SXSW 2014 Interactive Awards

To the innovators go the spoils

SXSW 2014 Interactive Awards

Congratulations, you've survived one third of the South by Southwest gantlet. As you prepare to dive headfirst into Music's mayhem, pause for a moment to appreciate the winners of the SXSW 2014 Interactive Awards and Accelerator Awards.

Interactive Awards

ACTIVISM
Winner: The Missing Person Pre-Roll

AMUSEMENT
Winner: RESIZE THAT SHIT

ART
Winner: Pulse of the City

BUSINESS
Winner: Work4Rich

CLASSIC
Winner: deviantART

COMMUNITY
Winner: Quietest Show on Earth

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE
Winner: Make Your Money Matter

EXPERIMENTAL
Winner: Where is Danny Torrance?

FILM/TV
Winner: An Idea Lives On

MOTION GRAPHICS
Winner: The Greatest Action Movie Ever

MUSIC
Winner: Just A Reflektor

PERSONAL
Winner: Pavlov Poke

SOCIAL MEDIA
Winner: The Little Red Logo that Transformed the Marriage Equality Narrative

STUDENT
Winner: Heart of the High Country

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Winner: Remote Control Tourist

PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Winner: deviantART

BREAKOUT DIGITAL TREND
Winner: Online Privacy and Security, presented to the ACLU

SPEAKER OF THE EVENT
Winner: Neil deGrasse Tyson, "A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson"

DIGITAL CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Winner: The Little Red Logo that Transformed the Marriage Equality Narrative

BEST OF SHOW
Winner: The Little Red Logo that Transformed the Marriage Equality Narrative

Accelerator Awards

ENTERPRISE AND BIG DATA
Trustev

ENTERTAINMENT AND CONTENT
Waygo

HEALTH
ThriveOn

INNOVATIVE WORLD
Synbiota

SOCIAL
Samba.me

WEARABLE
Skully Helmets

BEST BOOTSTRAPPED COMPANY
Sensible Baby

MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANY
The Eye Tribe

ONE-MINUTE PITCH WINNER
Avegant


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