“This year’s A-List is perhaps the most intriguing we’ve seen so far,” says Michael Boodro, ELLE DECOR’s Editor-In-Chief. “We’ve chosen a wide range of talent whose works run the design gamut from traditional to avant garde.”
The 2011 A-List Top Designers are: Alessandra Branca, Sheila Bridges, Mark Cunningham, Jamie Drake, Bassam Fellows, Thom Filicia, Alexa Hampton, James Huniford, Kathryn M. Ireland, Jay Jeffers, David Kleinberg, Richard Keith Langham, Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, Jeffrey Alan Marks, McAlpine Booth & Ferrier, Richard Mishaan, Juan Montoya, Yabu Pushelberg, Suzanne Rheinstein, Roman and Williams, Todd Alexander Romano, Daniel Romualdez, Shelton, Mindel & Assoc., Ernest de la Torre, and Timothy Whealon.
This year’s shortlist of “Designers to Watch” honors Rafael de Cardenas, Aurelien Gallet, Beth Martin, Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe of Nickey Kehoe, and Sara Story.