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Published -  10th May by Jim Ramsden

2010 Webby Awards – 50 Winning Sites

Last week the results of the 14th Annual Webby Awards were announced. There are close to 70 categories this year so i thought I’d filter that down to the 50 most interesting categories, showcasing the winner of each one.

Activism

Make It Right
http://makeitrightnola.org

Art

The Unilever Series 2009: Miroslaw Balka
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exh…

Associations

Hank The Singing Bottle
http://www.thesedays.com/awards/h…

Automotive

Every 5 seconds
http://www.toyota-screensaver.ru

Banking

moneyStrands
http://www.moneyStrands.com

Beauty And Cosmetics

The Fixers
http://www.thefixers.com/

Best Copy/Writing

NewYorker.com
http://www.newyorker.com

Best Homepage

Malecopywriter.com
http://malecopywriter.com/

Best Navigation

www.hboimagine.com
http://www.hboimagine.com

Best Use Of Animation

The Pop Shoppe
http://thepopshoppe.com/

Best Use Of Photography

THE ECONOMIST THINKING SPACE
http://thinkingspace.economist.com

Best Visual Design

History of Flight
http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/his…

Blog – Cultural & Business

Mashable
http://mashable.com

Celebrity

Jim Carrey – Official Site
http://www.jimcarrey.com

Charity

Teenage Cancer Trust
http://teenagecancertrust.org/

Consumer Electronics

Philips Cinema 21:9
http://www.inzending-award.nl/web…

Corporate Communications

Wieden+Kennedy Site Relaunch
http://www.wk.com

Cultural Institutions

Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House Interior Restoration Project
http://gowright.org/robie/

Eduction

We Choose The Moon
http://wechoosethemoon.org/

Employment

START THINKING SOLDIER
http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/StartT…

Events

TED.com
http://www.TED.com

Family

SesameStreet.org
http://www.sesamestreet.org

Fashion

Wrangler Blue Bell Spring / Summer 2010 Collection
http://www.bluebelljeans.com

Finance

Mint.com
http://www.mint.com/

Food

Asylum626
http://www.asylum626.com

Games

Record Tripping
http://www.recordtripping.com

Government

NASA Home & City Version 2.0
http://www.nasa.gov/city

Green

Love Letters to the Future
http://www.loveletterstothefuture…

Health

WebMD Consumer Health News
http://www.webmd.com

Insurance

Aflac Website
http://www.aflac.com

IT Hardware/Software


TheyMakeApps
http://theymakeapps.com

Lifestyle

All About Birds
http://www.allaboutbirds.org

Movie and Film

The Auteurs
http://www.theauteurs.com

NetArt

NAWLZ
http://www.nawlz.com

News

NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com

Personal Blog

Indexed
http://www.thisisindexed.com

Pharmaceuticals

Pioneering New Frontiers in Tumor Angiogenesis
http://angiogenesis.amgen.com

Professional Services

Boone Oakley Website
http://www.booneoakley.com

Religion

Beliefnet
http://www.beliefnet.com

Restaurant

YO! Sushi Website
http://www.yosushi.com/

Retail

I Make My Case
http://www.imakemycase.com

School/University

Bucknell University Virtual Tour
http://community.bucknell.edu/

Science

Mind Lab
http://jvsc.jst.go.jp/find/mindla…

Social Networking

Twitter
http://twitter.com

Sports

Yahoo! Sports, the leading sports destination on the Web.
http://sports.yahoo.com

Students

ANDREAS LUTZ – Because clicking is so 90s!
http://www.andreaslutz.com/

Tourism

Snapshots Of Provence
http://www.snapshotsofprovence.com

Travel

I wanna go there
http://iwannagothere.com

Web Services & Applications

Tumblr
http://tumblr.com

Weird

Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
http://www.selleckwaterfallsandwi…

What do you think? Are these worthy winners?

You can see the full list of this years Webby Award Winners and Nominees here.

Written by Jim Ramsden

I'm Jim, a craftsman of pixels and lover of tech-shizzle. I work at Etch where I design & build interfaces for kicks.

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  1. Ben Bush Ben Bush May 11th, 2010 at 8:06 am

    Can’t really say I’m completely bowled over by most of these sites, it’s a given though some of the content is great on these sites and still loving the They Make Apps navigational structure and design but HBO’s load time could be considered slow which is intrusive to the user experience. Hell what do I know anyway ;-)

  2. Daniel Pereira Daniel Pereira May 13th, 2010 at 10:39 am

    Congratulations to those who won! Alot of flash sites which is quite disappointing :-(

    Jim Carrey’s site is pretty serious! Have always been fond of the mint.com site

    Thanks Jim!

  3. Jim Ramsden Jim Ramsden May 13th, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    @Ben – It’s a pretty uninspiring collection of sites IMO. Some of them have been kicking about for a few years. Leads me to wonder what criteria each category is judged on. :/

    @daniel yes lots of flash! It looks like thats the only way to a Webby. Although it will be interesting to see the difference next year, given the increasing use of CSS/jQuery and lack of flash support for iPad/iPhone.

    Did you see what Steve Jobs wrote on the apple blog?

  4. Vlad Carp Vlad Carp July 29th, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    uhuu..jim carrey’s site it’s scaryy :) )

  5. John Asbury John Asbury October 21st, 2010 at 8:46 am

    lots of flash, but still looking good

  6. Melissa Risk Melissa Risk March 27th, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    Very nice post keep it up!