Topspin Promo Brings Home a W3 Award

Score one for the little guy. Our video for Topspin Media just brought home the gold from the 2011 W³  awards in the Branded Content: Business to Business category. In a competition “accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between”¹ it’s quite an honor to see our name in the winner’s circle. A big thanks to Parker and the rest of the guys in the LA based band Les Blanks for letting us point a camera in your faces for two days. And thanks to Ian, Andrew and Bob of Topspin for helping us make software look cool. We much enjoyed the collaboration. View the now award-winning video on our website, here.

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The Telly Awards Honor New Monarchy's Polite In Public Promo

The list of winners for the 32nd Annual Telly Awards was just announced, delivering the exciting news that our "ridiculously fun" promo for Polite In Public secured a winged statue in the Online Commercial category. A big thanks to our cast and crew for braving a brisk night on a downtown rooftop to make this spot look its best, and to Polite In Public for trusting us to tell your story. Have a look at the now award-winning Polite Promo here.

Webby Awards Honor New Monarchy’s World Vision Interactive AIDS Experience

Tonight at the 11th Annual Webby Awards ceremony the World Vision Interactive AIDS Experience, conceived and designed by New Monarchy and executed by the interactive wizards at Fluidesign, will receive the People’s Voice Award for best Rich Media Advertising in the Non-Profit/Educational category. The online experience borrows its sober stories of African AIDS orphans from World Vision’s three-thousand square foot AIDS Exhibit, also designed by New Monarchy. The success of this touring exhibit, visited by thousands of people in venues such as New York City’s Grand Central Station and the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, prompted World Vision to explore other vehicles to tell these stories to an even broader audience. The internet was the natural first choice.

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