Designers Kanye West Loves Who You Should Know

A closer look at some of Yeezy's design inspirations.

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Kanye has long been a fan of architecture and design. He has professed his admiration of the 20th century modern architect Le Corbusier, and even his apartment is stripped down to basic geometric forms. Long before he dropped Yeezus, which he claims was inspired by Le Corbusier's lamp, Kanye was keeping us up to date with the top architects in the world on his old blog KanyeUniverseCity. Most recently, Kanye has asked design master Peter Saville to create a logo for him that is as iconic as the classic Yves Saint Laurent "YSL." Get to know the inspirations behind Kanye's career with Designers Kanye West Loves Who You Should Know

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Thierry Hermès

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Oana Stanescu

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Piero Lissoni

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Frances Palmer

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Axel Vervoordt

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Joseph Dirand

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Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

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Zaha Hadid

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Marc Newson

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David Benjamin

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Maarten Baas

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Fernando and Humberto Campana

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Yves Behar

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Claudio Silvestrin

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Shohei Shigematsu

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Peter Saville

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Le Corbusier

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Es Devlin

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