Leederville-based website designer and developer Sumo Group has emerged as a leading contender for recognition in the Western Australian Web Awards, with nine projects listed as finalists across a variety of categories.
Sumo faces competition from the likes of Freckle Creative, Market United and Bam Creative.
The 2007 Web Awards Finalists are:
Corporate (31+ staff):
Sumo Group
for "Fleetcare" website - http://www.fleetcare.com.au/
Sumo Group
for "Plan B Financial Services" - http://www.planbonline.com/
Sumo Group
for "Satterley Property" website redesign - http://www.satterley.com.au/
Business (6-30 staff):
Bam Creative
for "Bam Creative" - http://www.bam.com.au
Spoon Media and Angela Bonfato Creative
for "Furniture Options" - http://www.furnitureoptions.com.au/
Sumo Group
for "Partnership Financial Services" - http://www.partnershipfs.com/
Small Business (1-5 staff):
Freckle Creative
for "Carola Kinasha" - http://www.carolakinasha.com/
Sumo Group
for "f22 Photography website" - http://www.f22photography.com/
Clever Starfish
for "Ken Drake Photographic" - http://kdp.cleverstarfish.com/
Government (State, Local or Commonwealth):
Freckle Creative
for "2007 State of the Environment Report" - http://www.soe.wa.gov.au/
Freckle Creative
for "John Curtin College of the Arts" - http://www.jc.wa.edu.au/
Bam Creative
for "Marine Life of the Dampier Archipelago" - http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/dampier/
Not for Profit or Charity:
Sumo Group
for "Black Swan Theatre company" website - http://www.bstc.com.au/
Spin Technologies
for "Soil Quality" - http://www.soilquality.org.au/
Block Branding and Clever Starfish with PerthWeb
for "UWA International Arts Festival 2007." - http://www.perthfestival.com.au/
Best Online Sales/E-Commerce:
Moments of Colour Design
for "Moments of Colour Design" - http://www.momentsofcolor.com/
The Globe Advertising and Design Spin
for "MLC 100" - http://www.mlc100.com.au/
Sumo Group
for "PADC Creative Hub Design" - http://www.padccreativehub.com/
Best Online Media (radio, TV, newspapers, magazines):
GAYinWA.com.au for "GAYinWA.com.au" - http://www.gayinwa.com.au/
Itomic
for "Highgrade Publishing" - http://www.highgrade.net/
Freckle Creative
for "Perth Norg"- http://www.perthnorg.com.au
Best Online Advertising:
Market United
for "Bankwest Instant Saver photo gallery"- http://bankwestphoto.marketunited.com/
Addictive Media
for "Open Offices Australia" - http://www.openoffices.com.au
Loaded Studios
for "Scratch n Win campaign" - http://www.loadedstudios.com.au/scratchnwin/
Best Online Application:
MadPilot Productions
for "88 Miles" - http://www.88miles.net
Sumo Group
for "PADC Creative Hub" - http://www.padccreativehub.com/
Sumo Group
for "World Brain Book" - http://www.worldbrainbook.com/
Best Use of Flash:
Market United
for "Discoverers Welcome" - http://www.discover.murdoch.edu.au/
Daniel Roffman, Alex MacRae, Moe Aung, Keith Atkinson, Andrew Ellis
for "Risbec Design and Drafting" - http://www.risbec.com/
Market United
for "Synergy Smartways Energy Calculator" - http://www.synergyenergy.com.au/Service_Centre/Calculators/Calculators.html
Best Personal Website or Blog (no commercial content):
Myles Eftos
for "Bloggy Hell" - http://myles.eftos.id.au/blog
Ray Stone
for "Here Yesterday" - http://www.hereyesterday.com/
Gary Barber
for "Man with No Blog" - http://manwithnoblog.com/
Best of Field - Student:
Patryk Pawlowski, Marius Storm, Adam Richings, Martin Malek
for "Adventures of Sunsmart Kid" - http://studentprojects.scca.ecu.edu.au/2007_01/imm3330_g03/Sites/
Daniel Roffman, Alex MacRae, Moe Aung, Keith Atkinson, Andrew Ellis
for "Risbec Design and Drafting" - http://www.risbec.com/
Tim Paul
for "Veronica's Assassin" - http://members.iinet.net.au/~obiwon/veronicas/
All finalists are eligible for the "FastHit Most Outstanding" Award.
Below is a press release regarding the awards:
The Internet is the most popular and massively expanding mainstream media outlet in the world - and website designers, developers and business people have been showing they're ahead of the curve by nominating in record numbers for the third annual WA Web Awards.
WA Web Awards Coordinator, Myles Eftos, says this year the most popular category in the awards is Small Business, proving this is a rapid growth area for websites.
"The web industry is one that is maturing steadily," Mr Eftos says, "and that's reflected in the increase in volume and quality of this year's entries."
The WA Web Awards, which will be held on Friday night, the 17th of August, is an official event organised by AWIA, the Australian Web Industry Association (formerly Port80 Inc). The glittering dinner and awards night, to be hosted by Gerry Gannon at Perth's Duxton Hotel, is designed as a showcase of the outstanding work of West Australian web designers and developers.
This will be the third year that the WA Web Awards programme has been run by AWIA, which has become the largest Australian web industry association. Whilst there are other Australian special interest groups covering web and the Internet, AWIA is the largest, dedicated web industry association of its kind in Australia.
WA Web Awards Platinum Sponsor, FAST.hit says it's pleased to be part of the Web Awards success story.
"FAST.hit Web Hosting works closely with web development firms and the importance of such a partnership cannot be underestimated. We make sure websites stay online, do daily backups and provide access to technology and tools which make web designers' lives easier," said FAST.hit's Guennadi Moukine.
Other sponsors include: Edith Cowan University, Microsoft, PerthNow, TheBroth.com, Central Tafe and software distributor, NewLease.
The 2007 Web Awards Finalists are:
1. Best of Field - Student:
Patryk Pawlowski, Marius Storm, Adam Richings, Martin Malek
for "Adventures of Sunsmart Kid" - http://studentprojects.scca.ecu.edu.au/2007_01/imm3330_g03/Sites/
Daniel Roffman, Alex MacRae, Moe Aung, Keith Atkinson, Andrew Ellis
for "Risbec Design and Drafting" - http://www.risbec.com/
Tim Paul
for "Veronica's Assassin" - http://members.iinet.net.au/~obiwon/veronicas/
2. Best Personal Website or Blog (no commercial content):
Myles Eftos
for "Bloggy Hell" - http://myles.eftos.id.au/blog
Ray Stone
for "Here Yesterday" - http://www.hereyesterday.com/
Gary Barber
for "Man with No Blog" - http://manwithnoblog.com/
3. Best Use of Flash:
Market United
for "Discoverers Welcome" - http://www.discover.murdoch.edu.au/
Daniel Roffman, Alex MacRae, Moe Aung, Keith Atkinson, Andrew Ellis
for "Risbec Design and Drafting" - http://www.risbec.com/
Market United
for "Synergy Smartways Energy Calculator" - http://www.synergyenergy.com.au/Service_Centre/Calculators/Calculators.html
4. Best Online Application:
MadPilot Productions
for "88 Miles" - http://www.88miles.net
Sumo Group
for "PADC Creative Hub" - http://www.padccreativehub.com/
Sumo Group
for "World Brain Book" - http://www.worldbrainbook.com/
5. Best Online Advertising:
Market United
for "Bankwest Instant Saver photo gallery"- http://bankwestphoto.marketunited.com/
Addictive Media
for "Open Offices Australia" - http://www.openoffices.com.au
Loaded Studios
for "Scratch n Win campaign" - http://www.loadedstudios.com.au/scratchnwin/
6. Best Online Sales/E-Commerce:
Moments of Colour Design
for "Moments of Colour Design" - http://www.momentsofcolor.com/
The Globe Advertising and Design Spin
for "MLC 100" - http://www.mlc100.com.au/
Sumo Group
for "PADC Creative Hub Design" - http://www.padccreativehub.com/
7. Best Online Media (radio, TV, newspapers, magazines):
GAYinWA.com.au for "GAYinWA.com.au" - http://www.gayinwa.com.au/
Itomic
for "Highgrade Publishing" - http://www.highgrade.net/
Freckle Creative
for "Perth Norg"- http://www.perthnorg.com.au
8. Not for Profit or Charity:
Sumo Group
for "Black Swan Theatre company" website - http://www.bstc.com.au/
Spin Technologies
for "Soil Quality" - http://www.soilquality.org.au/
Block Branding and Clever Starfish with PerthWeb
for "UWA International Arts Festival 2007." - http://www.perthfestival.com.au/
9. Small Business (1-5 staff):
Freckle Creative
for "Carola Kinasha" - http://www.carolakinasha.com/
Sumo Group
for "f22 Photography website" - http://www.f22photography.com/
Clever Starfish
for "Ken Drake Photographic" - http://kdp.cleverstarfish.com/
10. Business (6-30 staff):
Bam Creative
for "Bam Creative" - http://www.bam.com.au
Spoon Media and Angela Bonfato Creative
for "Furniture Options" - http://www.furnitureoptions.com.au/
Sumo Group
for "Partnership Financial Services" - http://www.partnershipfs.com/
11. Corporate (31+ staff):
Sumo Group
for "Fleetcare" website - http://www.fleetcare.com.au/
Sumo Group
for "Plan B Financial Services" - http://www.planbonline.com/
Sumo Group
for "Satterley Property" website redesign - http://www.satterley.com.au/
12. Government (State, Local or Commonwealth):
Freckle Creative
for "2007 State of the Environment Report" - http://www.soe.wa.gov.au/
Freckle Creative
for "John Curtin College of the Arts" - http://www.jc.wa.edu.au/
Bam Creative
for "Marine Life of the Dampier Archipelago" - http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/dampier/
All finalists are eligible for the "FastHit Most Outstanding" Award.
For more information on the awards and this year's finalists, phone Myles Eftos on 0409 293 183 or Carolyn Monaghan on 0407 795 347. Further details on the judges, program and sponsors is available at http://www.wawebawards.com.au/
