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21 Nov 08

Who’s Who?

What do BBDO, New York; Disney, Paris; Greenpeace; the BBC; and Brainstorm all have in common? Each won a Best in Show Award from the 2008 W3 Awards, a global competition for website and online content designers, creators, and promoters, judged by the International Academy of Visual Arts.

“In a competition pitting over 3,000 competitors, including Fortune 500 companies and international marketing agencies, we’re pleased to finish in the top 1 percent,� said Brainstorm’s president, Bob Blass.

What’s What?

Brainstorm also won a Gold Award for Visual Appeal for the site, Camino a la Universidad (The Road to College). The site brings interactive life to a research report on Latino’s post-secondary access and success by University of Texas at San Antonio professor Dr. Raymond Padilla.

“Brainstorm created a beautiful, culturally relevant, sharable way to interact with decades of research data without diminishing its depth and substance,� said Teresa Detrich of the Lumina Foundation, sponsor of the research and website.

This is Brainstorm’s third W3 Award, including a Silver Award in 2007 for a website promoting Community Health Network’s North Hospital.

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  1. Ade Says:
    November 21st, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    Congrats! And seemingly very well deserved.

  2. Tracy Lee Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 am

    ~*~*~ CONGRATULATIONS!! ~*~*~

    Well deserved. I remember looking at that website months ago and enjoying it so much. It is wonderful to see recognition given for an excellent piece of work.

  3. illig Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    @ade,@Tracy Lee:
    Thank you. A borderline “article” thus the headline but what the heck, for us, it is “news.” :)

    And, Tracy Lee: Nice celebratory graphical expression there!

  4. Jorge Olson Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Wow,

    Congratulations on the award! It is great self promotion for you and your company.

    Jorge Olson
    Unselfish Self Promotion

  5. Top 50 + Bloggers in Indianapolis | Kyle Lacy, Social Media - Indianapolis Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 8:58 am

    [...] 41. Ed Illig: Branding and Design Recent Post: Yes, It’s Shameless Self Promotion [...]

  6. Neil Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    Congrats.

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