Tops in design, business, brands, the tops of this and that is endless. I have had a few of these list style links bookmarked to share for a while and with June 2009’s Fast Company cover feature “the 100 Most Creative People in Business” I figured it was a good time to post them.

Online or in print, Fast Company has featured a great mix of unique minds making up their Creative Top 100, from the somewhat obscure, to a rock star like Apple’s Jonathan Ive to Tyra Banks…ya Tyra Banks go figure?! So if you’re suffering from heat stroke over the weekend go inside and get inspired, reviewing all of them is sure to kill an afternoon. And GDC take note, here’s a great list of possible speakers for ICOGRADA’s DESIGN WEEK 2010 and GRAPHEX 2010!

Now what about some other Best Of’s and Top 10’s, 100’s, even 500’s…here’s a few. Enjoy.

> Fast Company’s 10 Courageous Few. Leadership drives a brand and these few had the heart to do the right thing.
> InterBrand and BusinessWeek’s Top 100 Brands of 2008
> Treehugger’s Best Of Green has an amazing collection inspiring lists. In Design and Architecture, Business, Fashion, Culture and more.
> Landor’s Greenest Brands of 2008 (US and UK) and a supporting Podcast of The Greenest Brands of 2008
> Time’s Most Influential Design - the Design 100
> Time 100: Leaders and Revolutionaries
> Time’s ALL TIME 100, includes movies, novels, tv shows and albums
Time’s TOP 10 of 2008
> Business Deals > Non-Fiction Books > Best Websites
> Scientific America’s Top 10 Solutions for Climate Change
> MacLife’s Top 10 Apple Influencers of 2009
> CNN’s Top 25 Influential Business Leaders (an ‘05 list)
Rolling Stone’s
> 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
> 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, very cool is Pete Townshend’s write up of #1 Jimi Hendrix.
> MetroLyrics features Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and cool, they provide the lyrics too.
The Simpsons > Top 10 Guest Appearances
> the Chicago Tribune’s Top 10 Simpsons Prank Calls..try it some time.
> FoxSports Top 10 Courageous Moments in Sports History
And there’s no Top list with out David Letterman’s Top Ten List archive.

Do you know any great lists that inspire? …comment and share!