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and our awesome clients!

Ok ok ok. These aren’t quite the Webbys, but everyone loves to be recognized…even the hard working humans at Pod1. So without further adieu….[drum roll please]…and the winners, from the 2012 Communicator Awards are:

Gold Award of Excellence: Salvatore Ferragamo

Gold Award of Excellence: eloquii by The Limited

Silver Award of Distinction: Maje USA

Silver Award of Distinction: Echo

Pod1 is proud to announce the latest release of of the Salvatore Ferragamo trunkshow, featuring the innovative outfit-builder application that allows customers to quite literally style themselves.

Working closely with the Ferragamo team, Pod1 delivered an end-to-end process, from high-end photography, through to design and technology implementation.

This launch follows the success of the original site that was delivered in time for SS11 Fashion Week.

The techie bit: the site was built on the Magento platform (surprise surprise!), with extensive custom development to implement the style yourself functionality.

Read more about it here (via Luxury Daily)..

Salvatore-Ferragamo

Launching a new brand is never easy, and getting the right site design can be a process of evolution. So after 3 months of data, live user testing and working with the client on an efficient way to manage the site, we have re-imagined www.eloquii.com…well the homepage and the global footer that is!

Lovely.

(And if you’re curious, you can see the original designs here.)

Please come and join us!

These guys seem to think they know…take a look:

This is what happened with Adweek came to the Pod1 studios in NY.

After 25 years of selling her designer collections in Nordstrom and other upscale department stores and specialty boutiques across the country, Carol Anderson decided to bring her expertly designed clothing directly to the customer in the form of the ultimate personal shopping experience!

Pod1 NY worked closely with the client over a 10 week period to deliver a fresh new site that was in-line with their more mature customer base.

The site was built with simplicity in mind providing the end-user with a stress-free user experience.

The site’s objective was not only to showcase the fashion, but also provide the brand with a voice.

Pod1 also implemented it’s first iteration of the hugely popular, and effective Outfit Builder for this launch.

UPDATE: And the people have spoken..take a look at the customer feedback on Facebook.

Last week, W³ announced the winning entries out of over 3,000 submissions. For the 4th year running, Pod1 walked away with a few awards…nice.

Harvey Nichols won Best in Show (category: Fashion) and Silver (category: Shopping)

Diamond in the Rough won Gold (category: Fashion)

Smythson won Silver (category: Shopping)

Nanette Lepore won Silver (category: Fashion)

Always great to be recognized, and pretty cool to have some shiny statuettes dotted around the office!

A bit about W³: “The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, videos and marketing programs.”

Pod1 NY are delighted to be working on 2 exciting French brands launching in the US: Sandro and Maje.

Both brands have a huge following in France, but this is their first foray into the American market. Multiple store openings accross manhattan will run in parallel with the online shops, both currently in production at Pod1.

Read more about these new brands from our friends at WWD:

After an extended pause, we’re happy to have finally launched this cool little pearl-builder tool for Honora.

Following in the footsteps of the very successful Links of London’s charm bracelet tool, this version allows the user to design a custom pearl bracelet/necklace from the many hundreds of pearl options available with the now obligatory social sharing features allowing customers to show off their creations.

This is Honora’s first foray into eCommerce, which we’re sure will be a success over the coming holidays.

And yes, we know it’s in flash…perhaps an update coming soon.