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BEST OF CATEGORY 2008

3322 - RED Universe
RED Interactive Agency - Santa Monica, CA - USA
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RED Universe is the corporate website of RED Interactive Agency. This rich, engaging multi-user experience was designed to showcase the technical and creative skills of the company, as well as present the company’s portfolio of work. The site gives users the ability to communicate and interact with others in a unique, real-time environment. Upon entering the RED Universe, users can create a customizable avatar and enable live chat to interact with others. Visitors can literally run, fly, chat, dance and punch each other in a fully kinetic experience. The site is periodically updated and hidden characters are debuted to reward frequent visitors. The rich environment, personalization, and ability to interact have driven hundreds of thousands of unique site visits, hundreds of links on blogs and generated tremendous buzz.

The Universe was popular from the first day it was leaked and since March has logged over 1,000,000 visitors during the year, with no marketing dollars spent. Average time spent was well over 10 minutes and amazingly, many of the site’s users spend multiple hours during a single visit. So many blogs and users have linked to the site that when one searches for Red on Google, RED Interactive Agency is one of the top 10 listings out of 1,230,000,000 search returns.

ENTRY ID	TITLE		COMPANY	City	St/Prov
GOLD
2416	thinkscape	Gold	Thinkscape	Dubai	UAE
2458	Rounasi	Gold	Rounasi	Singapore	Singapore
2641	Pimp Your Cube	Gold	Web Associates	San Luis Obispo	CA
2690	Official Rolex Website	Gold	Critical Mass	Chicago	IL
2734	Beau Allulli Photography	Gold	The Archer Group	Wilmington	DE
2933	Dripbook	Gold	Dripbook	Brooklyn	New York
2991	THOMAS IDEA INTERACTIVE AGENCY	Gold	THOMAS IDEA CO., LTD.	WATTANA	BANGKOK
3221	Bakemania	Gold	Grow Interactive	Norfolk	VA
3314	Nike Skateboarding	Gold	Odopod	San Francsico	CA
3317	Nike – The Bus: On the Road with the US Women’s National Team	Gold	Odopod	San Francsico	CA
3361	Interactive Flash Site	Gold	Baytech Web Design	San Jose	CA
3419	Change is Good	Gold	Allied Pixel	Media	PA
SILVER
2392	Brand 2.0 on Ameriprise.com	Silver	Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	Minneapolis	MN
2431	Rockstar Energy Drink	Silver	Baby Steps Design Group, Inc	Valencia	CA
2444	Dover Downs Hotel & Casino Website	Silver	WebpageFX/McMahon	Harrisburg	PA
2502	G4 Creative's Online Portfolio	Silver	G4 Creative	Houston	TX
2591	Siteworx Re-Gifter, 2007 Holiday Ecard	Silver	Siteworx, Inc.	Reston	VA
2609	Interactive Holiday Card	Silver	AlphaZeta	Chicago	IL
2714	G3 Architecture \| Interiors \| Planning	Silver	Vilaitanarak & Knuesel	New York City	NY
2717	Raka Website	Silver	Raka	Portsmouth	NH
2720	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium website	Silver	361 Studios	Columbus	Ohio
2721	Max & Erma\'s Restaurants website & online store	Silver	361 Studios	Columbus	Ohio
2722	Dublin Convention & Visitors Bureau website	Silver	361 Studios	Columbus	Ohio
2764	Website Redesign	Silver	Agency.com	New York	NY
2953	CREATE DESIGN TM Portfolio	Silver	CREATE DESIGN TM	George	Western Cape
3053	Gor For The Bold	Silver	NAS Recruitment Communications	Cleveland	OH
3073	Today...	Silver	NAS Recruitment Communications	Cleveland	OH
3315	Hornall Anderson Web Site	Silver	Hornall Anderson	Seattle	WA
3363	Obnocktious Website	Silver	Obnocktious	Carrollton	Texas
3380	duarte.com	Silver	Duarte Design	Mountain View	California
3395	Ric Edelman Website	Silver	BrowserMedia	Bethesda	Maryland
3444	Grafika Designs	Silver	Grafika Designs	Brossard	Quebec
BRONZE
2456	Merzees Website	Bronze	MadisonArts	Los Angeles	CA
2499	Green Olive Media website	Bronze	Green Olive Media	Atlanta	GA
2513	Hum	Bronze	Involver	Vancouver	BC
2625	(WEA) WhyEvenAsk	Bronze	Immersion Media	Evanston	IL
2627	Didiom - Mobile Music Marketplace	Bronze	Didiom LLC	New York	NY
2628	Spun Boutique Fitness Studio	Bronze	Jennifer Louis	Atlanta	GA
2630	RØDE Microphones company website	Bronze	RØDE Microphones	Silverwater	NSW
2642	Doane Stuart School Website	Bronze	Overit Media	Albany	NY
2650	Kurani Relaunch	Bronze	Kurani	Red Bank	NJ
2659	2008 Holiday e-Card	Bronze	Allen Interactions	Mendota Heights	MN
2715	Andre Lyon	Bronze	Vilaitanarak & Knuesel	New York City	NY
2737	Oddcast Demo Movie	Bronze	Larkin/Volpatt Communications	Secaucus	NJ
2758	Duet	Bronze	Agency.com	New York	NY
2775	Xcelus Studios Website	Bronze	Xcelus	Provo	UT
2832	Big Communications Flash Sizzle	Bronze	Big Communications	Ferndale	MI
2873	Our People are Ready	Bronze	Richter Studios	Chicago	IL
2874	Zywave Offerings	Bronze	Richter Studios	Chicago	IL
2887	Holiday E-mail sent to Clients of Scott Design	Bronze	Scott Design	Soquel	CA
2954	Sylver Films Self Promotion Website	Bronze	CREATE DESIGN TM	George	Western Cape
2980	Corporate Search Optimization	Bronze	NetScope / Corporate Search Optimization	Irvine	CA
3024	21xdesign self promotional website	Bronze	21xdesign	Broomall	PA
3025	It\'s your time	Bronze	NAS Recruitment Communications	Cleveland	OH
3077	Own your career	Bronze	NAS Recruitment Communications	Cleveland	OH
3103	BankAtlantic Corporate Website Redesign	Bronze	BGT PARTNERS	MIAMI	FL
3112	NeboWeb Website Redesign	Bronze	NeboWeb	Atlanta	GA
3203	CFA Capital Partners, LLC	Bronze	Avatar New York	New York	New York
3204	Micro Target Media	Bronze	Avatar New York	New York	New York
3213	Chaa Creek	Bronze	Avatar New York	New York	New York
3220	Glen McClure Photography	Bronze	Grow Interactive	Norfolk	VA
3222	Van Wagner	Bronze	Avatar New York	New York	New York
3229	Demian Wilbur Architects	Bronze	Enforme Interactive	Frederick	MD
3235	Epic Theatre Center	Bronze	Enforme Interactive	Frederick	MD
3381	FiveStone Goes Back to School	Bronze	FiveStone	Buford	GA
3389	Web Design	Bronze	Pete Morris Design	Echuca	Victoria
3391	Tocquigny.com	Bronze	Tocquigny	Austin	Tx
3430	AOL \| 360 Creative Website	Bronze	AOL \| 360 Creative	New York	NY