantes Atlantique   France   1 Prize
231 ArtCenter College of Design   United States   1 Prize
232 Jason Coleman   United Kingdom   1 Prize
233 Antonio Arocho   United States   1 Prize
234 Katarzyna Ditrich-Paturalska   Poland   1 Prize
235 Akademia Sztuki W Szczecinie   Poland   1 Prize
236 Darius Alexander   United States   1 Prize
237 Rebekah Gillard-Jahr   United Kingdom   1 Prize
238 Maria Forlanos   United States   1 Prize
239 Harry Mutton   United States   1 Prize
240 University of The Philippines Diliman   Philippines   1 Prize
241 Arsutoria School   Italy   1 Prize
242 Estonian Academy of Arts   Estonia   1 Prize
243 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design   Hungary   1 Prize
244 Parsons School of School of Design   United States   1 Prize
245 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   1 Prize
246 Michela Luna Parkle   United States   1 Prize
247 Eva Bailes   United States   1 Prize
248 Didi Akinyelure   United Kingdom   1 Prize
249 Jingyuan Kang   China   1 Prize
250 Allef Bails   United States   1 Prize
251 Marie Bourlot   France   1 Prize
252 Percy Abrams   United States   1 Prize
253 Miami Bizoe   United States   1 Prize
254 Marion Mallory   United States   1 Prize
255 Abdullah Al-Mansour   United States   1 Prize
256 Jessica Kailer   United States   1 Prize
257 d’Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas   Belgium   1 Prize
258 Georgia Institute of Technology   United States   1 Prize
259 Western Washington University   United States   1 Prize
260 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   1 Prize
261 Htw Berlin - University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Für Technik Und Wirtschaft Berlin)   Germany   1 Prize
262 Georgia Institute of Technology   United States   1 Prize
263 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   1 Prize
264 Shelly & Elon Satat-Kombor, Shelly Boneh   Israel   1 Prize
265 Negin Taghavi   Italy   1 Prize
266 Lida Aflatoony, Ph.D., Kristen Morris, Ph.D.   United States   1 Prize
267 Tim Buckler   Canada   1 Prize
268 Tom Weightman   United Kingdom   1 Prize
269 Jeff Donovan   United Kingdom   1 Prize
270 NA   Italy  
271 Robert Quach   France  
272 Jeranne Ang   Singapore  
273 Designskolen Kolding Denmark   Denmark  
274 Kenny Lin   United States  
275 Footwearology   South Africa  
276 Arsen Aldyngarov   Italy  
277 Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology   China  
278 Rafael Fernando da Silva   Brazil  
279 Ravensbourne   United Kingdom  
280 Finn Rush-Taylor   United Kingdom  
281 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States  
282 Natalie Kangropool   United Kingdom  
283 Kira Goodey   United Kingdom  
284 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States  
285 Wataru Sato   Japan  
286 Sveta Kletina   Israel  
287 Francisco Balasquide   United States  
288 Yuan Ke   Taiwan  
289 College For Creative Studies   United States  
290 Royal College of Art   France, Metropolitan  
291 Christophe Juge   Germany  
292 William Pittman   United States  
293 mlonyeni nthako   Italy  
294 Micol Ottina   Italy  
295 Adam Crookston   United States  
296 Philippe Holthuizen   Netherlands  
297 Douglas Panatta   Brazil  
298 Auckland University of Technology   New Zealand  
299 Footwear Design & Development Institute, Chennai   India  
300 Christia Diaz   United States  
301 Royal College of Art   Korea, Republic of  
302 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States  
303 Kerry Damiano   United States  

 

 

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