16th AIMIA Awards Finalists

Best Advertising or Marketing

Naked Communications & Frank PR - Ask Richard Profero; Soap Creative & OMD - JOHNSON’S® Baby: 50 years of No More Tears Publicis Digital & Virgin Mobile - Virgin Mobile Members' Lounge 26000 Vodka - Resn Resn & Krafthaus Films - JAG Black Soap Creative, Universal McCann & Unilever: Lynx - Lynx Primate Soap Creative, Universal McCann & Unilever: Lynx - Party Across The Internet

Best Children's

BMF Advertising & Commonwealth Bank - Pi | Create Your Own Cool Milk Digital & Learning Links - Counting For Life Sputnik Agency - Origin | EnergyForce Vishus Productions; Katalyst Interactive & ABC Children’s Multiplatform - The Figaro Pho website Roar Film & The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy - Budd:e E-security Education Package

Best Classifieds, News, Media or Reference

ABC Innovation - Black Saturday CommSec - CommSec Video Updates Moon Communications Group - BresicWhitney Estate Agents Website SBS Online; SBS News and Current Affairs & Different - SBS Dateline Wotnews - TeamStream

Best Cross-Platform

Holler & BMF - Tooheys Extra Dry | 6 Beers of Separation Mobile Online Business & Sculpute by the Sea - Sculpture by the Sea: PC, Mobile & AR Experience Publicis Digital & Virgin Mobile - Virgin Mobile Members' Lounge Soap Creative, Universal McCann & Unilever | Lynx - Lynx Primate Tourism Queensland & Sapient NitroTourism Queensland | Best Job in the World

Best Cultural or Lifestyle

ABC Innovation - Gallipoli: The First Day Monkii - Melbourne Fringe Festival 2009 Website National Museum of Australia & Roar Film - European voyages interactive RedBubble - RedBubble Salted Herring & Splore - Splore

Best Enterprise

August & Origin Energy - Origin Energy 'Brand Central' Flash Group & Global Corporate Challenge - Global Corporate Challenge 2009 Moon Communications Group - BresicWhitney Estate Agents Website Viocorp International - Viocast Viocorp International - Viostream

Best Entertainment

FOXTEL Active; Emuse & Fox8 - Australia's Next Top Model 'Game On' FOXTEL; Lowe Sydney & Publicis Media - I am unIQue Holler Sydney & BMF - Tooheys Extra Dry 5 Seeds Resn - Shapeshifter Soap Creative; Universal McCann & Unilever | Lynx - Party Across The Internet The Wiggles & The Farm - Wiggle Time Wotnews - We Are Hunted

Best Export Achievement

Adrenalin Media & FortisWMS - Adrenalin Media - FortisWMS AURA Interactive - AURA Interactive DDX.COM.AU - GLU Platform Traction – Massmedia Studios Soap Creative - Soap Creative

Best Financial Service

BMF Advertising & Commonwealth Bank: Pi - Create Your Own Cool InvestSMART Financial Services; Fairfax Digital: InvestSMART Free Portfolio Manager Macquarie Bank - Macquarie Edge: The new way of online trading Sputnik Agency - Frank Health Insurance The White Agency & Commonwealth Bank - Commbank Website

Best Integration with an Offline Campaign

Droga5 & Future Buro - Right Music Wrongs Holler Sydney & BMF - Tooheys Extra Dry 5 Seeds Naked Communications & Frank PR - Ask Richard Soap Creative; Universal McCann & Unilever:Lynx - Rexona Australia's Greatest Athlete Visual Jazz - Jenny Craig: Magda's Journey

Best Learning & Education

ABC Commercial & Pascal Press - ABC Reading Eggs ABC Innovation - Gallipoli: The First Day Change 2 & 2and2 - Change 2 Liquid Interactive; Liquid Animation & Social Skills Training Institute, a division of Triple P International Pty Ltd - Secret Agent Society Game TigerSpike & The University of Western Sydney - The Vaughan Supremacy

Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing

AURA Interactive & Mediaedge: cia - Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen Telstra Corporation - Mum 2.0 Digital Makeover QR code and .mobi site Visual Jazz; & Defence Force Recruiting - Defencejobs Games: Supreme Air Combat iPhone Free Facebook - Vodafone Hutchison Australia Webling Interactive - Tic Tac Shake & Share

Best Mobile Product or Service

ABC - ABC Mobile iPhone App ABC - ABC Mobile Site (m.abc.net.au) AURA Interactive - AURA BlueZone network Coastalwatch, mogeneration & Hurley - Hurley Coastalwatch iPhone App CommSec - CommSec iPhone Sensis & DWS Consultingm - Yellow Pages® iPhone Application VHA - 3 mobile & Front Foot Media Solutions - 3 mobile content portal - iPhone & Android

Best Non-profit or Government

BCM Partnership - Share My Story Circul8; MeTTro; The Inspire Agency & Greenpeace International - Greenpeace Action-Pact Naked Communications & Frank PR - Ask Richard Profero & MS Society - MS Sydney to the Gong Fundraising Online The Live Local Foundation & Digital Eskimo - Live Local Website the white agency - DrinkWise Visual Jazz & Defence Force Recruiting - Ocean Recon

Best Retail

Adrenalin Media - Proactiv Amblique & SUPRÉ - SUPRÉ MYER & DTDigital - MYER Profero; Axe Group & Adactus - Pizza Hut - Online Ordering Website Reactive - Jeanswest Visual Jazz - Holden.com.au Visual Jazz - Mecca Cosmetica

Best Science, Health or Environment

Change2 & 2and2m - Change2 Circul8; MeTTro; The Inspire Agency & Greenpeace International - Greenpeace Action-Pact Digital Eskimo & Live Local Foundation - Live Local Website Flash Group & Global Corporate Challenge - Global Corporate Challenge 2009 ABC Science Online & CSIRO - Big Aussie Star Hunt

Best Sport

Costal Watch; mogeneration & Hurley - Hurley Coastalwatch iPhone app m.Net Corporation Limited & Premier Media Group - Foxsports Mobile Site Soap Creative; Universal McCann & Unilever: Lynx - Rexona Australia's Greatest Athlete TigerSpike &Telstra - Official AFL: Finals 09 iPhone App WeAreDigital. - Carlton natural blonde: Match Centre2009

Best Student Project

Kara Bombell, Joel Caban, Jian Long, Jochen Spencer & Abbey Z - Traps Online Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, MIMM, University of Technology Sydney - dboard Luke Milkovic - Piano Jungle Master of Interactive Multimedia; Institute for Interactive Media & Learning (IML) & University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) - Strine.net.au University of Technology Sydney & Institute for Interactive Media and Learning - SoapBox Project

Best Tourism or Travel

Daemon Group &Tourism New South Wales - Tourism NSW 7 Days in Sydney Social Media Campaign Microsoft Australia, Amnesia & Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet Store Proof of Concept Tourism Queensland & Sapient Nitro - Tourism Queensland - Best Job in the World Visual Jazz - Jetstar Photo Competition Visual Jazz; Media Contacts & Projekta - Tourism Northern Territory 'Mix it Up'

Best Use of Social Media

Cadbury; Saatchi & Saatchi; DDX & GLU Platform - Cadbury Eyebrow Me! Application Droga5 & Future Buro - Right Music Wrongs Naked Communications & Frank PR - Ask Richard Profero - The Sims 3 Ultimate Aussie Fan Competition RedBubble - RedBubble Tourism Queensland & Sapient Nitro - Tourism Queensland: Best Job in the World

Best Video

ABC Innovation - Black Saturday Deepend, Unilever Australasia & DDB Sydney - Continental Free Cup Campaign Holler Sydney & BMF - Tooheys Extra Dry 5 Seeds SBS Sport & SBS Online - TdF 09 Telstra Media; C4; Chief Entertainment & Sportsdata - BigPond Sport Game Analyser

Effectiveness Award

Droga5 & Future Buro - Right Music Wrongs News.com.au - News.com.au InstaBudget Pusher - Samboy is Back Soap Creative - Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Soap Creative & LG - LG Autobot Stronghold Wunderman Sydney & Microsoft - Ten Grand is Buried Here

Not a definitive list, nevertheless we have put together a few web sites which if you don’t know already, are worth the time in getting to know. We know that there is a mountain of websites out there we haven’t seen, leave us a comment and suggested link on this article and hopefully we can get a part 2 out soon. (Particularly for Tasmania, ACT and the NT).

INSPIRATION

lifeatthebottom.com: Great site aimed at junior creatives, with interviews, regular drinks nights and clever writing. Take a look.

designiskinky.net: Bringing you design and art goodness from Sydney, Australia since 1998.

lifelounge.com: Regular articles covering art, music, photography and just plain trash. Great design, great typography.

thegrafikmuseum.com: “Sharing Freshness & Creativity from Australia to the World.”

watim.com: We Are the Image Makers. great source of Australian Interviews and events.

thecoolhunter.com.au: “Roaming Australia and the globe…so you’re in the know.”

australiandesignreview.com: Content from the magazines Architectural Review Australia and (inside).

ohreallymagazine.com: An art magazine aimed at all different types creations, providing an insight into the minds of innovative artists.

CRAFTS & INTERIORS

livingcreatively.com.au: Your place to discover what’s happening in the world of creativity, and to unleash some of your own. Every issue, we uncover the best on offer in the worlds of art, craft, design, urban living and fashion from around the world or right next door.

blog.piajanebijkerk.com: Blog of Stylist Pia Jane Bijkerk.

thedesignfiles.net: Interviews, shopping guides and melbourne places.

BRISBANE

fourthousand.com.au: FourThousand is a weekly snapshot of Brisbane’s subculture.

MELBOURNE

therealmelbourne.com.au: This isn’t Melbourne for tourists- it’s Melbourne for locals, and by locals. Bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants in Australia’s most vibrant city.

threethousand.com.au: A weekly snapshot of Melbourne’s subculture – a Sydney guide to film, music, design, books, art, goods and links.

SYDNEY
twothousand.com.au: A weekly snapshot of Sydney’s subculture – a Sydney guide to film, music, design, books, art, goods and links.

PERTH

spaceshipnews.com.au: A great guide to the Perth music scene.

perthupmarket.com.au: Come to Perth Upmarket to experience high quality, stylish, unique products created by Perth’s talented artists, craftsmen, designers and gourmets.

sixthousand.com.au: SixThousand is a subcultural guide to Perth.

STRAIGHT UP BLOGS

blog.btpdesign.com: Beyond the Pixels.

absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com: “I am an Interior Designer in Brisbane Australia and I have started this blog as a record of all the beautiful things I find which inspire me.”

the-refined.com: Sourcing the most refined design from all corners of the globe.

SHOPPING

modamuse.com: Ooffers a range of modern designer jewellery, gifts and accessories created by independent Australian & New Zealand designers & artisans.

indie.com.au: Featuring products made by independent Australian artists, designers & craftspeople.

udessi.com.au: Udessi is an Australian online gallery, proudly showcasing contemporary art, craft & design by independent Australian artists.

stupidkrap.com: “Based in Sydney, Australia, STUPIDKRAP.COM is an artist-run portal and on-line store, featuring EXCLUSIVE limited-edition high-quality art prints and collectables, by your favorite underground artists.”

RANDOM

wemakestuffgood.com: “A bunch of artists, designers, musicians and writers who know how to Make Stuff Good. Discover what’s going on in your town and what we’ve found and made along the way.”

blog.dtdigital.com.au/insight: Digital agency’s blog. Some nice insights on digital marketing.

newmatilda.com: An Australian website of news, analysis and satire.

bindarri.com.au: “To support and promote australian creatives who are working for positive change and to inspire others who are yet to begin.”

australiandesignunit.com: Part magazine, part bulletin, part business resource.