AV Awards 2012 winners announced (VIDEO)
Paul Milligan, October 12, 2012
The winners of the AV Awards 2012 have been announced at a gala dinner in the Hilton on Park Lane in London. The Grand Prix winner was Drive Productions for their incredible work for the Nokia Lumia launch. This year three special AV40 outstanding contributions awards were handed out, to Randy Lemke from InfoComm, Owen Ellis from the AV User Group and Saville Audio Visual.
Other big winners on the night included Epson, Electrosonic and NEC Display Solutions who won two awards each.
Keep looking at our website as special pieces on ALL the winners and video interviews will be published throughout the next two weeks.
Winners List
AV accessory of the year
Winner
Peerless-AV – DS-VW765 Videowall Mount
Finalists
Draper Group – StageScreen
OmniMount – ActionMount Series PLAY40
SmartMetals Mounting Solutions – 062.7200 Motorized stand
Vision – Techconnect
Projector of the year (5,000 lumens and below)
Sponsored by Peerless-AV
Winner
Epson – EB-475Wi Projector
Highly Commended
Casio Electronics – XJ-M155 Laser & LED Projector
Finalists
BenQ UK – LW61ST
projectiondesign – F35 AS3D active stereo projector for graphics use
Specialist projector of the year (above 5,000 lumens)
Sponsored by Green Hippo
Winner
NEC Display Solutions – PH1000U projector
Finalists
Epson – EB-Z8450WU projector
projectiondesign – F35 AS3D active stereo projector
Systems product of the year
Winner
Kramer Electronics UK – Step-In Digital switching system
Highly Commended
BrightSign – HD digital media player
Finalists
Crestron – DigitalMedia 8G+
Haivision – Furnace 6.3 IPTV/IP Video System
Kramer Electronics UK – VS-1616D/3232D/6464D digital card frame matrix switcher family
Matrox Graphics – Mura MPX Series
Audio product of the year
Winner
Martin Audio – MLA Compact
Highly Commended
Ottocanali 1204 from Powersoft
Finalists
RoomMatch Progressive Directivity Array from Bose Professional Systems Division
FLX VoIP from Revolabs
Audio installation of the year
Winner
Peavey Commercial Audio – Qatar National Convention Centre
Finalist
Revolabs – Investec
Flat screen product of the year
Sponsored by Unicol
Winner
eyevis Perfect Visual Solutions – omniShapes
Finalists
Albiral Display Solutions – Arthur Holm Dynamic3
Samsung Electronics – UE46 Large Format Display
Interactive presentation product of the year
Winner
Epson – EB-475Wi Projector
Highly Commended
Lang AG – primeTouch
Finalists
AVer Information Europe – W30 Wireless Visualiser
Luidia – eBeam Edge
MultiTouch – MultiTaction Cell interactive display
Business installation of the year
Winner
Reflex – Climate-KIC ePresence Project
Finalists
JB Communications – Diageo Customer Collaboration Centre
SM Contracts – Eccleston Square Hotel
Consumer installation of the year
Sponsored by AV Jobs
Winner
Electrosonic – European Parliament Visitors Centre, The Parlamentarium
Highly Commended
D J Willrich – Titanic Belfast
Finalist
D J Willrich – The Capitol Theatre, ‘Northern Light, the Edmonton Journey’ Fort Edmonton Park
Collaborative communications project of the year
Sponsored by Imago
Winner
NHS Lothian and Polycom
Highly Commended
Impact – VCC Project for the University of Wolverhampton
Finalists
JNV – Unique Collaboration Room
Saville Audio Visual – The Boardroom at British American Tobacco
Vidyo – VidyoConferencing implementation at Silvalea
Digital signage project of the year
Winner
Onelan – NHS Rotherham
Highly Commended
Focus 21 Visual Communications – London Stock Exchange – Exchange Market Open Installation
Handy AV – Primark Digital Signage Network
Finalists
Omnivision Touchscreen Media Development – Showcase, Livingmall Alexandrium Rotterdam Netherlands
Scala – Direct Digital Communication Solution for Jaguar – Land Rover
Signagelive – The Healthcare Messaging Group
YCD Multimedia – The public bus company of Madrid, (EMT Madrid)
AV/IT integration of the year
Sponsored by Sahara Presentation Systems
Winner
SM Contracts – Eccleston Square Hotel
Finalists
Audiotonas – Project ‘Electronic Democracy’, Lithuania
Futureoftware – British Airways 787 Dreamliner Mobile Flight Simulator
Svetlost Teatar – AV Systems for Qatar National Convention Centre – Doha, Qatar
Integrator of the year
Sponsored by SDG
Winner
Electrosonic
Finalist
IDNS
Green or environmental project of the year
Sponsored by Casio Electronics
Winner
Vision – Vision’s Environmental Impact Reduction Plan
Finalists
NHS Lothian and Polycom
TCO Development – TCO Certified Projectors
Education project of the year
Sponsored by Panasonic
Winner
Osborne Technologies – The Imaginarium
Highly Commended
GV Multi-media – University College Falmouth: Academy of Innovation and Research
Snelling Business Systems – The StartUp Lounge
Finalists
CDEC – Media Rich Interactive Solution at Langley Park School for Boys
Electrosonic – The Egg at Salford University
FusionGFX – Havelock Academy, Reflective Room
Impact – VCC project for University of Wolverhampton
Visionaire – ICT at United Arab Emirates University – Integrated Residential Campus
Live event of the year
Winner
Drive Productions – Nokia Lumia Live
Highly Commended
Blitz Communications – Soldier of Orange
Finalists
Canon Europe – FuessAV, AV Stumpfl and Canon Austria
Liquid Media AV – Airbus A350 North Factory Opening by Rt Hon David Cameron
In-house AV team of the year
Sponsored by Smart AV
Winner
Church House Conference Centre
Finalists
Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool
Electrosonic
Impact
Rental and staging company of the year
Sponsored by visionevents
Winner
Blitz Communications
Highly Commended
DB Systems
Finalists
Smart AV
Distributor of the year
Sponsored by Hitachi
Winner
Audio Logic
Finalist
Just Lamps
Midwich
Sahara Presentation Systems
TDMaverick
Manufacturer of the year
Sponsored by CDEC
Winner
NEC Display Solutions
Highly Commended
Kramer Electronics
Finalists
Casio Electronics
Exterity
Kramer Electronics UK
Onelan
Panasonic System Communications Company Europe
projectiondesign
Promethean
Samsung
Grand Prix Award
Sponsored by NEC Display Solutions
Winner
Drive Productions – Nokia Lumia Live
AV40 Outstanding Contribution Award
Sponsored by Samsung Electronics
Winners


Congratulations to all the winners from the team at Woop! What a great night had by all!
Digital signage project of the year sounds interesting. What were the projects submitted?