Welcome to the BIMA Awards 2008

BIMA and Digital Arts have partnered once again to deliver the BIMA Awards 2008.

The BIMA Awards celebrate creative excellence and best practice in interactive design. Every year BIMA reviews the categories and the judging criteria and make important changes to fully reflect the constantly evolving industry. This year was no exception with the introduction of the sub-categories which allowed the judges to individually recognise the many facets, assets and attributes that combine to make truly innovative work.

It's been an incredible year for all of us in the interactive field and the BIMA Awards 2008 and Digital Arts truly recognised the fantastic creations that made 2008 a real buzz.

Video of the Night

About the night

The fantastic BIMA Awards Presentation Dinner was held at The Bloomsbury Club, Coram Fields, London on Thursday 27th November 2008.

To view photo’s of the awards party click here.

The panel of 18 judges, were highly acclaimed experts with an abudnance of expercience within the interactive industry.

To view the judging panel click here.

The winners of the newly introduced sub-categories were each presented with a BIMA Cube trophy and the main category winners received the now widely recognised BIMA Logo trophy. AKQA had a brilliant evening picking up not only winner’s trophy in a number of categories, but also the prestigious BIMA Grand Prix.

Award Categories

There are nine main Award Category areas. Within an Award Category there are a number of sub categories into which entries will be accepted. The winners of each sub category within a main category will be eligible to go forward for the judges to assess the overall winner of the main category. The winners of each sub category within a category will receive and award and the winner of the main category will receive a BIMA trophy.

There are 9 Award Categories this year.

• B2B
• B2C
• Website
• Games
• Integrated Campaign
• Social Media
• Film & Animation
• Student Award
• Talent
• And of course the Grand Prix

To view the full list of winners click here.

Why have we changed the categories this year?

The purpose of this new category structure is to capture the talents and merits that specific areas of design and development play in the creation of an interactive experience. Many unique skills and successes come together to make "magic" in modern digital media. Our industry has evolved further this year than any other, and BIMA wants to identify the developments and achievements made by introducing new categories and disciplines. We will also assume that all good interactive design will aim to be accessible and compliant.