(TORONTO, April 16, 2006) ihaveanidea, Advertising’s Intellectual Archive, is proud to announce that it has been made an Official Honoree by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Science’s 2006 Webby Awards.

“We are truly honored to be included in this most prestigious of international online awards as an Official Honoree for this years Webby's. We at ihaveanidea are constantly striving to inspire, enrich and unify the creative industry on a global perspective, so for our efforts to be recognized by peers of such caliber is both humbling and gratifying.” says Ignacio Oreamuno, founder and director of ihaveanidea.

More than 5,500 entries were submitted to the 10th Annual Webby Awards. Being selected as an Official Honoree means a site has been selected as one of the top sites on the Web as part of the Webby judging process, based on the Webby judging criteria.

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence in web design, creativity, usability and functionality. Established in 1996 during the web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 500-member body of leading web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.

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About ihaveanidea

ihaveanidea is Advertising's Intellectual Archive. It is a project with the mission of serving the advertising industry as a centre of self-analysis, intellectual growth and communications portal.

The foundations of the project are based on the idea that disseminating and sharing creative knowledge will benefit all in the industry.

Thousands of creatives from around the world visit the project each month.

ihaveanidea was founded and created by Ignacio Oreamuno, a former art director from Ogilvy& Mather. Several creatives help make the project a reality.

ihaveanidea is sponsored by the ADC is a self-funding, not-for-profit membership organization that celebrates and inspires creative excellence, connecting creative visual communications professionals from around the world; Black Bag, North America’s creative talent attraction consultancy – with practice areas in talent attraction consulting, creative recruitment and strategic career planning and coaching; Corbis is a creative resource for advertising, marketing and media professionals worldwide, helping to bring creative work to life with the highest quality photography, footage and rights services; The Clio Awards, the globe’s most recognized international advertising awards competition; D&AD is a not-for-profit organisation that represents the international design, advertising and creative communities and VCU Brandcenter, a two-year graduate program providing an intensive, real-world education for future advertising leaders in Richmond, Virginia.

For further information, please contact:
Mimi Martinoski
Mimi Martinoski
Communications Director
ihaveanidea
Tel: 416.827.0537
mimi@ihaveanidea.org