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The Best Episodes of Top Design

Every episode of Top Design ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Top Design!

The Best Episodes of Top Design

Bravo's competition reality series premieres with 12 of the country's hottest new interior designers, artists and architects, who will draw upon their creativity and expertise...
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Top Design Season 1 Episode 2 - Child's Play
    9.4/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Child's Play

    S1:E2

    In the second 'Top Design' challenge, contestants will each be given a dossier for individual clients for whom they must design a bedroom. Halfway through the challenge, with their sketches finalized and the shopping completed, they will learn there is a big and small twist. Only one talented designer will win.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Top Design Season 1 Episode 1 - Mystery Client
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Mystery Client

    S1:E1

    In this first kick-off challenge, both teams must design an inner sanctum for a mystery celebrity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Top Design Season 1 Episode 3 - Design's a Beach
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    #3 - Design's a Beach

    S1:E3

    It's all about rest and relaxation for the remaining contestants as they head to the beach in the third episode of "Top Design" -- or so they think. The sun and sand will turn out to be the grounds for another challenge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Top Design Season 1 Episode 4 - One Man's Trash...
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    #4 - One Man's Trash...

    S1:E4

    Every talented interior designer must have an 'eye for design,' and this fourth episode will test the eye of each of the remaining contestants. They must create a living and work space for their clients, who are all design students, using uncommon materials.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Top Design Season 1 Episode 5 - Garage Band
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    #5 - Garage Band

    S1:E5

    The fifth episode of 'Top Design' features the designers working with The All-American family -- three kids, two parents, and a dog -- to create a dream family space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Top Design Season 1 Episode 6 - Life of the Party
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    #6 - Life of the Party

    S1:E6

    Party on! The contestants will be split into two teams of three in the sixth 'Top Design' challenge and asked to design competing party spaces for Bacardi Limon to entertain guests of ELLE DECOR Magazine. Find out who can really party in this all-new episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Top Design Season 1 Episode 7 - Chef's Choice
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    #7 - Chef's Choice

    S1:E7

    The competition gets cookin' in the seventh episode of 'Top Design' when the remaining contestants face 'Top Chef' Head Judge Tom Colicchio (Chef) in their hardest design challenge yet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Top Design Season 1 Episode 8 - Metropolitan Home Suites
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    #8 - Metropolitan Home Suites

    S1:E8

    The creative juices will flow as the remaining contestants head to the upscale Viceroy Hotel in Los Angeles to design a high-end modern hotel room. The guest judge is design and fashion expert Linda O'Keeffe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Top Design Season 1 Episode 9 - ELLE DECOR Cover Inspiration
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    #9 - ELLE DECOR Cover Inspiration

    S1:E9

    The strongest remaining interior design contestants select one of 10 ELLE DECOR Magazine covers as inspiration for their design for an living room.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Top Design Season 1 Episode 10 - Lofty Designs
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    #10 - Lofty Designs

    S1:E10

    And then there were two. The remaining contenders who will strive to create the ultimate 'Top Design' will each design the interior of a house -- two separate 1,700 square foot lofts in downtown Los Angeles to be exact.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Top Design Season 2 Episode 1 - Impress the Best
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    #11 - Impress the Best

    S2:E1

    The life of an interior designer often means dealing with very difficult, opinionated and demanding clientele and in the premiere episode of the second season of Top Design, the designers are presented with exactly that.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Top Design Season 2 Episode 2 - Artsy Bunker
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    #12 - Artsy Bunker

    S2:E2

    The designers are faced with a challenge about survival and will have to work in teams to create a fashionable yet functional space - the real challenge however, will be if they can survive working with each other.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Top Design Season 2 Episode 3 - Window Display
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    #13 - Window Display

    S2:E3

    The interior designers must work in teams to create a window display inspired by a garment from one of the former Runway designers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Top Design Season 2 Episode 4 - Bachelor Pad
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    #14 - Bachelor Pad

    S2:E4

    In the fourth episode of "Top Design," the contestants are broken up into teams and will re-design the bachelor pads of three very different men on a very limited budget. Everyone's favorite obsessive-compulsive house-flipper, "Flipping Out's" Jeff Lewis stops by as guest judge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Top Design Season 2 Episode 5 - Triathlon of Decorating
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    #15 - Triathlon of Decorating

    S2:E5

    The fifth episode of "Top Design" pushes the contestants to their creative limits, as they each have to compete in an interior design triathlon. There will be twists and turns along the way and in the end, only one designer will be declared the winner and another will be sent home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Top Design Season 2 Episode 6 - Eco-Offices
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    #16 - Eco-Offices

    S2:E6

    In the sixth episode of "Top Design," the contestants will re-design the new offices for an environmental consulting firm that helps government, non-profit and corporate clients address critical challenges in the environment. The designers will each get their own office to redecorate, but they must work together as a whole to create one cohesive look for the entire workspace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Top Design Season 2 Episode 7 - Room of the Future
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    #17 - Room of the Future

    S2:E7

    Every interior designer needs a vision and in the seventh episode of "Top Design," the contestants are asked to take that vision into the future. The contestants creativity and imagination are put to the test and the ideas are limitless.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Top Design Season 2 Episode 8 - Light It Up
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    #18 - Light It Up

    S2:E8

    Inspiration can come from anything and in the eighth episode of "Top Design," the challenge is all about testing the designers' ability to design a room around one specific item. Simon Doonan, Creative Director of Barneys, will help decide, when he stops by as a guest judge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Top Design Season 2 Episode 9 - Finale Part 1
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    #19 - Finale Part 1

    S2:E9

    "Flipping Out's" Jeff Lewis is back to judge part one of the "Top Design" season two finale. It's a critical elimination and Lewis holds nothing back from the contestants or his fellow judges.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Top Design Season 2 Episode 10 - Season Finale
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    #20 - Season Finale

    S2:E10

    In the final episode of "Top Design," the designers are given the ultimate challenge, decorating a house from top to bottom. In the end, two designers will be sent home and one will be named the winner of "Top Design."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Child's Play" is the best rated episode of "Top Design". It scored 9.4/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/7/2007. This episode scored 2.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mystery Client".