Berndt Group Wins Three Davey Awards for Work on the University of Maryland School of Law and Johns Hopkins Children's Center Web Sites and the National Aquarium in Baltimore Trip Planner
November 19, 2008
BALTIMORE, MD—The Berndt Group, www.berndtgroup.net, a Baltimore, Maryland-based full service interactive agency, announced that it has received three Davey awards for successful projects we delivered for the National Aquarium, Johns Hopkins Children's Center and University of Maryland School of Law.
The Davey Awards recognize the creative excellence of smaller companies and firms world-wide. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the "Creative Davids" who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than stratospheric budgets.
The Berndt Group received a Gold award for for our work on the Johns Hopkins Children's Center web site. We launched this site in 2008. The site runs on the Ektron CMS.
We also took home Silver awards for the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Trip Planner and the site we developed for the University of Maryland School of Law.
Since it's launch in May 2007, the National Aquarium Trip Planner application has received over 110,000 uses. It is a Flash-based, content managed application running on the RedDot Content Management System (CMS).
Berndt Group CEO, John Berndt, commented, "We really enjoyed working on these projects and with these clients, and are honored that our work for Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the National Aquarium and the University of Maryland School of Law are considered best-of-breed projects."
The Berndt Group wins an average if ten design awards per year.
About the DAVEY Awards
The Davey is 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. IAVA members include executives from organizations such as Alloy, Coach, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, HBO, iNDELIBLE, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Refinery, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Wired, Yahoo! and many more. Davey Award partners include The Creative Group, AdWeek, Fortune Small Business, OnRequest Images and the International Academy of the Visual Arts. www.daveyawards.com.
About The Berndt Group
The Berndt Group has been a leading Web design, development and brand communications firm since 1991. The firm provides an integrated set of creative services, including strategic consulting, brand and application development, software implementation, web site design, and internet marketing. Based in Baltimore, MD, the firm services a diverse international and regional base of over fifty active clients, including: The National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore Museum of Art, Johns Hopkins Institutions, University of Maryland Institutions, SafeNet, Inc., Raytheon, U.S. Immigration, The Federal Aviation Administration, The U.S. Forest Service, The Abell Foundation, and many others. For more information, visit www.berndtgroup.net.
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