Exterior decoration design is the rising star of design industry recently, compare with magnificent buildings, it's a graceful and restrained existence of the landscape.

Yet our list of Tastemakers consists of five Americans, including rising stars like Miller and Wong, as well as industry heavyweights like Jonathan Ive and Niels Diffrient.

Just a few months ago he was the company's fastest-rising star, promoted, he thought, to bring fresh thinking to the firm's self-service kiosk business.