DEPT® is the Webby Awards Network of the Year 2025
We’re celebrating being named the 2025 Network of the Year at The Webby Awards for the fourth year in a row.
It’s been another impressive year of wins for DEPT® with 3 Webby Awards, 13 People’s Voice awards, 5 honorees, and 20 nominations in total for our work with brands including NVIDIA, Strava, Google, Ricola, and Just Eat.
Fast. Forward. Future.
The Webby Awards are one of the internet’s highest honors, with winners chosen by an esteemed jury and millions of votes cast by the digital public.
Across 100+ categories reflecting excellence in eight major media types—including AI, Immersive & Games, and Creator content—we’re honored that work by DEPT®, BASIC/DEPT®, HELLO MONDAY/DEPT®, and DOGSTUDIO/DEPT® has been recognized as exceptional, demonstrating how we continue to set the standard for future-forward tech and marketing.
“I can’t think of a group of people who work harder than our Depsters. I’m incredibly proud of everything they’ve accomplished, just as I’m incredibly grateful to the jury, the Webby’s voters, and—of course—our terrific clients. Recognition like this is the best kind of inspiration for continuing to push the boundaries of technology, marketing, and AI.
”Dimi Albers, Global CEO, DEPT®
The Webby Winners
NVIDIA & American Society for Deaf Children: Signs
HELLO MONDAY/DEPT®
- Webby Award: Websites and Mobile Site – Responsible Innovation
- People’s Voice Award:: Websites and Mobile Sites – Technical Achievement
- People’s Voice Award: AI, Immersive & Games – Experimental & Innovation
- People’s Voice Award: AI, Immersive & Games – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Signs empowers users to learn American Sign Language (ASL) while also crowdsourcing a growing dataset of ASL video content to expand accessibility and understanding. Signs offers an interactive platform where those new to ASL can receive real-time feedback from an AI-driven 3D avatar, while experienced signers can contribute their skills to a dynamic, community-powered dataset.
Docusign
BASIC/DEPT®
Webby Award: Websites and Mobile Sites – Business Blog/Website
To convey the full impact of Docusign’s meticulously crafted brand refresh, we created an immersive storytelling experience designed to resonate with disparate audiences: everyone from users, to the press, to potential investors, to the design community, and anyone interested in how a brand refreshes itself for the future.
Strava: A year in sport
HELLO MONDAY/DEPT®
Webby Award & People’s Voice Award: Apps & Software – Best Visual Design – Aesthetic
Athletes all over the world look forward to Strava’s Year in Sport campaign, an in-app experience tailored so that each Strava Athlete (user) can visualize their training activities and stats from 2023. By combining clever animations with striking visuals, we created an engaging and entertaining story for each athlete. Every sprint, jump, race, and victory dance comes alive in a burst of electrifying color, emphasizing everything you’ve accomplished while continually looking to break your own personal bests.
Google Store
BASIC/DEPT®
People’s Voice Award: Websites and Mobile Sites – Best Practices
People’s Voice Award: Websites and Mobile Sites- Best Mobile Visual Design – Function
Since 2017, our team has worked closely with the Google Hardware team to launch new products and help turn store.google.com into a world-class brand and e-commerce destination. We’ve contributed end-to-end services, ranging from e-commerce strategy and experience design to art direction, content creation, and campaign development.
Ricola
People’s Voice Award: Websites and Mobile Sites – Best Navigation/Structure
For nearly 100 years, Ricola has brought the delight of Swiss Alpine herbs to people around the world. We helped develop a new website that was flexible enough to accommodate the specifics of different markets, was e-commerce ready to future-proof Ricola’s business requirement and direct-to-consumer strategies, and served as a storytelling hub to support Ricola’s global brand identity: the Mighty Alpine Spirit.
Grill’d
People’s Voice Award: Apps & Software – Best User Interface
In creating the new iOS/Android app for Australia’s favorite burger brand, we recognized the necessity of marrying two priorities: a seamless customer journey for new guests and for Grill’d loyalty members. And we needed to weave the Grill’d core ethos of conscious consumption throughout the entire user journey, giving customers reasons greater than a burger to order Grill’d regularly.
Just Eat & Netflix: “Green lighting the Squid Game partnership”
People’s Voice Award: AI, Immersive & Games – Best Community Engagement
The 360 campaign we created for an iconic collab with Just Eat, Netflix, and Squid Game included ELIMINATE, a digital game we created in house that combines facial detection with the latest motion tracking technology inspired by the show grabbed fans attention and led to over 650,000 sessions of the game.
Kali Healthcare
People’s Voice Award: Apps & Software – Experimental & Innovation
We helped Kali develop a groundbreaking wearable AI-powered platform for safe and accurate pregnancy monitoring. The Kali technology comprises a small wearable device, a smartphone application, and a web portal. It is simple to use and opens the possibility of monitoring at home during telehealth consults, empowering both clinicians and expecting parents.
Sesame Workshop: Sesame Grief Project
HELLO MONDAY/DEPT®
People’s Voice Award: Websites and Mobile Sites- Education
Grieving is hard for everyone. We helped Sesame Workshop create an experience that helps parents and caregivers process and talk about grief and death with young children in an open, honest, and age-appropriate way.
DEMO Festival: Design in Motion Festival
STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT®
People’s Voice Award: Websites and Mobile Sites – Events
As the world’s largest motion design event, DEMO Festival provides a platform for both emerging design talent and established creators. The 2025 Cities Edition marked its international debut, with 15 cities in seven countries participating in this exciting event.
For 24H on January 30, large digital screens across these cities—usually displaying advertisements—were transformed into spectacular art installations showcasing work from over 350 designers from 52 countries.
In addition to the winners, kudos to our clients who were named as honorees or nominees: Gucci Ancora, Instagram, Mammut, Pride & Seek, Zipline, Bol, Twitch, and WHOOP.
Huge congratulations to our winning clients and teams, and thank you to the Webby judges and all those who voted for us.
