Awwwards
Awwwards (Awwwards Online SL) is a professional web design and development competition body. It aims to recognize and promote the best of innovative web design.[2] It is a website competition that developers can submit to.[3][4][5][6][7] The best year-round submissions are awarded at the Awwwards conference and prize-giving ceremony, which take place in various cities across the United States and Europe.[8]
| Awwwards | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | "Discover, recognize, and promote the talent of web designers, developers, and agencies who create unique digital experiences."[1] |
| Country | Spain |
| First awarded | 2009 - Present |
| Website | Awwwards.com |
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Nomination process
In the first phase of the nomination process, web designers submit their work through Awwwards' website for consideration for Site of the Day.[9] The work is then judged by the Awwwards community and an international jury panel composed of designers, developers, and agencies.[10] The best daily sites are also published in Awwward's year-end "The 365 Best Websites Around the World" book.[1]
In the second voting phase, the Site of the Month is chosen. Site of the Month winners proceed to the final judging phase of the competition: Site of the Year. This award is given out at the Awwwards conference and prize-giving ceremony.
Jury
The jury consists of multidisciplinary designers, developers, journalists, and agencies from across the globe.[11] The panel assesses the talent, effort, technicality, and insight that goes into the web projects submitted for consideration.[1]
Awards granted
Members of the Awwwards Jury score nominees on four separate criteria: design, creativity, usability and content. High scoring sites can win several different types of awards.
Honorable Mention
All websites awarded 6.5 or above receive an Honorable Mention.
Site of the Day
Site of the Day recognizes aesthetic, usability, and technical achievements in web design innovation. Sites remain in competition for Site of the Day for three months from the submission date. Only the highest scoring sites are awarded Site of the Day.
Developer Award
The developer's award was created in partnership with Microsoft, and it awards developers who have achieved significant web development programming mastery. "Well-developed" websites are those that are interoperable across all major browsers and operating systems, are accessible across a variety of computing devices, and employ HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS coding best-practices.[12] Developer Award winners are invited to be profiled on Internet Explorer’s Showcase, a behind-the-scenes look at what inspired the site and how it was developed.[13]
Site of the Year
Site of the Year is selected by the Awwwwards jury from the twelve Sites of the Month plus additional three nominees from the Site of the Day winners as chosen by the Awwwards team.
Developer’s Site of the Year
Selected by the Developer jury from the winners of the Developer Award.
Site of the Year (Users’ Choice)
Selected by all Awwwards users who vote for their favorite site that year.
Annual Winners
Notable winners
Notable Site of the Year winners include Mercedes-Benz, Bloomberg L.P., Bose Corporation, Warner Brothers, Volkswagen, Uber, and Google.[7]
Editions
| Year | Category | Recipients | Work | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 |
Agency of the year | Ultranoir | - |  France |
| Website of the year | Hinderling Volkart Ag | 360° Langstrasse Zürich | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Swiss | |
| Website of the year - People's choice | Unit9 | Made in a Free World: Slavery Footprint |  United Kingdom | |
2012 |
Agency of the year | - |  United States | |
| Website of the year | Sylvain Tran | Blacknegative | France | |
| Website of the year - People's choice | Nicolas Rouyer | Captain Dash | France | |
2013 |
Agency of the year | Hello Monday | - | United States |
| Developer of the year | Rezo Zero | Rezo Zero | France | |
| Website of the year | Hello Monday | Into the Arctic — Greenpeace |  Denmark | |
| Website of the year - People's choice | Anonymous | Pharrell Williams — 24 Hours Of Happy | France | |
2014 |
Agency of the year | Hello Monday | - | United States |
| Independent of the year | Tobias van Schneider | - | United States | |
| Creative developer of the year | Florian Morel | - | France | |
| Website of the year | North Kingdom | A Journey Through Middle-earth |  Sweden | |
| Website of the year - People's choice | Dogstudio | Dragone | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | |
| Developer of the year | Aquest | AQuest |  Italy | |
2015 |
Agency of the year | Watson DG | - | United States |
| Independent of the year | Benjamin Guedj | - | France | |
| Experimental of the year | Bryan James | - |  Netherlands | |
| Website of the year | 84.Paris | Because Recollection | France | |
| Website of the year - People's choice | Unclegre | Weber — BBQ Cultures | Denmark | |
| Developer of the year | Spring/Summer | Beagle — Better proposals | Denmark | |
| Ecommerce of the year | BASIC | Nixon eCommerce Platform | United States | |
2016 |
Agency of the year | Resn | - |  New Zealand |
| Independent of the year | Bryan James | - | United States | |
| Experimental of the year | Excellence | Cavalier: Conqueror | United States | |
| Website of the year | Wild | Falter Inferno |  Austria | |
| Website of the year - People's choice | Dogstudio | KIKK Festival 2016 | Belgium | |
| Developer of the year | Active Theory | Paper Planes | United States | |
| Ecommerce of the year | Build In Amsterdam | Protest Sportswear | Netherlands | |
2017 |
Agency of the year | Resn | - | United States |
| Independent of the year | Aristide Benoist | - |  Spain | |
| Studio of the year | Immersive Garden | - | France | |
| Website of the year | Merci-michel / Rosapark | OUIGO — Let's play | France | |
| Mobile of the year | Sara Svensson | Inside The Head | Sweden | |
| Developer of the year | Immersive Garden | The New Mobile Workforce | France | |
| Ecommerce of the year | Spring/Summer | Simply Chocolate | Denmark | |
2018 |
Agency of the year | Locomotive | - | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Independent of the year | Martin Silvestre | - | France | |
| Studio of the year | Immersive Garden | - | France | |
| Website of the year | Active Theory | Active Theory v4 | United States | |
| Mobile of the year | Moxy | Moxy Studio |  Portugal | |
| Developer of the year | Blue Cheese | Koox | Netherlands | |
| Ecommerce of the year | Build In Amsterdam | Frans Hals Museum | Netherlands | |
2019 |
Agency of the year | Locomotive | - | Canada |
| Independent of the year | Aristide Benoist | - | Spain | |
| Studio of the year | Adoratorio | - | Italy | |
| Website of the year | Makemepulse | Nomadic Tribe | France | |
| Website of the year - People's choice | Bruno Simon | Bruno Simon Portfolio | France | |
| Developer of the year | Bruno Simon | Bruno Simon Portfolio | France | |
| Ecommerce of the year | Retail 710 | MA | Swiss | |
| Mobile of the year | Wonderland | The Cool Club x FWA | Netherlands | |
2020 |
Agency of the year | Locomotive | - | Canada |
| Independent of the year | Zhenya Rynzhuk | - | United States | |
| Studio of the year | Immersive Garden | - | France | |
| Website of the year | Resn | Pioneer - Corn Revolutionized | Netherlands | |
| Website of the year - People's choice | Media Monks | Dark: Official Netflix Guide | Netherlands | |
| Developer of the year | Merci Michel | Kode Sports Club | France | |
| Ecommerce of the year | Build In Amsterdam | Mammut Expedition Baikal | Netherlands | |
| Mobile of the year | Zhenya Rynzhuk | Synchronized studio | United States | |
2021 |
Agency of the year | Locomotive | - | Canada |
| Studio of the year | Green Chameleon | - | United Kingdom | |
| Independent of the year | Luis Henrique Bizarro | - |  Brazil | |
| Site of the year | Resn / Bader Rutter | Prometheus Fuels | Netherlands United States | |
| Developer site of the year | Media.Monks | Umami Land | Netherlands | |
| Ecommerce site of the year | Locomotive | Pangram Pangram Foundry | Canada | |
| Mobile of the year | Synchronized Studio | Chungi Folio | United States | |
| Site of the year users' choice | Hello Monday | Star Atlas | United States |
Ceremonies
Awwwards prize-giving
The prize-giving ceremony is held at the first Awwwards conference of each year. Awards given include Site of the Year, Developer of the Year, Agency of the Year, Independent designer of the Year, and Independent Creative Developer of the Year.
Awwwards conference
These events consist of two-day conferences featuring influential speakers from the web design industry. They bring together designers, developers, and agency representatives from over 40 different countries. Conference speakers include executives and staff from Microsoft, Google, Spotify, Adobe, Opera, Smashing Magazine, and other companies in the tech industry.[8][14]
See also
References
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