Portland, OR-10/16/08- Leading west coast interactive and branding firm, the Overland Agency, has been recognized by the international W3 Awards ( www.w3award.com ) with a Silver Website award for Alta Planning and Design (
www.altaplanning.com ), under the Transportation sector. This marks the 7th award won by the Overland Agency this year. Other recent awards for the agency include platinum, silver, and gold awards in such competitions as the Interactive Media Awards, Webby Awards, and WebAwards for such work as consumer and B2B websites, online demos, and a documentary film.
Alta Planning and Design, which specializes in designing pedestrian and bike trails, needed an effective online way to showcase their capabilities to clients and the public. Overland created a colorful, search-optimized website with a Flash-powered introduction, complete with examples of real-world projects, including trails, greenways, urban design, and landscape architecture.
About the Awards The W3 Awards ( www.w3award.com ) honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, videos and marketing programs. The W3 is the first major web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. The awards are judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, interactive, advertising, and marketing firms.
About The Overland Agency The Overland Agency is an award-winning Portland, Oregon-based brand marketing and interactive agency with deep capabilities in web design and development that combines high-level strategic consulting with smart, passionate creative execution. The agency serves as an online integrated marketing partner: an ad agency, web development shop, search-optimization consultancy, and brand specialists within one company. Clients include adidas (OTC: ADDDF.PK), Aegon Insurance (NYSE:AEG), Dolphin Software, Extensis, Fila (NYSE:FLH), LightSPEED Technologies, Merix (NASDAQ:MERX), and Volt Information Sciences (NYSE:VOL). The agency also does pro bono work for such groups as the Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.