North America. It may be the new world to some but Architonic's latest installment in its ongoing Architonic Trend Analysis series – North American Design Brands 2014–2015 – reveals a ranking headed up by a number of manufacturers with longevity.*

In at number one is that major player on the stage of 20th-century design history, Knoll, which was founded just before the Second World War. It's followed by another big-hitting US brand, Haworth (eight out of the ten brands are American, the other two Canadian), this time established in 1901. In third position comes Emeco, which launched in 1944 but has experienced major growth since the 1990s, when it moved to address its 'Navy Chair''s dropping sales.

But it's a tale of two cities. Or two eras, rather. Canadian lighting designer Omer Abel's Bocci label, occupying fourth place, was founded just ten years ago, with Kevin Reilly lighting, Molo, Bassam Fellows and Skram, who all make the top-ten cut, also launched since the turn of the millennium.

* Our methodology
This presentation is based on traffic information collected on architonic.com. All statistics and rankings shown in this article are based on the number of relevant search queries entered in the text search field on architonic.com (‘by text search’). All rankings are limited to Architonic Member brands and their products.