Published on April 12th, 2010 by Matthew Dandurand
Media Contour is proud to be the winner in this year’s Davey Awards Gold in web design and promotion category! Congratulations team!
We treated our website redesign like we would for our clients. We carefully reviewed the previous design then highlighted its strengths and eliminated its weaknesses. Most importantly, it was a team effort. Matt, our CEO and managing director, organized the content and focused MC’s selling points. Alex, Luke and Victor designed and developed the final product. Gaberial came in at the ended and added his Javascript magic. The site is powered by SilverStripe’s CMS.
About the Davey Award
“We were once again excited to honor and recognize the amazing work submitted into this year’s Davey Awards and are humbled by the exceptional work we have grown accustomed to seeing year after year. This year’s competition saw an increasing diversified pool of entries and the high quality of work continues to push the limits of creative possibilities throughout the industry,” noted Linda Day, Executive Director of the IAVA.
The Davey Awards is an international creative award focused exclusively on honoring outstanding creative work from the best small firms worldwide. Entries are judged to evaluate distinction in creative work. In determining Gold and Silver winners, entries are judged on their merits based on a standard of excellence as determined by the IAVA, considering the category entered. A category may have multiple Gold and Silver Winners, or may have none. Entries are scored on a ten point scale by the judges. Generally, Gold Winners receive a score of 9.0 or above and Silver Winners receive a score of 7.0 to 8.9. No more than 10% of entries will be awarded a Gold Davey. Best in Show selections are made by the Academy from the pool of Gold Winners, based on their scoring and other elements of merit as determined by the Academy. The judges will award 10 Best in Show honors, one for each medium. Please visit www.daveyawards.com for a complete list of winners.
Published on April 11th, 2010 by Matthew Dandurand
W3 Award
Material deadline l May 14, 2010
WebAward
Material deadline l May 25, 2010
Summit Awards International – Marketing Effectiveness Award
Material deadline l June 23, 2010
One Show Interactive
Material deadline l June 30, 2010, September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2010
HOW Interactive Design Awards
Material deadline l July 15, 2010
Summit Awards International – Emerging Media Award
Material deadline l September 22, 2010
Communication Arts – Interactive Annual
Material deadline l October 8, 2010
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