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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   Georgia   95 Prizes
2 Mehmet Türker Işıkhan   United States   14 Prizes
3 Jon Kosenick   United States   10 Prizes
4 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   9 Prizes
5 d’Academie Sint-Niklaas (Sask)   Netherlands   8 Prizes
6 Savannah College of Art and Design (Scad)   United States   7 Prizes
7 Th Köln / Köln International School of Design   Germany   7 Prizes
8 Deborah Kiwi   Israel   7 Prizes
9 Anita Soundar   India   7 Prizes
10 Will (Chin Wei) Huang   United States   6 Prizes
11 Matea Gluscevic   Australia   6 Prizes
12 Estonian Academy of Arts   Denmark   6 Prizes
13 Academy of Fine Arts Sint-Niklaas (Sask)   Belgium   5 Prizes
14 Ual: London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   5 Prizes
15 University of The Philippines   Philippines   5 Prizes
16 Georgia Institute of Technology   United States   5 Prizes
17 Pratt Institute   United States   4 Prizes
18 Imperial College London   United Kingdom   4 Prizes
19 University of Nottingham In China   China   4 Prizes
20 Ye Shen   United States   4 Prizes
21 National Taipei University of Business   Taiwan   4 Prizes
22 University of The Arts London: London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   4 Prizes
23 Anna Boutashkova   Germany   4 Prizes
24 HYON PARK   Germany   4 Prizes
25 University of Oregon   United States   4 Prizes
26 Iowa State University   United States   4 Prizes
27 University of Oregon   United States   4 Prizes
28 University of Oregon   United States   4 Prizes
29 Hochschule Pforzheim   Germany   4 Prizes
30 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   New Zealand   3 Prizes
31 Olly Saunders   United Kingdom   3 Prizes
32 D'Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas   Belgium   3 Prizes
33 Eshton Chua   Singapore   3 Prizes
34 Jaden Zhai   Canada   3 Prizes
35 University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   3 Prizes
36 Rebecca Meixner   Austria   3 Prizes
37 Gabriel Giordano   Netherlands   3 Prizes
38 Daniel Visintainer   United States   3 Prizes
39 University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   3 Prizes
40 Massey University - College of Creative Arts   New Zealand   3 Prizes
41 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   3 Prizes
42 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   3 Prizes
43 SASK d’Academie   Belgium   3 Prizes
44 Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin   Malaysia   3 Prizes
45 Wout Speyers   Netherlands   3 Prizes
46 Constantinos Panayiotou   Cyprus   3 Prizes
47 Nazanin Bozorgizadeh   Iran   3 Prizes
48 Jóse Monroy   United States   3 Prizes
49 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design   Israel   3 Prizes
50 Akademy of Art In Szczecin   Poland   3 Prizes
51 Ecal   Switzerland   3 Prizes
52 School of Visual Arts   United States   3 Prizes
53 Shih Chien   Taiwan   3 Prizes
54 Artcenter College of Design   United States   3 Prizes
55 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   3 Prizes
56 Central Saint Martins   United Kingdom   3 Prizes
57 Konstfack - University of Arts, Crafts and Design   Austria   3 Prizes
58 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   3 Prizes
59 Elizabeth Nartker   United States   3 Prizes
60 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   3 Prizes
61 Howest University of Applied Sciences   Belgium   3 Prizes
62 Fh Joanneum University of Applied Sciences   Austria   3 Prizes
63 D academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas (Voormalig Sask)   Belgium   3 Prizes
64 Kristen Decker   United States   3 Prizes
65 University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign   United States   2 Prizes
66 Safa Sahin   Turkey   2 Prizes
67 Royal College of Art   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
68 Estonian Academy of Arts   Estonia   2 Prizes
69 Marija Vlasova   Latvia   2 Prizes
70 Quint Verhaart   Netherlands   2 Prizes
71 London College of Fashion   Greece   2 Prizes
72 Fit Yellowbrick Sneakerschool , Pensole Footwear Design Accademy Alumni   India   2 Prizes
73 Royal College of Art & Imperial College London   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
74 Massey University   New Zealand   2 Prizes
75 London Southbank University   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
76 Tori Soudan   United States   2 Prizes
77 D'Academie Beeld / Sask Shoe Design   Belgium   2 Prizes
78 Artcenter College of Design   China   2 Prizes
79 School of The Art Institute of Chicago   United States   2 Prizes
80 Sarah Madeleine T. Guerin   United States   2 Prizes
81 Leung Jia Jun   Singapore   2 Prizes
82 Catia Di Carlo   Italy   2 Prizes
83 University of Arts London   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
84 Polimoda   Italy   2 Prizes
85 Academy Of Fine Arts Sint-Niklaas (sask)   Belgium   2 Prizes
86 Academy of Art University   United States   2 Prizes
87 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   2 Prizes
88 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   2 Prizes
89 Aalto University   Finland   2 Prizes
90 Ravensbourne   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
91 School of The Art Institute of Chicago   United States   2 Prizes
92 Parsons School of Design   United States   2 Prizes
93 Jermain Steed   United States   2 Prizes
94 Adrien Beridot   France   2 Prizes
95 Leander Westphal   United States   2 Prizes
96 Funfere Koroye   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
97 Joseline Haverman   Netherlands   2 Prizes
98 Maico Thiesen de Souza   Australia   2 Prizes
99 Sebastian Zgutka   Poland   2 Prizes
100 Fatemeh Safikhani   Germany   2 Prizes
101 Sarah Inyoung Park   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
102 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
103 Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas (SASK) Belgium   Belgium   2 Prizes
104 Fashion Institute of Technology   United States   2 Prizes
105 Arsutoria   Italy   2 Prizes
106 Arsoy academy   Iran   2 Prizes
107 College For Creative Studies   United States   2 Prizes
108 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   2 Prizes
109 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.   Israel   2 Prizes
110 College For Creative Studies   United States   2 Prizes
111 Lab University of Applied Sciences   Italy   2 Prizes
112 Media Design School   New Zealand   2 Prizes
113 Canberk Karakaş   Turkey   2 Prizes
114 Imperial College London   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
115 Autonomous Mexico State University   Mexico   2 Prizes
116 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design   Israel   2 Prizes
117 Pforzheim University, Faculty of Design   Germany   2 Prizes
118 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   2 Prizes
119 Georgia Institute of Technology   United States   2 Prizes
120 School of Visual Arts   United States   2 Prizes
121 Academy of Arts and Design, Basel, Switzerland.Fachhochschule Norwestschweiz   Switzerland   2 Prizes
122 UAL   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
123 Tomas Bata University   Czech Republic   2 Prizes
124 University of Oregon   United States   2 Prizes
125 Appalachian State University   United States   2 Prizes
126 University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
127 Akademia Sztuki W Szczecinie   Poland   2 Prizes
128 IMRAN OMAR   Australia   2 Prizes
129 Marijoe Piñon   Philippines   2 Prizes
130 School of Visual Arts   United States   2 Prizes
131 Olsen Huang   Canada   2 Prizes
132 Kyunghee University   Korea, Republic of   2 Prizes
133 Sask - D'Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas   Belgium   2 Prizes
134 Art Center College of Design   United States   2 Prizes
135 Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology   China   2 Prizes
136 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
137 Georgia Institute of Technology   United States   2 Prizes
138 The London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
139 Florence University   Italy   2 Prizes
140 Falmouth University   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
141 University of Michigan   United States   2 Prizes
142 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   2 Prizes
143 University of The Arts   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
144 Central Saint Martins   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
145 University of Nebraska - Lincoln   United States   2 Prizes
146 Munich University of Applied Sciences   Germany   2 Prizes
147 Wonder Vision   United Kingdom   2 Prizes
148 Aaron Yunana   Nigeria   1 Prize
149 Pensole Lewis College   India   1 Prize
150 D'Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas   Belgium   1 Prize
151 Antonio Arocho Hernandez   United States   1 Prize
152 University of Oregon   United States   1 Prize
153 College For Creative Studies   United States   1 Prize
154 Savannah College of Art and Design   Mexico   1 Prize
155 KHALED A BENAIDA   Algeria   1 Prize
156 Oliver Knights   United Kingdom   1 Prize
157 Hs Pforzheim   Germany   1 Prize
158 Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture   Russian Federation   1 Prize
159 Pratt Institute   China   1 Prize
160 Haoran Qi   United Kingdom   1 Prize
161 Ben Smits   Austria   1 Prize
162 Jed Cabugao   Philippines   1 Prize
163 Keya Martin   United States   1 Prize
164 The New School   United States   1 Prize
165 London College of Fashion   Canada   1 Prize
166 Bezalel Acedemy For Art and Design   Israel   1 Prize
167 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   1 Prize
168 Amirathan Nouri Latif   Iran   1 Prize
169 Minjiang Normal School   China   1 Prize
170 Politecnico Di Milano,Milan,Italy   Italy   1 Prize
171 Fh Joanneum   Austria   1 Prize
172 Royal College of Art   United Kingdom   1 Prize
173 Hita Wangse Rudira   Indonesia   1 Prize
174 Rudy Camratura   Indonesia   1 Prize
175 Conor Stack   Australia   1 Prize
176 Jimmy SUGIURA   United Kingdom   1 Prize
177 Harvey Waters Jr   United States   1 Prize
178 Rex Emmanuel (Rico) Alfaras   New Zealand   1 Prize
179 John Lodge   Spain   1 Prize
180 Imperial College London   United Kingdom   1 Prize
181 Auckland University of Technology   New Zealand   1 Prize
182 四川文化艺术学院   China   1 Prize
183 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design   Israel   1 Prize
184 Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology   China   1 Prize
185 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   1 Prize
186 Estonian Academy of Arts   Estonia   1 Prize
187 Pratt Institute   United States   1 Prize
188 Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez   Chile   1 Prize
189 Sask   Belgium   1 Prize
190 University of Arts London   United Kingdom   1 Prize
191 London College of Fashion-University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   1 Prize
192 University of The Arts London   China   1 Prize
193 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design   Palestine   1 Prize
194 Bezalel   Israel   1 Prize
195 Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź   Poland   1 Prize
196 Tomas Bata University In Zlin   Czech Republic   1 Prize
197 Yuki Xu   United States   1 Prize
198 yip ho   China   1 Prize
199 Jo Cope   United Kingdom   1 Prize
200 University of California Berkeley   United States   1 Prize
201 James Howe   United Kingdom   1 Prize
202 Henry Hardigan   United States   1 Prize
203 D'Academie Beeld   Belgium   1 Prize
204 D'Academie   Belgium   1 Prize
205 Naba Milan   India   1 Prize
206 College For Creative Studies   United States   1 Prize
207 Appalachian State University   United States   1 Prize
208 University of Oregon   United States   1 Prize
209 University of Houston   United States   1 Prize
210 University of Nottingham Ningbo China   China   1 Prize
211 Köln Na International School of Design   Germany   1 Prize
212 London college of Fashion   China   1 Prize
213 Isabelle Ragnarsson   Sweden   1 Prize
214 Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation   Denmark   1 Prize
215 Nicolas Li   China   1 Prize
216 Nura Adam Gorički   Croatia   1 Prize
217 University of The Arts London   United Kingdom   1 Prize
218 Udit - Universidad De Diseño, Innovación Y Tecnología   Spain   1 Prize
219 College For Creative Studies   United States   1 Prize
220 Artcenter College of Design   United States   1 Prize
221 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States   1 Prize
222 London College of Fashion   United Kingdom   1 Prize
223 Carleton University   Canada   1 Prize
224 Artcenter College of Design   United States   1 Prize
225 Hochschule Für Wirtschaft Und Technik (Htw)   Germany   1 Prize
226 Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin   Germany   1 Prize
227 Parsons School of Design, The New School   United States   1 Prize
228 D’academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas (Sask)   Belgium   1 Prize
229 Esdi   Spain   1 Prize
230 Estonian Academy of Arts   Estonia   1 Prize
231 L'Ecole De Design Nantes Atlantique   France   1 Prize
232 ArtCenter College of Design   United States   1 Prize
233 Jason Coleman   United Kingdom   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 Birk Alexandersson   Italy  
278 Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology   China  
279 alazar MELESE   Ethiopia  
280 Rafael Fernando da Silva   Brazil  
281 Ravensbourne   United Kingdom  
282 Finn Rush-Taylor   United Kingdom  
283 Fddi Chennai   India  
284 Royal College of Art   Korea, Republic of  
285 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States  
286 Sabina Teruel   Spain  
287 Natalie Kangropool   United Kingdom  
288 Kira Goodey   United Kingdom  
289 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States  
290 Wataru Sato   Japan  
291 Sveta Kletina   Israel  
292 Francisco Balasquide   United States  
293 Yuan Ke   Taiwan  
294 College For Creative Studies   United States  
295 Marvin Frans Haiyambo   Namibia  
296 Adi Itzhaki   Israel  
297 Royal College of Art   France, Metropolitan  
298 Christophe Juge   Germany  
299 William Pittman   United States  
300 mlonyeni nthako   Italy  
301 Micol Ottina   Italy  
302 Adam Crookston   United States  
303 Miguel Deleon   United States  
304 Philippe Holthuizen   Netherlands  
305 Douglas Panatta   Brazil  
306 Auckland University of Technology   New Zealand  
307 Footwear Design & Development Institute, Chennai   India  
308 Christia Diaz   United States  
309 Florian Janssen   Netherlands  
310 Savannah College of Art and Design   United States  
311 Kerry Damiano   United States  

 

 

Global Footwear Design Award 2026
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