01 Oct 15
Chromatix represents Australia with a Best-in-Show at W3 Awards 2015
“On behalf of the 600+ members of The Academy Interactive and Visual Arts, we are honoured to recognize our winners as they continue to set a high standard of excellence for Web development.”
We can’t believe it! After much anticipation, the winners of the 2015 W³ Awards were announced on 23 September 2015 by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA) in New York. With over 4,800 entries worldwide, the W³ Awards honours creative excellence online, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning websites, web video and online marketing programs from digital agencies around the world. The W³ Awards is sanctioned and judged by AIVA, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “who’s who” of highly acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms. AIVA members include executives from organizations such as Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Microsoft, MTV Networks, Polo Ralph Lauren, Wired and Yahoo!, just to name a few. The overall feedback on the entries in 2015 has been extremely positive. Director of the AIVA, Linda Day, summarised it best – “We were amazed at the calibre and quality of work we received this year from the smallest agencies to the biggest firms worldwide. As the web continues to expand in new and exciting ways, our winners continue to truly push the envelope of Internet creativity and web design”. As highlighted in Campaign Brief, one of Australasia’s most influential creative advertising trade magazines, Chromatix took out a stella 5 awards in total, most notably an esteemed Best in Show – the only one given to an Australian digital agency. The full list of awards for Chromatix include: 2015 Best in Show Award Winner: Site of Hope – Website Features – Visual Appeal 2015 Gold Award Winner: Red Hong Yi – General Website Categories – Art 2015 Silver Award Winner: Red Hong Yi – General Website Categories – Personal Web Site 2015 Silver Award Winner: Red Hong Yi – General Website Categories – Self Promotion 2015 Silver Award Winner: Site of Hope – General Website Categories – General Interests/Variety This year’s overall list of Best-in-Show winners include:
WINNER | TITLE OF ENTRY | ENTRY TYPE | COUNTRY |
A+S IDEAS STUDIO, INC | GoDominicanRepublic.com | Websites | United States |
Blackstone Media | Globe Website | Websites | United States |
Bluecadet | Stinks, Bangs, & Booms | Websites | United States |
Chromatix | Site of Hope | Websites | Australia |
Cleveland Brothers Equip | #ReboundStrong-Pitt Univ. | Websites | United States |
DJG | Littleelmbrewing.com | Websites | United States |
Dustland | Game of Thrones Compendium | Websites | United States |
Guggenheim Museum | Guggenheim for iPad | Mobile | United States |
Ha Design Studio | Trainer Rx | Websites | United States |
Lyons Consulting Group | GoPro.com | Websites | United States |
Magnetic Creative | Drew Brees Website | Websites | United States |
Marcus Thomas LLC | LIBBY’S #PumpkinCan | Marketing | United States |
MRM//McCann | Happygrams | Websites | Singapore |
National Geographic Channels | EAT: The Story of Food | Marketing | United States |
Oblio | The Room Experience | Websites | United States |
OneMethod | OneMethod | Websites | Canada |
OnTheHub | Evolution of Windows | Websites | Canada |
Oracle | Kindle eTextbooks Welcome | Marketing | United States |
Prophets | Flandersforfodies | Video | Belgium |
Razorfish | PatronTequila.com | Websites | United States |
Ready Set Rocket | Ready Set Rocket Website | Websites | United States |
República | Miami Trolley | Mobile | United States |
Sabre Hospitality | The Umstead Website | Websites | United States |
SapientNitro | Target Holiday Wish List | Mobile | United States |
Sapka Communications | YouTube’s #DearMe Campaign | Social | United States |
Scorpion Design | CAA Georgia | Websites | United States |
Set Snail | Daddy Long Legs | Mobile | United States |
Tenthwave | Demarini Custom Bats | Websites | United States |
The Richards Group | “Fact or Fake” Video | Video | United States |
TVI Designs | Portfolio Aspen Properties | Websites | United States |
UPS | A World of Possibilities | Video | United States |
Velir | World Population Datasheet | Websites | United States |
Virool | Secret of All Viral Videos | Video | United States |
Vulcan Productions | WE THE ECONOMY | Mobile | United States |
We Are Social | #DontPanicButton | Video | United Kingdom |
Woodlands Ad Agency | LaBikina | Websites | United States |
YouVisit | YouVisit | Websites | United States |
We’re ecstatic about the results! Well done to the whole Chromatix team for the amazing effort, countless hours of hard work and overall dedication in completing these award winning pieces and a special thanks to our clients for always trusting us with their creative ideas and overall online executions. A huge thanks too to all W³ Award partners for making the awards possible this year – Behance, Internet Week New York, AIVA and Digital Wax Works. For a full list of W³ Award winners across all 3 categories – Best in Show, Gold and Silver – visit www.w3award.com.