Awards

This page details the awards spudmurphy design has won for its creativity and technology, as well as for its merits as a business.

Another spudmurphy design Site Nominated for Golden Spiders 2004

spudmurphy design's creation, a website on teenage diabetes built in conjunction with students from St. Mary's College Dundalk, has been nominated for a prestigious Golden Spider Award.

The awards, now in their eighth year, are a firmly established landmark in the internet industry and they are Ireland's most prestigious and longest running internet awards competition. The awards serve to raise awareness of the designers who pioneer this exciting and fast moving industry. The Golden Spider Awards recognise excellence in the Irish Internet industry, and while the awards have a strong business slant, the spiders are the only awards to encourage the important community aspects of the Internet.

Our site, which educates young people on the topic of Teenage Diabtetes, is very relevant in today's fast-food filled world. It offers teens a chance to see what they can do to prevent contracting this life changing condition. You can view the site through the link below.

Teenage Diabetes:
http://www.maristdundalk.com/diabetes/

Golden Spider Awards:
http://www.goldenspiders.ie/

Winner in O2 Digital Media Awards 2004

The 'Healthy Lifestyles' website, created by spudmurphy design in conjunction with St. Mary's College Dundalk, has secure yet another coveted award - this time, an industry-leading O2 Digital Media Award.

The award was presented to Patrick Murphy of spudmurphy design and Thomas Flynn of St. Mary's College at a black-tie dinner reception in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin with an audience of over 600 people from across the spectrum of the IT industry in Ireland.

This is the second year of the Digital Media Awards. Almost 300 entries were received this year, a figure which is up from last year. Aside from the drama of the awards themselves, one of the highlights of the night was the Digital Media Wall, the largest video based wall of its kind and recently used by the likes of Robbie Williams and Big Brother.

You can view the site at http://www.maristdundalk.com/healthy

Nominated for Golden Spider Awards 2003

The St. Mary's College 'Healthy Lifestyles' website was nominated for an Esat BT Golden Spider Award by a panel of judges which include heads of industry and technology journalists. The reception was held in the packed ballroom of the Burlington Hotel in September.

http://www.goldenspiders.ie/

National Winner of the European Young Consumer Competition 2003

spudmurphy design, in partnership with St. Mary's College Dundalk, were the national finalists in the European Young Consumer Competition. Over 1,400 entries from all over Europe were submitted with spudmurphy design's site, entitled 'Healthy Lifestyles', being the best in Ireland. The site promotes healthy living for todays youth.

The competition had two themes, Making Labelling More User-Friendly or Achieving a Healthy Lifestyle, with St. Mary's College choosing the latter. The website has five main sections covering a wide variety of topics within each of them; Healthy Food, Advertising, Profiles, Fitness and Quizzes & Games. In the Profiles section a rising star in the soccer world is compared to the rest of his Transition Year class to see how well they measure up.

You can see the project for yourself at:
http://www.maristdundalk.com/healthy

Read About The European Young Consumer Competition at:
http://youngconsumer.eun.org/

Regional Runner-Up in Young Entrepreuner Scheme 2002/2003

The Young Entrepreuner Scheme, sponsored by Golden Vale, awards students who show great entrepreunership and great ideas, it is no surprise then, to see spudmurphy design feature in this highly respected scheme. Firstly, we submitted a business report which documented every part of what the company is, what it does and how it does it.

Progressing on from the business report, successful candidates are then invited to attend a trade fair in which they can showcase their products and their company. Entrants are then subject to an interview by a panel of judges who then decide the winners. The judges gave the following opinions regarding our Web Design Packages - 'The Best Products I've Seen'.

Visit the website of the Golden Vale Young Entrepreuner Scheme:
http://www.yes.ie