April 2008
Flugtag Flight Lab was the winner of the “Best In Show” Award at tonight’s FITC Awards, part of the 7th Annual FITC Toronto - Design + Technology Festival . The award was presented before a capacity crowd at Revival Nightclub in Toronto. Winners in all categories received a can opener encased in Plexiglas along with a year of bragging rights.
“The winners of this year’s FITC Awards reflect the diversity and creativity of the new media industry both in Canada and around the world,” says Shawn Pucknell, Founder of FITC and producer of the FITC Awards.
Flugtag Flight Lab lets users design, build and fly their own paper flyer. It was developed by Less Rain, a creative digital design agency with offices in Tokyo, Berlin and London. The site also won in the 3D category. The winning team, who work out of the company’s Tokyo office, were not in attendance but sent an acceptance speech via video.
BrightQube , a royalty-free image marketplace, was the winner of the “People’s Choice” Award while Brooklyn-based Big Spaceship and Coahuila, Mexico-based Grupo W were winners in multiple categories.
This year’s FITC award winners are:
3D
Flugtag Flight Lab , Less Rain
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HP Paul Coelho , Goodby
Animation
Show Down Interactive , Grupo W
Audio
30 Days of Night Site , Big Spaceship
E-commerce
Flight Club , Blast Radius
Experimental
Sony BRAVIA , carlossulloa.com
Games
RoboBrawl , RED Interactive
Motion Graphics
Live Earth, Laundry!
Multi-user
Spider-Man 3 Multiplayer Game , Big Spaceship
Narrative
American Gangster, Project C
Self Promotion
Pixton , Goodinson Design
Technical Excellence
Launchball , Preloaded
Usability
2009 Toyota Corolla: Live the Dream , RED Interactive
Visual Design
Who the #I%$ is Fermin? , Grupo W
Winners in the 2008 FITC "Best Canadian" categories (studio, designer, developer, student) are:
Best Canadian Studio
Amoeba Corp , Toronto, ON
Best Canadian Designer
John Thai , Relish Interactive, Toronto, ON
Best Canadian Developer
Jeff Vermeersch , Toronto, ON
Most Promising Canadian Student
Aman 'Skribbs' Singh , Carlton University, Ottawa, ON
The FITC Awards celebrate the hottest talents working in new media, with recognition given to individuals and teams working in 3D, animation, game design, motion graphics, rich media and video. This year’s gala was hosted by producer, deejay and emcee More or Les.
FITC Awards Sponsors:
Adobe, Telefilm Canada
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