Congrats to Lincoln-based Archrival, a youth marketing agency, for being named a Webby Award nominee and Omaha-based Phenomblue, an interactive experience agency, for twice being named an official honoree.
About the awards, from webbyawards.com:
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web’s infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes an Executive 750-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and Associate Members who are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals.
Reflecting the tremendous growth of the Internet as a tool for business and everyday lives, the 14th Annual Webby Awards expands the mission of the Webby by honoring excellence in over 100+ Website, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile Web categories.
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Here’s the work that earned the recognition for the two companies from the Prairie :
Sports: Shaun White’s Project X – Archrival
Other Nominees:
- HELLO! RUNNERS MAP – 777interactive
- Manchester City Football Club – POKE
- SI.com – Sports Illustrated
- Yahoo! Sports – Yahoo! Inc.
In addition to The Webby Award, the Academy also presents The People’s Voice Award. You can show your support for Archrival at webby.aol.com (or click on the image below).
Mobile & Experience Marketing: Moppet Mashup LIVE – Phenomblue
Extra-cool factor: This was a part of the Big Omaha 2009 experience.
Other Official Honorees:
- 42Below – Because We Can – The Hyperfactory
- Ballers Network – R/GA
- CityGT – JWT Melbourne
- ESPN Monday Night Football Interactive Storescapes – Wieden+Kennedy New York
- Inwindow Outdoor Storescape for Vampire Diaries – Inwindow Outdoor
- Nike Training Club – R/GA
- Orange Monkey ‘Holobox’ – POKE
- pino Airlines – Pyramid Film Quadra Inc.
- Sit or Squat – Publicis New York
- The Next Move by UrbanDaddy – UrbanDaddy
- United States Postal Service: Virtual Box Simulator – AKQA
Phenomblue has also submitted Moppet Mashup for an FWA award (Favourite Website Awards, an industry recognised internet award program and inspirational portal). You can show your support at thefwa.com/submissions/moppet-mashup.
Art: Minorwhite – Phenomblue
Other Official Honorees:
- Akbank Sanat – madebycat
- Antony Gormley – Amp London
- ART RUBY – ART RUBY
- Arts Gateway – ABC TV Multiplatform
- Explore Thomas Cole – Historicus, Inc.
- friends-of-art.net – friends-of-art.net
- In The Heights – Official Site – SpotCo
- Old Masters at the Pulitzer – TOKY Branding + Design
- Pacific Northwest Ballet Website – Hornall Anderson
- Ron Arad: No Discipline – The Museum of Modern Art
