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SOUNDCLOUD, JAMIE OLIVER, VICE, AND SWIFTKEY NAMED AS FINALISTS IN THE 4th ANNUAL LOVIE AWARDS
VOTING FOR THE PEOPLE’S LOVIE AWARDS BEGINS TODAY AT WWW.PEOPLESLOVIE.EU
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) has today announced Finalists for the 4th Annual Lovie Awards, which include some of Europe’s most innovative websites and apps including Vice News, Tate, Mubi.com, VisitBritain and Qixxit, as well as some of the region’s smartest, most Web-focused brands and celebrities like Jamie Oliver, ASOS, Mercedes Benz and IKEA.
Hailed as “celebrating the best that Europe has to offer online” by The Next Web, The Lovie Awards honours the greatest in digital across Websites, Online Advertising, Internet Video, Social and Mobile & Apps. The Lovie Awards is the European sister of the global Webby Awards.
The public has a chance to weigh in on which of the Finalists will take home a People’s Lovie Award by casting their votes at http://www.peopleslovie.eu. Voting is open from now through Thursday, 9th October at 11:59PM GMT. Members of IADAS, the judging body of The Lovie Awards, include Stephen Fry, the “Father of Wi-Fi” Vic Hayes, Songkick Co-founder Michelle You, Founder of Buzzcar Robin Chase, Digital Director of the Nike Foundation Sophie Rouse, and Edu Pou, Head of Creative Innovation at Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam. All Winners will be announced on Tuesday 14th October.
“This year’s Finalists really start to show the promise of Europe as a connected society where our social interactions help shape and enable so much of our daily life,” said Nicolas Roope, Academy Chair for European IADAS members. “We are excited to share these outstanding works from across the region and see which ones the public will choose as Lovie Winners.”
Notable finalists and trends include media companies Vice News, Vogue.es and Dazed Group, all competing in the Best Editorial category. Several media streaming services including BBC iPlayer, Soundcloud iOS, Mubi iOS, and Vimeo have been named Finalists in Mobile & Apps as well as Websites.
This year’s Website Finalists continue to showcase the critical role the Internet plays in everything from commerce to arts and culture. Finalists include Snapshots of Provence, Last.fm, Swiss Air, Wired Italia, Dutch National Opera & Ballet, TripAdvisor, and Harvey Nichols.
In the Mobile category, apps and mobile web experiences currently captivating the European audience include Swiftkey Note, Beats Music, Google Nightwalk, Tate, Jump – London Bus Tracker, connected products like the Rubens House iBeacon App and the redesigned Soundcloud iOS, which received multiple nods from the Academy.
Internet Video Finalists in The Lovie Awards continue to illustrate Europe’s creative prowess. Finalists include First Kiss Parody from Vice Media, Girls Who Read in Viral Video for Roundhouse, Unreported World Shorts from Channel 4 in Documentary, and Jamie Oliver for Best Web Personality/Host.
Many of the Online Advertising Finalists received millions of social interactions, including Do It For Denmark (Robert/Boisen and Like-minded, Copenhagen), The Hornbach Hammer (Heimat, Berlin); Be a MAN (Volontaire, Stockholm); i-Remember (Werkstatt, Paris); Schiphol Destination Unknown (FHV BBDO, Amsterdam) and Audi’s “The Perfect Day” (Razorfish, Frankfurt).
Social Media continues to grow as brands and content creators innovate across various platforms. Finalists in Social include Downton Abbey, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Nattjouren for Stockholms Stadsmission, The Awesome Alliance for LEGO, IKEA PS 2014 and The Alzheimer’s Event.
Google is the premiere supporting sponsor of The 4th Annual Lovie Awards, joined by MailChimp and returning sponsor Media Monks.
All Winners will be celebrated at The 4th Annual Lovie Awards on 11 November 2014 at St Lukes LSO in London.
Highlights of The 4th Annual Lovie Awards Finalists:
Best Writing – Editorial (Websites)
• Vogue
• Dazed Digital
• VICE.com
Best Design (Websites)
• Snapshots of Provence
• Dutch National Opera & Ballet
• The Future Heads
• Vogue
• How Sustainable is Your Smartphone (The Guardian)
Best HTML5 (Websites)
• The Genealogy of Nike Free
• World of SWISS
• Spell Up
• HelloRun
• A Trip Out to Sea
Best Media Streaming (Websites)
• MUBI
• Last.fm
• Vimeo
Best User Experience (Mobile & Apps)
• Google Night Walk
• The Universal Typeface
• Jump – London Bus Tracker
• Shazam
• Beats Music
Best Documentary (Internet Video)
• Fast Ice: Rescue from Antarctica
• Warlords of Tripoli
• Unreported World Shorts
Best Integrated Campaign (Online Advertising)
• Do it for Denmark
• The Drop
• BE a MAN
• NikeFuel Guide
Best Visual Design (Mobile & Apps)
• Qixxit
• EyeEm
• SoundCloud iOS
• GT RIDE
• Yahoo Weather
Music & Entertainment (Internet Video)
• Bob Dylan ‘Like a Rolling Stone’
• Brandy & Coke
• BalconyTV
Social Media Marketing (Online Advertising)
• TAI-CHIP-HOP
• The Alzheimer’s Event
• IKEA PS 2014
• Xbox – Play like a legend
Overall Social Presence (Social)
• Tesco Mobile #nojoke Tweets
• Penguin Books
• Downton Abbey
• VICE Best Web Personality/Host
• Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube
• Simon Ostrovsky – VICE News
Links
https://plus.google.com/b/103097685984608640407/103097685984608640407/posts
https://www.facebook.com/thelovieawards
https://twitter.com/lovieawards
About The Lovie Awards
The mission of the Lovie Awards is to recognise the unique and resonant nature of the European internet community – from Europe’s top web and creative networks and content publishers to cultural and political organisations and bedroom bloggers. Now in its fourth year, The Lovie Awards continues to celebrate the most resonant and pertinent stories in Europe. With nearly 1,500 entries from over 30 countries across the EU, the Awards reflect the tremendous growth of the internet as a tool for business and everyday lives. Work in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian can be entered in five main category types: Websites, Mobile & Apps, Internet Video, Online Advertising, and Social. More information at www.lovieawards.com/ Partners and Sponsors of The Lovie Awards include Google, MailChimp, MediaMonks, Coolhunting, ACE Hotel, Full Fat PR, NUMA: Paris, Rude Baguette, Springwise, Creativepool, Internetworld, net magazine, Quixel, and Lü rzer’s Archive.
About The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences was founded in 1998 to help drive the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and evolving forms of interactive media. An international organisation, The Academy selects the Nominees and Winners for The Webby Awards, the leading honour for Websites and individual achievement in technology and creativity, and its European sister, The Lovie Awards. More information at www.iadas.net
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