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

9.00
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

8.50
Michela Chiucini
Designer and Art Director
TAOSTUDIO

7.80
Richard Fenn
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

9.20
Ale Urrutia
Creative Director
colorale

9.50
Jesse Zoutewelle
Lead designer
Greenberry

8.50
Michi Del Rosso
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Awd Agency

9.00
Giovanni Xu
Interaction Designer
firstborn

8.40
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

9.00
Andre Venancio
Senior Developer and Creative Technologist
Freelance

Alexandre Rochet Portfolio
France
7.77

8.50
Orlando Festa
Founder
Roll Studio

7.00
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

8.90
Emmanuel Cruellas
Creative Director & Co-founder
Bonhomme

8.90
Christian Werther
Senior Product Designer & Associate Partner
UMWELT

8.00
Jesse Zoutewelle
Lead designer
Greenberry

8.90
Daniel Spatzek
Freelance Designer & Art Director
Freelance

7.85
Lorenzo Bocchi
Art & Creative Director
Friendly

6.50
Mathieu Schatzler
Creative Director
Wokine

8.10
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

Bonne Marque
Sweden
7.76

7.80
Loris Stavrinides
Creative Director & Co-Founder
BLEND

8.52
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

9.00
Marco Lopes
Senior Digital Designer
Farfetch

6.50
Filipe Moreira
UI Designer & UX
JWT Lisbon

9.60
ZHOU Wen Jun
Founder & Creative Director
524 Studio

8.30
Jeff Corey
Owner + Creative Director
Visual Soldiers

7.70
Mariana Luna
Product Designer
23 Design

7.80
Sasha Turyshchev
CEO & Creative Director
Zajno

7.00
Pim van Helten
CEO
DPDK

Cavalier Conqueror of Excellence
USA
7.96

7.00
ZHOU Wen Jun
Founder & Creative Director
524 Studio

8.60
Marek Andersson Piatek
Designer & Art Director
M

10.00
Pim van Helten
CEO
DPDK

7.00
Pedro Duarte
Front-end Developer
Fathom London

8.50
Jan Van Lysebettens
Senior Designer / Developer
Little Miss Robot

7.80
Keitaro Suzuki
Creative Division Manger /Art Director, Designer
SHIFTBRAIN Inc.

7.80
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

7.90
Jeff Corey
Owner + Creative Director
Visual Soldiers

9.00
Nicola Gasco
Creative Developer
Vergani&Gasco

Chordsurfer
Belgium
7.73

6.80
Loris Stavrinides
Creative Director & Co-Founder
BLEND

8.50
Marco Grimaldi
Digital Art Director & Visual Designer
Freelance

7.80
Snorre Martinsen
Art Director
T/A POL

7.90
Alee Foroughi
Designer and Creative Director
Alee Foroughi

7.00
Axel Eerbeek
Designer
Bonne Marque

8.40
Annelies Clauwaert
Creative digital designer
Freelance

8.20
Robin Delaporte
Creative Developer
Resn

7.80
Dalibor Hajdinjak
Co-founder & Creative Director
Kreativa Studio

8.10
Pablo Zarate
Graphic Designer and Independent Art Director
Freelance

Collapse
France
7.94

8.40
Tristan Dwyer
Digital Experience Director
White Rhino

8.00
Robert Lowe
Digital Director
Mr B & Friends

7.50
Loris Stavrinides
Creative Director & Co-Founder
BLEND

9.38
Adam Romano
Digital Art Director & Designer
Freelance

7.00
Daniel Portuga
Associate Creative Director
Freelance

8.20
Mark Goldstein
Founder / Creative Director
Nobody Studios

8.70
Jan Van Lysebettens
Senior Designer / Developer
Little Miss Robot

8.40
Jan Kristian Haavi
Head of Design
Apt

8.80
Marco Grimaldi
Digital Art Director & Visual Designer
Freelance

Converse Diamonds
Netherlands
8.00

7.40
Henrique Alves
Front-end Engineer
Freelance

8.00
Filippo Spiezia
Art Director and Visual Designer
Independent

7.50
Tristan Dwyer
Digital Experience Director
White Rhino

6.00
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

8.00
Michele Angeloro
Digital Art Director and Designer
Freelance

8.20
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

8.50
Gudmundur Sigurdsson
Founder & Creative Director
Kosmos and Kaos

8.70
Ryan Brussow
CEO / ECD
Teamgeek

8.10
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

Cryptaris Mission
USA
8.20

8.70
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

8.70
Daniel Spatzek
Freelance Designer & Art Director
Freelance

8.40
Alexander Engzell
Art Director
Bonne Marque

9.00
Nicola Gasco
Creative Developer
Vergani&Gasco

7.80
Christophe Cournaud
Creative Director
909c

9.20
Marek Andersson Piatek
Designer & Art Director
M

9.00
Andre Venancio
Senior Developer and Creative Technologist
Freelance

8.00
Robert Lowe
Digital Director
Mr B & Friends

8.90
Catalina De Leon Belloc
Lead Designer
Indicius

Falter's Inferno
Austria
8.41

8.40
Axel Eerbeek
Designer
Bonne Marque

7.00
Clay Weishaar
Creative Director
Tool of North America

10.00
Valentine Boyev
Co-Founder and Art Director
Heyllow

7.00
Pim van Helten
CEO
DPDK

7.70
Stefano Caliandro
Creative Director
GUSTO IDS

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

9.20
Amelie Bracq
Senior Art director
Bigyouth Paris

8.30
Aleksandr Motin
Creative Director & Co-Founder
Braind

8.20
Warren Everard
Senior Experience Designer
Get Started

Filippo Bello
Italy
7.63

7.50
Michele Angeloro
Digital Art Director and Designer
Freelance

7.80
Snorre Martinsen
Art Director
T/A POL

7.90
Mikha Makhoul
Interactive Director, Designer and Technologist
Telekom Design

7.70
Mariana Luna
Product Designer
23 Design

5.00
Pim van Helten
CEO
DPDK

9.20
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

7.00
Jesper Landberg
Creative Front-end Developer
Bonne Marque

6.80
Peter Kang
Co-Founder and Principal
Barrel

8.80
Marek Andersson Piatek
Designer & Art Director
M

Hollow
USA
7.93

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

8.50
Admir Hadzic
Art Director
Google

6.00
Adrián Somoza
Senior Visual Designer
R/GA

7.00
Simone Magurno
Creative Director
Impossible Bureauâ„¢

7.20
Mercedes Bazan
UI and UX designer
Stripe

8.60
Annelies Clauwaert
Creative digital designer
Freelance

6.80
Axel Eerbeek
Designer
Bonne Marque

6.00
Pim van Helten
CEO
DPDK

9.00
Marco Lopes
Senior Digital Designer
Farfetch

Hunters | They Are Among Us
USA
7.67

8.00
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

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

8.80
Marek Andersson Piatek
Designer & Art Director
M

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

8.30
Marco Grimaldi
Digital Art Director & Visual Designer
Freelance

8.85
Lorenzo Bocchi
Art & Creative Director
Friendly

6.00
Simone Magurno
Creative Director
Impossible Bureauâ„¢

8.00
Kevin Wong
Founder / Creative Director
Why Interactive

7.40
Sasha Turyshchev
CEO & Creative Director
Zajno

iFly50
Netherlands
7.77

7.76
Henrique Alves
Front-end Engineer
Freelance

7.10
Klaus-Martin Michaelis
Digital Art Director
Ogilvy Germany

7.00
Samuel Viani
Art Director & Designer
Freelance

9.00
Robin Noguier
UI/UX Designer
ueno.

9.00
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

8.60
Peter Kang
Co-Founder and Principal
Barrel

8.00
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

7.00
Oli Yeates
CEO & Creative Director
Clicky Media

8.00
Valentin Salmon
UI/UX Designer
Freelance

INRA 70ans
France
7.64

8.89
Catalina De Leon Belloc
Lead Designer
Indicius

7.80
Daniel Spatzek
Freelance Designer & Art Director
Freelance

9.00
Marco Lopes
Senior Digital Designer
Farfetch

5.50
Filipe Moreira
UI Designer & UX
JWT Lisbon

6.00
Valentine Boyev
Co-Founder and Art Director
Heyllow

7.54
Pablo Zarate
Graphic Designer and Independent Art Director
Freelance

8.70
Ryan Brussow
CEO / ECD
Teamgeek

7.60
Eric Grucza
Front-end Developer
ENVOY

8.50
Marco Grimaldi
Digital Art Director & Visual Designer
Freelance

Jenny Johannesson – Portfolio
USA
7.68

8.88
Ale Urrutia
Creative Director
colorale

8.00
Shogo Tabuchi
Art Director & Front-end Developer
AID-DCC Inc.

7.90
Marco Grimaldi
Digital Art Director & Visual Designer
Freelance

5.00
Alex Mulder
Alex Mulder
Nimbletank

8.36
Adam Romano
Digital Art Director & Designer
Freelance

7.40
Ken Braun
Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Lounge Lizard

7.00
Giovanni Xu
Interaction Designer
firstborn

7.00
Robert Lowe
Digital Director
Mr B & Friends

8.30
Mark Goldstein
Founder / Creative Director
Nobody Studios

KIKK Festival 2016
Belgium
8.01

7.60
Keitaro Suzuki
Creative Division Manger /Art Director, Designer
SHIFTBRAIN Inc.

8.00
Jeff Gapinski
Chief Creative Officer
Huemor

7.50
Piotr Swierkowski
Owner / Art Director
Piotr Swierkowski

7.70
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

7.00
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

8.70
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

7.90
Fabio Merlin
Creative Director
AQuest

8.00
Jorge Garcia
Sr. Designer and Art Director
Freelance

8.30
Jeff Corey
Owner + Creative Director
Visual Soldiers

Kontra K: Next To You
UK
7.99

8.80
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

8.00
Warren Everard
Senior Experience Designer
Get Started

8.00
Oriana Gaeta
Product Designer
Roll Studio

8.30
Pete White
Art Director
Stereo

8.00
Richard Fenn
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

8.10
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

7.50
Jeff Gapinski
Chief Creative Officer
Huemor

8.50
Stefano Caliandro
Creative Director
GUSTO IDS

6.00
Simone Magurno
Creative Director
Impossible Bureauâ„¢

Le Dernier Gaulois
France
7.91

8.60
Armand Biteau
Creative Technologist
Media Monks

8.00
Lorenzo Bocchi
Art & Creative Director
Friendly

6.67
Manoela Ilic
Co-Founder
Codrops

8.00
Richard Mattka
Creative Director of Technology
Tool of North America

8.90
Richard Boiteux
Co-founder
Akaru

8.00
Jeff Corey
Owner + Creative Director
Visual Soldiers

8.60
Marco Grimaldi
Digital Art Director & Visual Designer
Freelance

7.90
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

7.60
Aleksandr Motin
Creative Director & Co-Founder
Braind

Locus Solus
Italy
7.82

8.20
Robin Delaporte
Creative Developer
Resn

8.00
Valentin Salmon
UI/UX Designer
Freelance

8.00
Andrea Puccini
Art Director + Visual Designer
Trouble Loves Me

5.00
Mercedes Bazan
UI and UX designer
Stripe

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

8.10
Oli Harris
Senior Digital Designer
TK

8.00
Jorge Garcia
Sr. Designer and Art Director
Freelance

7.00
Oli Yeates
CEO & Creative Director
Clicky Media

8.30
Jesse Zoutewelle
Lead designer
Greenberry

MING Labs
Germany
7.67

7.80
Michi Del Rosso
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Awd Agency

7.80
Keitaro Suzuki
Creative Division Manger /Art Director, Designer
SHIFTBRAIN Inc.

7.80
Jorge Garcia
Sr. Designer and Art Director
Freelance

8.70
Annelies Clauwaert
Creative digital designer
Freelance

8.30
Tom Newton
Senior Digital Designer
Tom Newton

6.70
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

6.50
Filipe Moreira
UI Designer & UX
JWT Lisbon

7.60
Mikha Makhoul
Interactive Director, Designer and Technologist
Telekom Design

8.85
Lorenzo Bocchi
Art & Creative Director
Friendly

Now You See Me 2
USA
7.72

8.40
Robin Delaporte
Creative Developer
Resn

7.00
Axel Eerbeek
Designer
Bonne Marque

7.50
Piotr Swierkowski
Owner / Art Director
Piotr Swierkowski

10.00
Valentine Boyev
Co-Founder and Art Director
Heyllow

7.70
Stefano Caliandro
Creative Director
GUSTO IDS

6.00
Philippe Hong
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

8.00
Lorenzo Bocchi
Art & Creative Director
Friendly

8.00
Jesse Zoutewelle
Lead designer
Greenberry

8.50
Alexander Moyse
Digital Director
Frank Digital

Quechua Lookbook 2016
France
7.74

7.80
Jeff Corey
Owner + Creative Director
Visual Soldiers

7.90
Piotr Swierkowski
Owner / Art Director
Piotr Swierkowski

8.60
Robin Delaporte
Creative Developer
Resn

7.50
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

7.70
Snorre Martinsen
Art Director
T/A POL

8.00
Stefano Caliandro
Creative Director
GUSTO IDS

7.20
Christophe Cournaud
Creative Director
909c

7.00
Cassiano Saldanha
Creative Director
Apple ALAC

7.90
Mikha Makhoul
Interactive Director, Designer and Technologist
Telekom Design

Resn
Netherlands
8.45

8.00
Oli Yeates
CEO & Creative Director
Clicky Media

9.50
Masateru Nishinaga
Designer
Hot-Factory.,LTD

9.10
Riccardo Marconato
Creative Designer & Web Developer
Freelance

8.60
Adam Roberts
Senior Designer / Creative Director
Freelance

8.80
Giovanni Xu
Interaction Designer
firstborn

9.36
Adam Romano
Digital Art Director & Designer
Freelance

9.00
Samuel Viani
Art Director & Designer
Freelance

8.33
Manoela Ilic
Co-Founder
Codrops

7.10
Richard Fenn
Freelance Art Director
Freelance

Sevenhills - Nature's Combinations
France
7.88

8.60
Oriana Gaeta
Product Designer
Roll Studio

9.00
Christian Werther
Senior Product Designer & Associate Partner
UMWELT

7.70
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

7.70
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

7.80
Alee Foroughi
Designer and Creative Director
Alee Foroughi

7.50
Richard Mattka
Creative Director of Technology
Tool of North America

8.00
Masateru Nishinaga
Designer
Hot-Factory.,LTD

8.00
Tom Anderson
Creative Director & Co-founder
Green Chameleon

7.50
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

Space Advisor
Canada
7.82

8.80
Warren Everard
Senior Experience Designer
Get Started

8.90
Oli Harris
Senior Digital Designer
TK

7.00
Stephen Scaff
Head of Front-End Development
Urban Influence

8.00
Alex Mulder
Alex Mulder
Nimbletank

7.30
Alessia Fachin
Web Designer & Developer
Adoratorio

7.70
Telmo Alves
Senior Creative
Mediamonks

8.74
Adam Romano
Digital Art Director & Designer
Freelance

8.40
Mark Goldstein
Founder / Creative Director
Nobody Studios

7.00
Michele Angeloro
Digital Art Director and Designer
Freelance

Spring/Summer 2016
Denmark
7.74

7.00
Olga Shevchenko
Art Director
Vintage Web

7.30
Christophe Cournaud
Creative Director
909c

7.90
Fabio Merlin
Creative Director
AQuest

7.10
Telmo Alves
Senior Creative
Mediamonks

7.00
Filippo Spiezia
Art Director and Visual Designer
Independent

8.30
Henrique Alves
Front-end Engineer
Freelance

7.50
Warren Everard
Senior Experience Designer
Get Started

7.80
Snorre Martinsen
Art Director
T/A POL

7.30
Oriana Gaeta
Product Designer
Roll Studio

SyFy: The Magicians
UK
7.80

8.00
Warren Everard
Senior Experience Designer
Get Started

7.60
Keitaro Suzuki
Creative Division Manger /Art Director, Designer
SHIFTBRAIN Inc.

8.70
Pete White
Art Director
Stereo

7.40
Alessia Fachin
Web Designer & Developer
Adoratorio

7.60
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

6.33
Manoela Ilic
Co-Founder
Codrops

10.00
Tomasz Błokowski
Freelance Art Director
Graviomedia / Webidea

7.20
Filipe Moreira
UI Designer & UX
JWT Lisbon

8.00
Jesse Zoutewelle
Lead designer
Greenberry

The FWA
Denmark
7.52

8.65
Pete White
Art Director
Stereo

7.20
Christophe Cournaud
Creative Director
909c

7.00
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

7.20
Sasha Turyshchev
CEO & Creative Director
Zajno

7.50
Olga Shevchenko
Art Director
Vintage Web

8.20
Ryan Brussow
CEO / ECD
Teamgeek

7.00
Tomasz Błokowski
Freelance Art Director
Graviomedia / Webidea

6.50
Jeff Gapinski
Chief Creative Officer
Huemor

8.50
Alejandro Vizio
Creative Director
Aerolab

The MoviePass Quest
France
7.60

7.50
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

7.00
Jeff Gapinski
Chief Creative Officer
Huemor

8.10
Simon Carr
Founder and Creative Director
DesignUps

7.40
Axel Eerbeek
Designer
Bonne Marque

8.70
Jan Kristian Haavi
Head of Design
Apt

6.80
Peter Kang
Co-Founder and Principal
Barrel

7.00
Todd Paulson
Chief Creative Officer/Partner
KNOCK, inc.

8.30
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

8.18
Dalibor Hajdinjak
Co-founder & Creative Director
Kreativa Studio

The VHS Retrominder
France
7.84

8.30
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

8.50
Alessia Fachin
Web Designer & Developer
Adoratorio

8.50
Loris Stavrinides
Creative Director & Co-Founder
BLEND

7.90
Richard Boiteux
Co-founder
Akaru

6.67
Manoela Ilic
Co-Founder
Codrops

8.30
Daniel Spatzek
Freelance Designer & Art Director
Freelance

6.60
Peter Kang
Co-Founder and Principal
Barrel

8.20
Mayra Metaxa
Founder and Web Developer
lab21

7.20
Henrique Alves
Front-end Engineer
Freelance

The War of 1996
USA
7.72

8.10
Sergio Behrends
VPE
Aerolab

6.00
Adrián Somoza
Senior Visual Designer
R/GA

7.50
Wu Zhonghao
Designer
Freelancer

8.00
Jan Van Lysebettens
Senior Designer / Developer
Little Miss Robot

8.00
Oriana Gaeta
Product Designer
Roll Studio

8.40
Clément Grellier
Freelance Front-end Developer
Freelance

8.20
Valentin Salmon
UI/UX Designer
Freelance

7.20
Henrique Alves
Front-end Engineer
Freelance

8.00
Stefano Caliandro
Creative Director
GUSTO IDS

Waaark
France
8.32

9.50
Gudmundur Sigurdsson
Founder & Creative Director
Kosmos and Kaos

8.10
Richard Boiteux
Co-founder
Akaru

8.00
Gonzalo Fiorina
Senior Experience Designer
R/GA

8.00
Michela Chiucini
Designer and Art Director
TAOSTUDIO

7.80
Adam Hartwig
Senior Creative Developer
B-Reel

7.90
Lucas Nikitczuk
Director
Estudio NK

8.00
Robin Noguier
UI/UX Designer
ueno.

9.00
Masateru Nishinaga
Designer
Hot-Factory.,LTD

8.50
Marco Grimaldi
Digital Art Director & Visual Designer
Freelance











