| Awwwards | |
| Awarded For: | "Discover, recognize, and promote the talent of web designers, developers, and agencies who create unique digital experiences."[1] |
| Country: | Spain |
| Year: | 2009 - Present |
| Website: | Awwwards.com |
Awwwards (Awwwards Online SL) is an institution that organizes a competition for designing and developing websites.[2] In that regard, any web developer or owner of a website can take part in this contest by submitting his/her website to Awwwards. This process leads to some being chosen for presentation on a daily rotational basis. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] In the annual conference of the company, amazing submissions are awarded so as to appreciate them, where they are presented their prizes in different cities of America as well as Europe.
In the first phase of the nomination process, web designers submit their work through Awwwards' website for consideration for Site of the Day.[8] The work is then judged by the Awwwards community and an international jury panel composed of designers, developers, and agencies.[9] The best daily sites are also published in Awwward's year-end "The 365 Best Websites Around the World" book. [1]
The jury consists of an international panel of designers, developers, journalists, and agencies.[10] The panel assesses the talent, effort, technicality, and insight that goes into the web projects submitted for consideration. [1] [11]
The developer's award was created in partnership with Microsoft, and it awards developers who have achieved significant web development programming mastery. "Well-developed" websites are those that are interoperable across all major browsers and operating systems, are accessible across a variety of computing devices, and employ HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS coding best-practices.[12] Developer Award winners are invited to be profiled on Internet Explorer’s Showcase, a behind-the-scenes look at what inspired the site and how it was developed.[13]
Notable Site of the Year winners include Mercedes-Benz, Bloomberg L.P., Bose Corporation, Warner Brothers, Volkswagen, Uber, and Google.
These events consist of two-day conferences featuring speakers from the web design industry. Conference speakers include executives and staff from tech companies and tech industry publications, such as Microsoft, Google, Spotify, Adobe, Opera, and Smashing Magazine.[14] [15]