Mr. Blobby IV, Holy Emperor of the United Kingdoms

As a designer, if there was one thing you could look back upon and say, “Yep, that was the day I really made it,” it would likely be the day you were crowned “Design King” or “Mr. Design.” For Will Alsop, who is widely considered to be the front runner in the search, he’ll possibly have that day if he gets the title of London’s “Design Tsar.” But, like anything work getting, there’s fighting among the ranks about whether or not he, a “radical architect” should receive the coveted position and be at the helm of what happens in and around the future major city.