The Most Famous
DESIGNERS from Austria
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Austrian Designers of all time. This list of famous Austrian Designers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Victor Papanek (1923 - 1998)
With an HPI of 52.13, Victor Papanek is the most famous Austrian Designer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Victor Josef Papanek (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoʁ ˈjoːsɛf ˈpapanɛk]; 22 November 1923 – 10 January 1998) was an Austrian-born American designer and educator, who became a strong advocate of the socially and ecologically responsible design of products, tools, and community infrastructures. His book Design for the Real World, originally published in 1971 and translated into more than 24 languages, had lasting international impact.
2. Robert Kalina (b. 1955)
With an HPI of 46.28, Robert Kalina is the 2nd most famous Austrian Designer. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Robert Kalina (born 29 June 1955) is an Austrian designer. For the National Bank of Austria he created the T 382 design, which was the winning design of the 1996 competition for the art shown on the euro banknotes. Kalina's design was chosen by the EMI Council (European Monetary Institute) on 3 December 1996. However, his initial designs were supposed to feature imaginary bridges, but were discovered to actually be based on real bridges taken from the book Bridges - 300 Years of Defying Nature and had to be redesigned. Kalina also designed the banknotes for the Azerbaijani manat, the 2010 series of the Syrian pound and the highest-denomination banknote for Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark in 2002.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Austrian designers born between 1923 and 1955. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Austrian designers include Robert Kalina. The most famous deceased Austrian designers include Victor Papanek. As of April 2024, 1 new Austrian designers have been added to Pantheon including Victor Papanek.
