Winners of 2006 Y Design Awards Announced

Winners of 2006 Y Design Awards Announced
The results of the inaugural Y Design Awards were announced in the trendy, urban setting of the Truman Brewery.

The Y Design Awards has been established to recognise and celebrate the UK's leading creative talent demonstrated through the use of digital technology.

The awards received almost 300 submissions, with many of the top 50 digital design agencies being represented.

In honour of the technology's 10th anniversary, this year's award scheme centred on Macromedia Flash by Adobe, the design industry's most advanced authoring environment for Best creating interactive websites, digital experiences & mobile content.

Winners of the first nine categories were selected by a panel of five expert judges: William Knight, director at The London Design Festival; Mike Downey, senior product manager for Flash at Adobe; Dan Sutherland, CEO at Carrenza; Guy Watson, MD at Flashguru.co.uk and Chris Walker, director at Saatchi Interactive.

The tenth award, the People's Choice, was chosen by the online community from the Awards' finalists - over 4,000 votes were placed during the week.