Winners Announced for 2008 FITC Design + Technology Awards

Flugtag Flight Lab Wins For "Best In Show"
BrightQube Wins For "People's Choice"

Toronto, Canada [April 22, 2008] -- Flugtag Flight Lab (http://www.redbull.com/flightlab) was the winner of the "Best In Show" Award at tonight's FITC Awards, part of the 7th Annual FITC Toronto - Design + Technology Festival (http://www.fitc.ca/toronto). 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 (http://www.lessrain.com), 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 (http://www.brightqube.com), a royalty-free image marketplace, was the winner of the "People's Choice" Award while Brooklyn-based Big Spaceship (http://www.bigspaceship.com/) and Coahuila, Mexico-based Grupo W (http://www.grupow.com/) were winners in multiple categories.

This year's FITC award winners are:

3D    
Flugtag Flight Lab http://www.redbull.com/flightlab, Less Rain

Advertisement    
HP Paul Coelho http://www.hp.com/united-states/coelho/2007/index.html, Goodby

Animation    
Show Down Interactive http://www.grupowprojects.com/showdown/game, Grupo W

Audio    
30 Days of Night Site http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/30daysofnight/, Big Spaceship

E-commerce    
Flight Club http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/flightclub/demo.html, Blast Radius

Experimental    
Sony BRAVIA http://www.colourlikenoother.com, carlossulloa.com

Games    
RoboBrawl http://robobrawl.com/, RED Interactive

Motion Graphics    
Live Earth http://www.laundrymat.tv/archive_sites/liveearth/index.html, Laundry!

Multi-user    
Spider-Man 3 Multiplayer Game http://flash.sonypictures.com/movies/spiderman3/mp_game/, Big Spaceship

Narrative    
American Gangster http://www.universalpictures.com/awards/americangangster/, Project C

Self Promotion    
Pixton http://www.pixton.com, Goodinson Design

Technical Excellence    
Launchball http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/, Preloaded
    
Usability    
2009 Toyota Corolla: Live the Dream http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/minisite/corolla/experience/, RED Interactive

Visual Design
Who the #I%$ is Fermin? http://www.grupowprojects.com/rexonapower/whoisfermin, Grupo W


Winners in the 2008 FITC "Best Canadian" categories (studio, designer, developer, student) are:

Best Canadian Studio
Amoeba Corp http://www.amoebacorp.com/, Toronto, ON
    
Best Canadian Designer    
John Thai http://johnthai.com, Relish Interactive, Toronto, ON
    
Best Canadian Developer    
Jeff Vermeersch http://www.vermeersch.ca, Toronto, ON
    
Most Promising Canadian Student
Aman 'Skribbs' Singh http://www.skribbs.com, 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 (http://www.moreorles.ca/).

FITC Awards Sponsors:
Adobe, Telefilm Canada

About FITC:
FITC (http://www.fitc.ca) is an international events management company serving the design and technology community with events designed to inspire, educate and challenge. The company's flagship event, FITC Toronto: The Design + Technology Festival is one of the largest and most important events of its kind, attracting participants from around the world. Other events include FITC Amsterdam, FITC Chicago (http://www.fitc.ca/chicago), FITC Hollywood, and FITC Seoul.