Big Chip Awards recognises cream of North West talent

The North West digital sector gathered at Manchester’s Palace Hotel to celebrate the 2010 Big Chip Awards.Manchester Digital, the trade association for the region’s digital sector, organised the event and it was backed by media partners Insider and New Media Age.

Chairman of Manchester Digital Shaun Fensom said: “There is a highly-skilled and very creative pool of talent in the North and North West region and Big Chip provides a showcase for the very best projects and organisations.”

The winners Click on the name of each winner for more information.

Best E-Business Project
Winner: 11 Out Of 10 with Pure Gym
Shortlist: KMP Digitata with Jetparks.co.uk, Manchester Airport budget car parking; KMP

Best Public Sector Project
Winner: Lightbox Education with MP for a Week
Commended: Manchester Museums Consortium & Visit Manchester with Creative Tourist
Shortlist: Pennine Telecom with Bridging the Digital Divide Net@BOSC; Studio Distract with Wrecked

Best Not For Profit Project
Winner: Cahoona with Band on the Wall Website Redevelopment
Shortlist: Fudge with English Rose; LOVE with Acting on Impulse website; Sigma Consulting

Best E-Learning Project
Winner: Stardotstar with Things to Come for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Shortlist: Shira Rubin with learn2lingo

Best Use of Visual Design
Winner: Digital Blah Blah with Adam Rix Website
Shortlist: Cahoona with the Cahoona website; Fudge with English Rose; RealtimeUK with LG’s Behind the Picture

Best Application of Technology
Winner: Stardotstar with Nosey Parker
Shortlist: 4i Security with the OMC Online Security System; Code Computerlove with myebook.com – digital technologies for online automated tailoring service; Scraperwiki with Scraperwiki; Stephen Henesy with PiP Interactive

Best Use of Animation
Winner: The Neighbourhood with Nord Anglia
Commended: Craig Knowles and David Ridges with Bon Appetit
Shortlist: MediaCityUK with Take Note; RealtimeUK with LG’s Behind the Picture; The Neighbourhood with Angel

Best Use of Search
Winner: PushON with Love Those Shoes
Shortlist: Lakestar Media with Parcel2Go.com’s SEO campaign; PushON and The UK Wedding Shows with The UK Wedding Shows' campaign

Best Digital Marketing Campaign
Winner: iris Manchester with Wonderbra – Ultimate Strapless
Shortlist: Mobious with Carling weekly email; PushON and Brazen PR with 30 Beats: Mechanical Music; Righttxt with Mobile for a Small Organisation

Best Online Brand Development
Winner: Manchester Museums Consortium & Visit Manchester with Creative Tourist
Shortlist: IAS b2b Marketing with Beat the Wolf; Mando Group with United Utilities rebrand; Xentum with X marks the spot

Best Newcomer (enterprise)
Winner: Wooshi.com
Shortlist: 4i Security; Cahoona; Digital Blah Blah; Stephen Henesy; WebVideoMarketing (webVM)

Best Freelancer / Micro Enterprise
Winner: Digital Blah Blah
Shortlist: Fat Heads Creative Studio; Kilogramme; Moo Marketing; Robin Hayward

Best New Media Agency
Winner: Stardotstar

Big Green Chip Award
Winner: The DTP Group with Managed Print & Copy Services at Leeds Metropolitan University

Little Chip Student Award
Winner: Andreas Linden, University of Central Lancashire

Game of the North
Winner: Connect2Media with Arachnadoodle

Big Chip International Award for Innovation
Winner: Studio Liddell and Magic Lantern for BBC Children’s Bugbears

Tasty Website
Winner: Cahoona
www.cahoona.co.uk

Grand Prix
Winner: Lightbox

Anthony Wilson Original Modern Award
Winner: Kilogramme