{"id":4268962,"date":"2023-04-04T15:11:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/dept-honored-with-32-webby-award-nominations-for-pioneering-digital-work\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:37:54","slug":"dept-honored-with-32-webby-award-nominations-for-pioneering-digital-work","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-au\/insight\/dept-honored-with-32-webby-award-nominations-for-pioneering-digital-work\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPT\u00ae honored with 32 Webby Award nominations for pioneering digital work"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBack to all articles\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n<\/button>\n\t\tDEPT\u00ae honored with 32 Webby Award nominations for pioneering digital work\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t<\/div>
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\n\t\n\t\tOne year after DEPT\u00ae celebrated being named Agency Network of the Year at the Webby Awards<\/a>, we\u2019re back with a record 32 nominations for our work with brands including Inter Milan, Patagonia, Webex, KFC, Cowboy, and H&M. In addition, 20 projects were named as honorees.\t<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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\n\t\tThe unique Web3 experience we created for fashion brand H&Mbeyond<\/strong><\/a> which turned their showroom into an immersive, virtual experience, is up for Metaverse, Immersive & Virtual – General Virtual Experiences: Arts, Fashion, Retail & Culture.

The fresh strategy, design and development of Inter Milan\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> new app and website is nominated for Websites and Mobile Sites – General Websites and Mobile Sites: Sports. HYPEWEAR by ABOUT YOU<\/strong><\/a>, the first online shop for digital NFT fashion, is nominated for App Features: Best Use of Web3 Technology.

BASIC\/DEPT\u00ae have achieved a record number of nominations this year. The website created for Cowboy<\/strong><\/a>, the connected electric bike, is nominated for four awards for Best Visual Design: Function, Best User Interface, Best Mobile Visual Design: Aesthetic, and Best Mobile User Interface.

The website for the first NFT project by artist Jeff Koons<\/strong><\/a> is up for Websites and Mobile Sites – Features & Design: Best Homepage.\u00a0

The project for Google ChromeOS<\/a> <\/strong>is nominated for General Websites and Mobile Sites: Web Services & Applications, and Best Mobile Visual Design: Function.

Crafted<\/strong><\/a>, the community initiative led by BASIC\/DEPT\u00ae that brings together local creators and tastemakers, is nominated twice for General Websites and Mobile Sites: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Features & Design: Best Practices.

JAMS<\/strong><\/a> – BASIC\/DEPT\u00ae\u2019s social experiment that connects people with curated playlists – is nominated for Websites and Mobile Sites – Features & Design: Technical Achievement.

The work for <\/strong>Google Store<\/strong><\/a> is nominated for Websites and Mobile Sites – Features & Design: Best User Experience, and Best Mobile User Experience.

For Patagonia<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s website, BASIC\/DEPT\u00ae is nominated for General Websites and Mobile Sites: Fashion & Beauty, and Features & Design: Best Practices. The Patagonia Footprints Chronicles <\/strong><\/a>site is nominated for General Websites and Mobile Sites: Sustainability & Environment, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

The app for KFC<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>is nominated for General Apps: Food & Drink. The site for Webex<\/strong><\/a> is nominated in the Websites and Mobile Sites category for Corporate Communications, and Best Navigation\/Structure.\u00a0

For HELLO MONDAY\/DEPT\u00ae, Fingerspelling with Machine Learning<\/strong><\/a> is nominated three times in the Games category for Family, Kids & Education, Social Impact, and Technical Achievement, and in the Responsible Technology category for Accessible Technology.

The immersive website experience for Virgin Galactic<\/strong><\/a> that communicates the excitement of space travel, is nominated in General Websites and Mobile Sites – Travel & Lifestyle.

The experience built together with DOGSTUDIO\/DEPT\u00ae to build anticipation for Digital Insight Games\u2019 launch of Cloud Castles<\/strong><\/a> is nominated for Websites and Mobile Sites – Features & Design: Technical Achievement, and General Metaverse Experiences: Games.

Demo Festival<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>– the world’s largest festival of motion design –\u00a0 organised by STUDIO DUMBAR\/DEPT\u00ae is nominated for General Websites and Mobile Sites: Events.

Last but definitely not least, DEPT\u00ae\u2019s very own Meta Festival <\/strong><\/a>– the first 24hr event in the Metaverse – which attracted 12,000 registrations from 109 countries, is nominated for Metaverse & Immersive Features: Best Community Engagement, and Metaverse, Immersive & Virtual – Virtual Video Features: Best Festival or Conference.\t<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t