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Charlotte – Charlotte based web design and branding firm carbonhouse recently won eight website awards in the 2007 W3 Awards, including Best in Show, as well as an award for Best Legal Website in the 2007 WebAwards competition. This marks the second year of success for carbonhouse in both competitions.

Receiving over 2,700 entries, the W3 Awards honors outstanding websites, web marketing, and web video created by some of the best interactive agencies, designers and creators worldwide. After winning three gold awards in the 2006 W3 Awards, carbonhouse felt confident to enter new websites into this year’s competition.

“We were incredibly impressed by the quality and creativity of this year’s entries,” said Linda Day, the director of the International Academy of Visual Arts (IAVA). “W3 winners continue to raise the bar in Web development and design, push the limits of web advertising creative and pioneer the use of web video.  We are thrilled to have reviewed such a diverse and respected pool of work.”

The highlight for carbonhouse in the W3 Awards was winning Best In Show for the Shelton Vineyards website (www.sheltonvineyards.com) in the shopping category. A Yadkin Valley vineyard and winery, Shelton Vineyards commissioned carbonhouse to redesign their website and shopping cart at the beginning of 2007.

The 2007 W3 Award wins for carbonhouse include:

Mattamy Homes – Silver Award for Real Estate Category

(www.mattamync.com)

CarolinaTix – Silver Award for Best Structure and Navigation

 (www.carolinatix.org)

Charlotte Chapter PRSA – Silver Award for Associations Category

(www.prsacharlotte.org)

Shelton Vineyards – Silver Award for Best Visual Appeal

Shelton Vineyards – Silver Award for Food & Beverage Category

Shelton Vineyards – Best in Show for Shopping Category

(www.sheltonvineyards.com)

The Summerwood – Silver Award for Best Home Page

The Summerwood – Silver Award for Real Estate Category

(www.thesummerwood.com)

Womble Carlyle Site Wins WebAward

Winning for the second time in three years, the carbonhouse-designed website for Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice (www.wcsr.com) won the WebAward for Best Legal Website. The same award was given to carbonhouse and WCSR in 2005. The judges had this to say about the WCSR website:

“Nicely done. For such a dry topic they have made it very interesting. “

“Interesting site…. I appreciate the effort. The site definitely separates the firm from the competition…. all in all a pretty cool experience.”

Each site in the WebAwards competition is judged on seven different criteria and scored on a scale of 0-70 points. If an entry receives a score of 60 or greater, they receive the Outstanding Website WebAward. WCSR received a score of 65.5.

About the W3 Awards

The W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning websites, web video and online marketing programs.

The W3 Awards are sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.

For more information about the W3 Awards, visit www.w3award.com.

About the WebAwards

Founded by the Web Marketing Association in 1997, the WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks for the best web sites based on the seven criteria of a successful website.

The goal of the WebAwards is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Internet today.

For more information, visit www.webaward.org.

About carbonhouse, inc.

carbonhouse, inc is located in the historic arts district of Charlotte known as NoDa. Founded in 1999, carbonhouse offers branding, design and marketing services.

The firm’s diverse client list includes Visit Charlotte, Womble Carlyle, UNC Charlotte’s Belk College and MBA program, Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Klaussner Furniture, The Palisades, Charlotte Research Institute and many others.

carbonhouse is ranked among the top web design firms in Charlotte and has been recognized worldwide for its cutting edge website development work. For more information, visit www.carbonhouse.com.