Best in class
Presenting the recipients of Best In Class, a special award to commend the most impressive sites in each of the WOTY 2016 award categories.
The winner
Because Recollection
France
8.61

8.60
Ryan Brussow
CEO / ECD
Teamgeek

8.50
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

9.00
Valentin Salmon
UI/UX Designer
Freelance

8.40
Mikha Makhoul
Interactive Director, Designer and Technologist
Telekom Design

10.00
Arshak Khachatrian
Co-founder / Creative Front-end Engineer
POP360

9.00
Giovanni Xu
Interaction Designer
firstborn

8.90
Piotr Swierkowski
Owner / Art Director
Piotr Swierkowski

8.20
Simon Carr
Founder and Creative Director
DesignUps

9.72
Adam Romano
Digital Art Director & Designer
Freelance

Alexandre Rochet Portfolio
France
7.77

7.80
Valentin Salmon
UI/UX Designer
Freelance

7.50
Richard Mattka
Creative Director of Technology
Tool of North America

7.95
Catalina De Leon Belloc
Lead Designer
Indicius

8.50
Orlando Festa
Founder
Roll Studio

7.00
Simone Magurno
Creative Director
Impossible Bureauâ„¢

8.00
Andre Venancio
Senior Developer and Creative Technologist
Freelance

8.10
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

7.60
Warren Everard
Senior Experience Designer
Get Started

7.40
Aleksandr Motin
Creative Director & Co-Founder
Braind

Bonne Marque
Sweden
7.76

7.50
Stefano Caliandro
Creative Director
GUSTO IDS

7.75
Dalibor Hajdinjak
Co-founder & Creative Director
Kreativa Studio

7.20
Telmo Alves
Senior Creative
Mediamonks

8.00
Arshak Khachatrian
Co-founder / Creative Front-end Engineer
POP360

8.90
Stephen Scaff
Head of Front-End Development
Urban Influence

6.00
Robert Lowe
Digital Director
Mr B & Friends

8.10
Michela Chiucini
Designer and Art Director
TAOSTUDIO

8.20
Emmanuel Cruellas
Creative Director & Co-founder
Bonhomme

7.80
Fabio Merlin
Creative Director
AQuest

Cavalier Conqueror of Excellence
USA
7.96

8.30
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

7.90
Jeff Corey
Owner + Creative Director
Visual Soldiers

7.10
Klaus-Martin Michaelis
Digital Art Director
Ogilvy Germany

7.90
Fabio Merlin
Creative Director
AQuest

6.00
Valentine Boyev
Co-Founder and Art Director
Heyllow

7.20
Daniel Spatzek
Freelance Designer & Art Director
Freelance

9.00
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

8.54
Pete White
Art Director
Stereo

7.80
Snorre Martinsen
Art Director
T/A POL

Chordsurfer
Belgium
7.73

8.00
Mariana Luna
Product Designer
23 Design

6.00
Philippe Hong
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

8.00
Tristan Dwyer
Digital Experience Director
White Rhino

7.90
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

9.10
Christophe Cournaud
Creative Director
909c

8.00
Steve Fraschini
Art Director & Interactive Designer
Freelance

8.10
Pablo Zarate
Graphic Designer and Independent Art Director
Freelance

8.00
Nicola Gasco
Creative Developer
Vergani&Gasco

7.00
Pedro Duarte
Front-end Developer
Fathom London

Collapse
France
7.94

8.00
Telmo Alves
Senior Creative
Mediamonks

8.80
David McGillivray
Design Lead
Bonobos / AYR

8.50
Tom Newton
Senior Digital Designer
Tom Newton

7.94
Riccardo Marconato
Creative Designer & Web Developer
Freelance

9.60
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

7.80
Jesse Zoutewelle
Lead designer
Greenberry

8.20
Henrique Alves
Front-end Engineer
Freelance

7.67
Manoela Ilic
Co-Founder
Codrops

8.60
Armand Biteau
Creative Technologist
Media Monks

Converse Diamonds
Netherlands
8.00

9.50
Marco Lopes
Senior Digital Designer
Farfetch

9.00
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

7.00
Adrián Somoza
Senior Visual Designer
R/GA

7.80
Ale Urrutia
Creative Director
colorale

7.90
Keitaro Suzuki
Creative Division Manger /Art Director, Designer
SHIFTBRAIN Inc.

8.00
Michele Angeloro
Digital Art Director and Designer
Freelance

7.40
Alessia Fachin
Web Designer & Developer
Adoratorio

7.00
Hugo Albonete
Designer
Work and Company

8.20
Alee Foroughi
Designer and Creative Director
Alee Foroughi

Cryptaris Mission
USA
8.20

8.40
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

8.00
Jorge Garcia
Sr. Designer and Art Director
Freelance

8.40
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

8.10
Richard Boiteux
Co-founder
Akaru

9.50
Masateru Nishinaga
Designer
Hot-Factory.,LTD

8.15
Eric Grucza
Front-end Developer
ENVOY

6.00
Simone Magurno
Creative Director
Impossible Bureauâ„¢

9.00
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

8.40
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

Falter's Inferno
Austria
8.41

8.20
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

8.70
Ryan Brussow
CEO / ECD
Teamgeek

9.10
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

10.00
Valentine Boyev
Co-Founder and Art Director
Heyllow

7.98
Dalibor Hajdinjak
Co-founder & Creative Director
Kreativa Studio

7.90
Keitaro Suzuki
Creative Division Manger /Art Director, Designer
SHIFTBRAIN Inc.

8.70
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

7.20
Bob Schuster
Creative Director
Brevity

5.00
Robin Noguier
UI/UX Designer
ueno.

Filippo Bello
Italy
7.63

7.40
Aleksandr Motin
Creative Director & Co-Founder
Braind

6.00
Robert Lowe
Digital Director
Mr B & Friends

7.50
Richard Mattka
Creative Director of Technology
Tool of North America

6.00
Philippe Hong
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

7.70
Adam Roberts
Senior Designer / Creative Director
Freelance

8.00
Gudmundur Sigurdsson
Founder & Creative Director
Kosmos and Kaos

6.80
David McGillivray
Design Lead
Bonobos / AYR

7.10
Klaus-Martin Michaelis
Digital Art Director
Ogilvy Germany

8.00
Kevin Wong
Founder / Creative Director
Why Interactive

Hollow
USA
7.93

8.00
Emmanuel Cruellas
Creative Director & Co-founder
Bonhomme

7.00
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

8.60
Ryan Brussow
CEO / ECD
Teamgeek

8.20
Ale Urrutia
Creative Director
colorale

9.00
Arshak Khachatrian
Co-founder / Creative Front-end Engineer
POP360

7.00
Alex Mulder
Alex Mulder
Nimbletank

8.00
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

7.80
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

6.70
Christophe Cournaud
Creative Director
909c

Hunters | They Are Among Us
USA
7.67

8.00
Filippo Spiezia
Art Director and Visual Designer
Independent

7.40
Ale Urrutia
Creative Director
colorale

6.00
Philippe Hong
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

7.50
Julien Ouvrel
Head of Production (Digital & Film)
We Are Social Paris

7.80
Adam Romano
Digital Art Director & Designer
Freelance

8.60
Oliver Ecker
Digital Designer & Creative Director
Freelance

7.00
Ilenia Coppola
Front-end & Interactive Developer
AQuest

7.90
Mikha Makhoul
Interactive Director, Designer and Technologist
Telekom Design

7.90
Fabio Merlin
Creative Director
AQuest

iFly50
Netherlands
7.77

8.00
Jesper Landberg
Creative Front-end Developer
Bonne Marque

7.80
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

8.00
Michi Del Rosso
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Awd Agency

8.40
Ryan Brussow
CEO / ECD
Teamgeek

7.70
Piotr Swierkowski
Owner / Art Director
Piotr Swierkowski

7.80
Marco Grimaldi
Digital Art Director & Visual Designer
Freelance

7.70
Keitaro Suzuki
Creative Division Manger /Art Director, Designer
SHIFTBRAIN Inc.

7.00
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

7.50
Julien Ouvrel
Head of Production (Digital & Film)
We Are Social Paris

INRA 70ans
France
7.64

7.80
Jesse Zoutewelle
Lead designer
Greenberry

9.20
Simone Magurno
Creative Director
Impossible Bureauâ„¢

6.00
Andre Venancio
Senior Developer and Creative Technologist
Freelance

6.80
Richard Fenn
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

6.90
Oli Harris
Senior Digital Designer
TK

7.80
Kevin Wong
Founder / Creative Director
Why Interactive

6.80
Sasha Turyshchev
CEO & Creative Director
Zajno

7.70
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

8.50
Christian Werther
Senior Product Designer & Associate Partner
UMWELT

Jenny Johannesson – Portfolio
USA
7.68

7.00
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

7.85
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

7.97
Catalina De Leon Belloc
Lead Designer
Indicius

9.00
Steve Fraschini
Art Director & Interactive Designer
Freelance

6.80
Alexander Engzell
Art Director
Bonne Marque

7.70
Alee Foroughi
Designer and Creative Director
Alee Foroughi

7.70
Mariana Luna
Product Designer
23 Design

7.50
Alessia Fachin
Web Designer & Developer
Adoratorio

7.00
Filippo Spiezia
Art Director and Visual Designer
Independent

KIKK Festival 2016
Belgium
8.01

7.40
Ale Urrutia
Creative Director
colorale

7.83
Dalibor Hajdinjak
Co-founder & Creative Director
Kreativa Studio

9.00
ZHOU Wen Jun
Founder & Creative Director
524 Studio

7.00
Julien Ouvrel
Head of Production (Digital & Film)
We Are Social Paris

8.50
Oliver Ecker
Digital Designer & Creative Director
Freelance

8.40
Alee Foroughi
Designer and Creative Director
Alee Foroughi

8.20
Orlando Festa
Founder
Roll Studio

8.80
Mark Goldstein
Founder / Creative Director
Nobody Studios

8.60
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

Kontra K: Next To You
UK
7.99

8.00
Michi Del Rosso
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Awd Agency

8.00
Olga Shevchenko
Art Director
Vintage Web

8.00
Arshak Khachatrian
Co-founder / Creative Front-end Engineer
POP360

8.60
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

7.50
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

7.70
Adam Roberts
Senior Designer / Creative Director
Freelance

7.00
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

8.00
Oli Yeates
CEO & Creative Director
Clicky Media

8.00
Hugo Albonete
Designer
Work and Company

Le Dernier Gaulois
France
7.91

8.00
Stefano Caliandro
Creative Director
GUSTO IDS

7.00
Gonzalo Fiorina
Senior Experience Designer
R/GA

7.20
Peter Kang
Co-Founder and Principal
Barrel

9.40
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

8.00
Stephen Scaff
Head of Front-End Development
Urban Influence

8.00
Eric Grucza
Front-end Developer
ENVOY

8.00
Tom Newton
Senior Digital Designer
Tom Newton

8.00
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

8.50
Daniel Spatzek
Freelance Designer & Art Director
Freelance

Locus Solus
Italy
7.82

8.10
Kevin Wong
Founder / Creative Director
Why Interactive

8.00
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

7.00
Ken Braun
Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Lounge Lizard

6.20
Loris Stavrinides
Creative Director & Co-Founder
BLEND

8.00
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

8.00
Jorge Garcia
Sr. Designer and Art Director
Freelance

8.80
Alessia Fachin
Web Designer & Developer
Adoratorio

8.46
Adam Romano
Digital Art Director & Designer
Freelance

8.10
Oli Harris
Senior Digital Designer
TK

MING Labs
Germany
7.67

7.33
Manoela Ilic
Co-Founder
Codrops

8.50
Alessia Fachin
Web Designer & Developer
Adoratorio

8.00
Masateru Nishinaga
Designer
Hot-Factory.,LTD

8.30
Mark Goldstein
Founder / Creative Director
Nobody Studios

7.50
Robin Noguier
UI/UX Designer
ueno.

8.10
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

9.50
Marco Lopes
Senior Digital Designer
Farfetch

7.10
Riccardo Marconato
Creative Designer & Web Developer
Freelance

7.90
Adam Roberts
Senior Designer / Creative Director
Freelance

Now You See Me 2
USA
7.72

6.80
Mikha Makhoul
Interactive Director, Designer and Technologist
Telekom Design

8.20
Christophe Cournaud
Creative Director
909c

7.70
David McGillivray
Design Lead
Bonobos / AYR

7.00
Olga Shevchenko
Art Director
Vintage Web

10.00
Arshak Khachatrian
Co-founder / Creative Front-end Engineer
POP360

8.10
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

8.00
Andre Venancio
Senior Developer and Creative Technologist
Freelance

4.00
Mercedes Bazan
UI and UX designer
Stripe

7.80
Nathan Riley
Co-Founder & Design Director
Green Chameleon

Quechua Lookbook 2016
France
7.74

7.00
Michele Angeloro
Digital Art Director and Designer
Freelance

8.50
Ale Urrutia
Creative Director
colorale

7.50
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

8.00
Henrique Alves
Front-end Engineer
Freelance

7.80
Daniel Spatzek
Freelance Designer & Art Director
Freelance

7.00
Manoela Ilic
Co-Founder
Codrops

8.50
Ilenia Coppola
Front-end & Interactive Developer
AQuest

10.00
Valentine Boyev
Co-Founder and Art Director
Heyllow

8.50
Filipe Moreira
UI Designer & UX
JWT Lisbon

Resn
Netherlands
8.45

5.50
Shogo Tabuchi
Art Director & Front-end Developer
AID-DCC Inc.

7.80
Todd Paulson
Chief Creative Officer/Partner
KNOCK, inc.

9.20
Annelies Clauwaert
Creative digital designer
Freelance

8.60
Adam Roberts
Senior Designer / Creative Director
Freelance

8.00
ZHOU Wen Jun
Founder & Creative Director
524 Studio

10.00
Stefano Caliandro
Creative Director
GUSTO IDS

8.10
Keitaro Suzuki
Creative Division Manger /Art Director, Designer
SHIFTBRAIN Inc.

8.50
Jeff Gapinski
Chief Creative Officer
Huemor

9.20
Richard Boiteux
Co-founder
Akaru

Sevenhills - Nature's Combinations
France
7.88

8.10
Bob Schuster
Creative Director
Brevity

7.80
Warren Everard
Senior Experience Designer
Get Started

8.00
Jesper Landberg
Creative Front-end Developer
Bonne Marque

7.50
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

7.00
Telmo Alves
Senior Creative
Mediamonks

8.40
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

8.50
Michele Angeloro
Digital Art Director and Designer
Freelance

6.00
Alex Mulder
Alex Mulder
Nimbletank

10.00
Valentine Boyev
Co-Founder and Art Director
Heyllow

Space Advisor
Canada
7.82

7.50
Jeff Gapinski
Chief Creative Officer
Huemor

7.70
Telmo Alves
Senior Creative
Mediamonks

7.00
Clay Weishaar
Creative Director
Tool of North America

8.70
Oliver Ecker
Digital Designer & Creative Director
Freelance

8.74
Adam Romano
Digital Art Director & Designer
Freelance

8.00
Ilenia Coppola
Front-end & Interactive Developer
AQuest

7.70
Mariana Luna
Product Designer
23 Design

8.00
Sasha Turyshchev
CEO & Creative Director
Zajno

8.60
Amelie Bracq
Senior Art director
Bigyouth Paris

Spring/Summer 2016
Denmark
7.74

7.00
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

7.25
Richard Mattka
Creative Director of Technology
Tool of North America

8.00
Kevin Wong
Founder / Creative Director
Why Interactive

7.40
Richard Fenn
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

8.00
Oli Yeates
CEO & Creative Director
Clicky Media

7.90
Oli Harris
Senior Digital Designer
TK

7.00
Michele Angeloro
Digital Art Director and Designer
Freelance

8.00
Armand Biteau
Creative Technologist
Media Monks

8.00
Mariana Luna
Product Designer
23 Design

SyFy: The Magicians
UK
7.80

7.80
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

8.40
Mikha Makhoul
Interactive Director, Designer and Technologist
Telekom Design

8.10
Todd Paulson
Chief Creative Officer/Partner
KNOCK, inc.

8.50
Alejandro Vizio
Creative Director
Aerolab

8.00
Alex Mulder
Alex Mulder
Nimbletank

8.50
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

8.00
Oli Yeates
CEO & Creative Director
Clicky Media

8.40
Valentin Salmon
UI/UX Designer
Freelance

8.00
Ilenia Coppola
Front-end & Interactive Developer
AQuest

The FWA
Denmark
7.52

7.00
Clay Weishaar
Creative Director
Tool of North America

8.60
Simone Magurno
Creative Director
Impossible Bureauâ„¢

6.00
Julien Ouvrel
Head of Production (Digital & Film)
We Are Social Paris

8.00
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

8.10
Jan Kristian Haavi
Head of Design
Apt

7.00
Tom Newton
Senior Digital Designer
Tom Newton

7.00
Robert Lowe
Digital Director
Mr B & Friends

7.70
Michela Chiucini
Designer and Art Director
TAOSTUDIO

8.30
Annelies Clauwaert
Creative digital designer
Freelance

The MoviePass Quest
France
7.60

8.00
Ale Urrutia
Creative Director
colorale

7.90
Snorre Martinsen
Art Director
T/A POL

8.20
Adrián Somoza
Senior Visual Designer
R/GA

6.80
Peter Kang
Co-Founder and Principal
Barrel

7.60
Kevin Wong
Founder / Creative Director
Why Interactive

7.80
Fabio Merlin
Creative Director
AQuest

6.00
David McGillivray
Design Lead
Bonobos / AYR

6.00
Pim van Helten
CEO
DPDK

6.70
Christophe Cournaud
Creative Director
909c

The VHS Retrominder
France
7.84

8.60
Mark Goldstein
Founder / Creative Director
Nobody Studios

8.50
Loris Stavrinides
Creative Director & Co-Founder
BLEND

6.00
Alex Mulder
Alex Mulder
Nimbletank

7.20
Tomasz Błokowski
Freelance Art Director
Graviomedia / Webidea

8.80
Pablo Zarate
Graphic Designer and Independent Art Director
Freelance

7.00
Michele Angeloro
Digital Art Director and Designer
Freelance

8.00
Giovanni Xu
Interaction Designer
firstborn

7.70
Michi Del Rosso
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Awd Agency

7.80
Nathan Riley
Co-Founder & Design Director
Green Chameleon

The War of 1996
USA
7.72

5.60
Mercedes Bazan
UI and UX designer
Stripe

6.33
Manoela Ilic
Co-Founder
Codrops

8.00
Robin Delaporte
Creative Developer
Resn

7.50
Filipe Moreira
UI Designer & UX
JWT Lisbon

6.00
Valentine Boyev
Co-Founder and Art Director
Heyllow

8.40
Amelie Bracq
Senior Art director
Bigyouth Paris

8.00
Axel Eerbeek
Designer
Bonne Marque

8.00
Oriana Gaeta
Product Designer
Roll Studio

6.00
Jesper Landberg
Creative Front-end Developer
Bonne Marque

Waaark
France
8.32

7.60
Axel Eerbeek
Designer
Bonne Marque

7.20
Peter Kang
Co-Founder and Principal
Barrel

9.00
Alee Foroughi
Designer and Creative Director
Alee Foroughi

8.10
Richard Boiteux
Co-founder
Akaru

8.50
Jan Kristian Haavi
Head of Design
Apt

9.30
Christian Werther
Senior Product Designer & Associate Partner
UMWELT

7.90
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

8.00
Simone Magurno
Creative Director
Impossible Bureauâ„¢

8.70
Oli Harris
Senior Digital Designer
TK











