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UBG Digital Media Receives Prestigious Web Marketing Association Award
Sammamish, WA, Sept. 9, 2003 -- UBG Digital Media was awarded the prestigious Web Marketing Association's Outstanding Achievement in Web Site Development WebAward for its work on "In The Shadow of My Country" for Seattle based Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project. The development was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the US - Japan Foundation, and the Washington State Arts Commission.
"In The Shadow of My Country" is an interactive multimedia exhibition of 30 paintings from the acclaimed artist Roger Shimomura utilizing historical photos, video interviews, diary entries, and audio clips about the Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated in World War II. The Internet based English-Japanese bilingual project will be utilized as part of middle school course material in classrooms in the U.S. and Japan.
On July 24th, Umit Gokce, the Densho team and Roger Shimomura formally introduced the project at a reception by Densho founder Scott Oki held at Dale Chihuly's glass studio in Seattle.
The WebAwards is the premier award competition recognizing the individual and team achievements of Internet marketing, advertising, public relations and design professionals from around the world. Through its annual award competition WMA judges websites internationally against an ever higher industry standard and against peer sites. Over 1000 entries from 19 countries were judged on seven criteria: design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease of use.
Umit Gokce, UBG Digital Media's President, commented, "I am thrilled 'In the Shadow of My Country' was honored by such an award. To know that UBG's work is regarded by industry peers as being in the same league as past winners such as Disney, HP, IBM and FedEx is a great affirmation."
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Chicago, IL,
Feb. 6, 2004 -- Over 120 guests attend a lecture and reception of Umit Gokce's presentation of "In The Shadow of My Country" at the Consulate General of Japan, Chicago.
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