The evening's big surprise came as the Tokyo-based TRY GROUP ran away with the coveted Best of Show award as well as Best of Web and an Award of Excellence for its exemplary project, Willing-to-TRY. Judges praised this unconventional title for its whimsical approach to teaching in a school system that seemingly undervalued individualism. Another Best of Web was awarded to Children's Television Workshop Online for its educational project CTW Family Workshop. The Best of Title award rounded out the learning theme as it was bestowed upon Anatomy Revealed(tm) from the Medical College of Ohio.

"The NewMedia INVISION Awards recognizes the exemplary digital work being produced around the world," said Hal Josephson, Executive Director, NewMedia INVISION 99 Festival. "The judges looked to each project for its utilization of technical advances in the most creative manner, a job that was made even more difficult due to the record number of entries of this year's event."

INVISION Awards Gala where the Awards of Excellence and Best of Show and Best of Web awards were presented. The Awards of Excellence include:

WEB

• Entertainment - Now and Then - Portable Zen by Atsuko Kawamura, Dentsu Inc. and Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
  
• Entertainment - sputnik7.com by Michael Tamburro, Vian, sputnik7 and Possible Worlds
  
• Information - Quokka Sports by Troy Furr, Quokka Sports
  
• Education - CTW Family Workshop by Lynn Chwatsky, Children's Television Workshop Online
  
• Business - Webvan by Scott Blue, Webvan Group, Inc.
  
• Marketing & Sales - Balthaser Online Corporate Web site by Neil Balthaser, Balthaser Online
  
• Personal / Nonprofit Projects - July Eighteen by Bradley Grosh, GMunkStudio
  
• Creative & Technical Achievement - Willing -to-TRY by ExcellenceKumiko
  
• Kitamura, Dentsu Inc. / AOI Advertising Promotions Inc. / Funny Garbage

  TITLE
  

• Entertainment - The Home Gene-Splicing Kit by Mary Jo Reutter, You-betcha Interactive
  
• Education - Anatomy Revealed(tm) by Roy E. Schneider, Medial College of Ohio
  
• Business - CyberProtect by Eileen M. Vidrine, Carney Interactive Inc.
  
• Marketing & Sales - Apple Powerbook G3 In-Store Demo by Jim Vandergrift

  USWeb/CKS
  

• Personal / Nonprofit Projects - weisse vernuft - siedlingsbau der 20er jahre by Susanne Schumacher, Hochschule fxr Gestaltung
  
• Creative & Technical Achievement - Anatomy Revealed(tm) by Roy E. Schneider, Medical College of Ohio.

The NewMedia INVISION 99 Awards is part of the NewMedia INVISION 99 Festival, a three-day digital content Festival that includes the INSIGHT Conference, the PlayLand Gallery where the award winners are showcased, and the International Showcase.

The INSIGHT Conference is produced by Hypermedia Communications, Inc. Hypermedia is a provider of information services for Internet-driven business professionals responsible for driving Internet strategy within their organizations. These include newmedia•com, an award winning Web site, the annual NewMedia INVISION Festival, and the NewMedia 500, an annual ranking of the 500 most influential companies operating on the new media landscape.

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