MediaCatalyst is a Webby Award nominee and honoree: Vote for us!

Our submission to The 12th Annual Webby Awards, the Canon EOS 400D campaign site, has been named an 'Official Honoree' in the category Best Integrated Campaign. More importantly, it is an 'official nominee' in the category Best Rich Media Advertising: Promotional. We are honoured indeed, but most of all really stoked and excited! It is in fact the third consecutive year that we've received an 'Official Honoree' notch (2005: 50 years of World Press Photo; 2006: Sony Ericsson Product Selector x2), but never before were we nominated! Three times a charm?

Being nominated means two things. First of all, we are in the running for the actual Webby Award, to be bestowed by the official board of judges of 'The Oscars of the internet'. Secondly, perhaps even more exciting, we stand to win the 'People's Voice Award'. Anyone can cast their vote for their favourite nominees. We need all the support we can get, so we'd really appreciate your vote! It's quite easy: follow the link, register and validate your registration, find us in the Interactive Advertising section and 'Rich Media Single: Promotional' section, and finally, cast your vote! Comments and tags are also more than welcome... Thank you very, very much!

Of course, in the end it's all down to the quality of the work. So we invite whoever is interested to be the judge. Please check out the site for yourself! If we are to sway you a little, it's worth mentioning that the site caused quite a stir, due to its unique 3D visuals, its intuitive navigation and its innovative use of papervision. You can read about the project behind the scenes in this earlier posting on our blog. It also received The FWA Site of the Day Award, as well as a WebDesigner Site of the Month. We have high hopes for this one, fingers crossed!

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Who needs a spinaward when you can balance a pineapple on your head?

We came, we saw, but we didn't snatch an award. Last night, the spinawards were distributed amongst hopeful nominees at an event held at the Heineken Music Hall. As it was the Spinawards' 10th birthday party as well, the festivities were especially grand, with plenty of entertainment and performances (most notably by Voicst, who totally rock). In the category 'Best Website Concept', in which we were nominated with the Canon EOS 400D campaign site, Symbaloo won the gold medal. But we need no excuse to have an awesome party... After the jump, a selection of party pics!

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