The full DIGI Awards list …

October 20, 2008 by Dave Haynes

There was a subtle knock on the door very late last night, and by the time I got to my foyer, all I could see were the tailights of a car speeding off down my lane. At my feet, a brown paper envelope, with my name hastily scrawled on it.

Inside were the shadowy names of the winners of last week’s DIGI Awards, announced last week but held from an anxious public until now.

OK, so maybe that’s not quite how it played out, but I do now have the names of the winning companies and categories, sent to me unofficially. There is still not a bunch more information in this official release, but at least it is a full list and negates the need to dig around any more.

• Retail Application, Local Campaign – Digital Display & Communications, for Future Shop
• Retail Application, National Campaign – Reactrix Systems, for Sears Wishbook
• Interactive Application, Wayfinding – Openeye Global, for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Corporate Application, Excellence in Creativity – Digital Display Group, Univ of New Mexico, Anderson School of Business
• Corporate Application, Excellence in Technology – STRATACACHE for AT&T Briefing Center
• Entertainment, Excellence in Creativity – C-Nario for Casino Da Madiera
• Entertainment, Excellence in Technology – Scala, for UBC TV/Ullevaal Stadium
• Public Venue Application, Excellence in Creativity – MODERNISTIC, for Best Buy
• Public Venue Application, Excellence in Technology – Omnivex /Jacob Hattelamd Visions, AS, for Fjord 1 Bogn Billag  
• Judges Award for Innovation in Sourcing Digital Signage – Digital Display & Communications, for Rogers Telecommunications Nexgen Store.
• Product, Measurement/Analytics – Artisan Complete, for Ncapsule
• Product, Software – Admira Digital Signage Software
• Product, Flat Panel Displays – TRED Systems, EMD2 Hybrid Sign
• Product, Screen Material – Acceleroptics, XLV-100 Digital Display
• Product, Media Player – NEC,  MPD-SBC-16
• Product, Connectivity – Minicom Advanced Systems, DS Vision 3000
• Best Use of Content – Digital Display & Communications for Holt Renfrew 

Says the press release:

The DIGI Awards are the only industry award program that recognizes the outstanding integrators, content providers and now product manufacturers focusing on digital signage. “This has been an exciting year for the DIGI awards. We have found our home at the fall Digital Signage Show, we have expanded our award categories and we have seen our entries triple over the last 12 month.”, stated Jill Miller, President of The Digital Signage Group. Miller goes on to say. “The creativity and diversity in the use of digital visual communication continues to grow as evidenced by the fantastic work of our latest winners.”

The judges were: Alan Brawn, Principal, Brawn Consulting;  Lyle Bunn, Principal, Lyle Bunn Consulting; and David Keene, Executive Editor of Digital Signage Magazine. 

I would have loved to read what it was about these variousa projects and products that set them apart, but … Well done to the recipients.