Talk:Benjamin Hubert (designer)

Notability

Adding the notability template. The notability guideline for Creative Professionals is copied below

"Such a person is likely to be notable if:

• The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors; or

• The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory, or technique; or

• The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews, or of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series); or

• The person's work (or works) has: (a) become a significant monument, (b) been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) won significant critical attention, or (d) been represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums."

The subject/article does have a reasonably large number of citations/references, but the vast majority are from interviews directly with the subject and might therefore be considered neither independent, nor secondary. I can find only very weak (an example) secondary sourcing of material and find nothing which supports any of the four criteria above.

Does this subject meet the notability guidelines or should it be flagged for deletion? MaybeRaby (talk) 19:50, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

This person is the subject of a monograph published by Phaidon (as noted in the Wikipedia entry) and has many sources showing that they are regarded as an important figure, which I believe meets the notability guidelines. AK1601User (talk) 10:38, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

I believe the subject of this article does meet Wikipedia’s notability guidelines for creative professionals, and that the notability tag should be reconsidered.

Independent secondary coverage:

The article includes substantial coverage from The New York Times, The Guardian, Time, Forbes, Fast Company, Domus, Azure, Wallpaper, Icon Eye, and CNN. These are independent, editorially controlled publications that have provided critical reporting and analysis of the subject’s work over a sustained period (2010s–2020s). This satisfies the requirement for significant coverage in reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject.

Book-length publication:

The subject is the focus of a 2023 monograph published by Phaidon (LAYER, ISBN 978-1838660710), one of the world’s most authoritative publishers in design and architecture. The book’s existence demonstrates significant recognition from an independent, internationally respected source and meets the guideline’s criterion of “an independent and notable work.”

Industry recognition:

The subject’s work has received multiple international design awards (including Red Dot and iF Design Awards) and has been exhibited and reviewed extensively, indicating sustained professional impact and critical attention.

Taken together, these references clearly demonstrate notability under points (1), (3), and (4) of the creative professionals guideline. Unless new evidence contradicts this, it seems appropriate to remove the notability tag. AK1601User (talk) 11:06, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Benjamin Hubert is a well know designer (as much so as people like Stephen Burks, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, Najla El Zein, Richard Hutten, Luca Nichetto, or Nika Zupanc). I think the notability tag is misplaced. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 12:07, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

@AK1601User and MaybeRaby: The {{Notability}} tag has been (justly) removed, however a {{Copy edit}} and/or {{Resume-like}} tag might still be appropriate. Much could be done to make this article better. See Richard Sapper or Jasper Morrison for pretty good reference examples (in my view). Also, you may want to look at WP:COI. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 07:37, 10 October 2025 (UTC)