IAB Unleashes Best-Ever Description of Awards Show

It's out. Are you on the list? Yes, IAB is out with its list of 2013 MIXX Awards finalists. But before we get to the list, we simply have to share with you this marble-mouthed, buzzword bingo-laden description of the awards from IAB EVP and CMO David Doty who said, "IAB MIXX Awards are a vibrant compass and a revealing canvas for illustrating the expansion of the present boundaries of interactive marketing as they push into new creative and technological territory."

WTF? And that's not the end of it. He went on to say, "The 'white heat' generated by the nexus of campaign strategies, creative innovations, and consumer engagement makes this year's awards shine brighter than ever. And while the 2013 IAB MIXX Awards celebrate outstanding achievement in digital marketing and advertising from the past year, they are really about pivoting to the future and unveiling the next iteration of creative online excellence."

Holy shit! Are we recognizing ads or are we honoring the development of a disease-free, Elysium-like world on which everyone, including the losers left below on Earth, are forever saved?

Christ, we are so self-important sometimes. Anyway...

IAB MIXX AWARDS - 2013 FINALISTS

Tools, Tactics and Technologies Categories:

Augmented Reality (NEW)

BMW North America's BMW i and kbs+ for "A Window Into the Near Future"

Cadillac and Fallon Worldwide for "Cadillac ATS vs The World 3D: Chalk Mural"

L'Oreal Maybelline, Brand Direct and Blippar for "Maybelline Colorshow Virtual Try-on"

Wonderbra and DigitasLBi France for "Wonderbra Decoder"

Brand Destination Site

BMW North America's BMW ActiveE and kbs+ for "The Electronaut Effect"

Google Australia, M&C Saatchi's Mark and North Kingdom for "Build With Chrome"

The Lincoln Motor Company and Hudson Rouge for "Hello Again: Beck 360° Experience"

Toyota Tundra and Saatchi & Saatchi LA for "Tundra Endeavour Campaign"

Branded Content

Bank of America's Merrill Edge and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Face Retirement"

FIAT 500e and SapientNitro for "Environmentally Sexy"

Intel, Toshiba and Pereira & O'Dell for "The Beauty Inside"

Papermate and PHD for "World's Most Stolen Pen"

PepsiCo and OMD for "Pepsi Max Test Drive"

Branded Mobile Application

Defence Force Recruiting, GPY&R Melbourne and VML for "Mobile Medic"

JetBlue Airways and ROKKAN for "The New JetBlue"

The CW Television Network and OMD for "Live Twitter Feed in a Magazine"

Wonderbra and DigitasLBi France for "Wonderbra Decoder"

Custom Mobile Rich Media Display (NEW)

BMW and Amobee for "BMW Accelerates Engagement with Immersive 3D Mobile Ads"

Hotels.com and Fetch for "Xtreme Booking"

Land Rover's Range Rover and Wunderman for "Elements of a Modern Legend iAd"

Paramount Pictures's Paranormal Activity 4, Joule, MEC, mNet, and Yahoo! for "PA4 - Fake Video Phone Call"

Custom Rich Media Display

Bank of America's Merrill Edge and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Face Retirement"

HBO and PHD for "Cinemax Banshee Launch"

Homecenter Sodimac, Mayo and Draft FCB Chile for "5 Seconds"

Tourism New Zealand and Razorfish for "100% Middle-Earth, 100% Pure New Zealand"

Digital Out-of-Home

BMW North America's BMW i and kbs+ for "A Window Into the Near Future"

The Coca-Cola Company and Leo Burnett Sydney and Chicago for "Small World Machines"

Samsung Telecommunications America and Razorfish for "Samsung Share To Go"

Save Our Sons, Reactive, Finch, Havas and Red Agency for "The Most Powerful Arm Ever Invented"

Games

Discovery and OMD for "Discovery Channel's Gold Rush Season 3"

Ford Motor Company, Team Detroit and Electronic Arts for "2013 FUSION - IT'S IN THE GAME"

Lowe's and OMD for "MyLowe's Sims Social"

Mondelēz International's OREO, Carnival Labs and PikPok for "OREO: Twist, Lick, Dunk"

IAB Standard Mobile Rich Media Display (NEW)

Chevrolet, Zumobi, Commonwealth and Motor Trend for "Chevrolet Drives Unprecedented Mobile Engagement with Zumobi Rich Media Campaign"

FOX, Media Storm and Crisp Media for "Fox's 'The Following'"

Mercedes Benz and OgilvyOne Worldwide for "The Mercedes Benz A Class"

Renault and OMD for  "New Renault Clio"

IAB Standard Rich Media Display

Hyundai Santa Fe, TNT and INNOCEAN USA for "Hyundai x NBA - Beat The Pro"

J3/J&J and J3/AOL for "J&J Global Motherhood + Catapult Portrait Unit"

Miller Lite and DigitasLBi for "Fantasy Football Smack Talk"

realtor.com and Pereira & O'Dell for "Find it First online advertising"

Interactive Video

Hyundai Santa Fe and INNOCEAN USA for "Santa Fe Find Your 7"

Intel. Toshiba and Pereira & O'Dell for "The Beauty Inside"

Publicis Groupe and DigitasLBi France for "The Human YouTube Player"

REI and OMD for "REI Multisport Camping"

The Lincoln Motor Company and Hudson Rouge for "Hello Again: Beck 360° Experience"

Location-Based Advertising

American Express and DigitasLBi for "Welcome to Small Business Saturday"

Jarritos and GSD&M for "Jarritos SoCal Mobile Campaign"

Procter & Gamble Nordic's Gillette Venus and Saatchi & Saatchi Stockholm for "Tag the Weather"

Samsung's Smart TV and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Smart-Fencing"

Mobile Brand Destination Site

Abercrombie & Fitch and R/GA for "The A&F Forecast"

American Honda Motor Co. and RPA for "Honda Mobile Site"

Gucci and Huge for "Gucci Mobile Website"

Hyundai Santa Fe and INNOCEAN USA for "Santa Fe Find Your 7"

Online Commercial

eBay and DigitasLBi for "eBay Thanks You"

Miller Lite and DigitasLBi for "Fantasy Football Smack Talk"

realtor.com and Pereira & O'Dell for "Find it First Online Advertising"

REI and OMD  for "REI Multisport Camping"

Search Marketing

Chevrolet and iProspect for "The 2014 Corvette Stingray Launch: An Omni-Channel Approach Accelerates Awareness"

Hilton Worldwide and iProspect for "Big Vision & Flawless Execution on Centralized and Collaborative Search"

Swedish Chamber of Commerce and R/GA Stockholm for "Get A Life!"

Volkswagen and MediaCom for "Get Happy, Get Views"

Tablet Marketing

Avis and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Avis -- It's Your Space"

Bose and Mullen for "Bose AE2w Bluetooth Headphones"

Discovery and OMD for "Discovery Channel's Gold Rush Season 3"

Easy Way Language Center and Loducca for "Easy Way Subtitles"

Viral / Word-of-Mouth

Beats by Dr. Dre and R/GA London for "Beats by Dr. Dre #showyourcolor"

Kmart and Draftfcb Chicago for "Ship My Pants"

Frito-Lay and OMD for "Do Us a Flavor"

Mondelēz International's OREO and 360i for "The OREO Blackout Tweet"

Prometheus and Ignition Interactive for "Prometheus Integrated Campaign"

Strategies and Objectives Categories:

Brand Awareness and Positioning

Big Boss Brewing Company and McKinney for "The Last Barfighter"

Clinique and Ignited, iProspect, and Gluttony for "Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm"

PepsiCo and The Barbarian Group for "Pepsi NEXT: The Extra Hour"

Unilever's Dove and Ryan Partnership for "Show Us Your Skin"

Branded Utility (NEW)

BMW North America's BMW ActiveE and kbs+ for "The Electronaut Effect"

McCormick and R/GA for "McCormick FlavorPrint"

The Home Depot and SapientNitro for "The Home Depot Appliance Experience"

VicRoads and Visual Jazz Isobar for "Unlock The Grid"

Business-to-Business

American Express and DigitasLBi for "Welcome to Small Business Saturday"

Cisco Systems and Engauge, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Mindshare, and The First Movement    for "Cisco and the Internet of Everything"

Google Advertising Arts and 72andSunny for "Art, Copy & Code Film"

The UPS Store and Doner for "Small Business Gateway"

Clicks-to-Bricks (NEW)

American Express and DigitasLBi for "Welcome to Small Business Saturday"

David Jones and Visual Jazz Isobar for "Denim Seeks Soulmate"

Land Rover and Mindshare for "Driving Viewers to Dealers"

Taco Bell and DigitasLBi for "Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos"

Content Marketing (NEW)

The Coca-Cola Company and MRY for "Coca-Cola Move to the Beat of London 2012""

HBO for "Game of Thrones Enhanced Digital Experience"

Nintendo of America and A Squared Group for "Wii U Video Challenge"

Samsung's Galaxy Camera and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Life's A Photo. Take It."

Cross-Media Integration

American Express and DigitasLBi for "Welcome to Small Business Saturday"

GREENPEACE MEXICO and Circus DF for "TOXIC TOURS"

Sprint and Team Sprint for "Cinema"

Unilever's Axe and BBH New York for "Susan Glenn"

Cross-Platform Digital

American Express and DigitasLBi for "Welcome to Small Business Saturday"

American Honda Motor Co. and RPA for "Surprising Monsters Calling Home"

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Universal Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Ignited and Amazon Media Group for "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Theatrical and Home Entertainment Lifecycle Campaign""

Kia Motors and Initiative for "2013 Kia Motors Super Bowl Sorento Campaign 'Space Babies'"

Direct Response and Lead Generation

BMW North America's BMW M and kbs+ for "The Making of an M Print"

San Francisco Giants and MLB Advanced Media for "GIANT Strides in Online Ticket Sales"

Save Our Sons, Reactive, Finch, Havas, Red Agency for "The Most Powerful Arm Ever Invented"

SEEK Volunteer and Leo Burnett Melbourne for "Volunteer to Promote Volunteering"

Mobile Advertising

Best Buy, CP+B and Razorfish for "Tap Tap Revenge, Back to Campus and Holiday Mobile Campaign"

Defence Force Recruiting, GPY&R Melbourne and VML for "Mobile Medic"

Discovery and OMD for "Discovery Channel's Gold Rush Season 3"

Gatorade and OMD for "Gatorade Bolt! Mobile Gaming Integration"

Multicultural

GM's Chevrolet, Verizon and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Mia Mundo (Season 1)"

Heineken USA, Dieste Inc and Cultur8 for "UEFA Champions League Epic Party"

Procter & Gamble's Secret and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Secreteando"

Unilever's Lifebuoy and SapientNitro for "Global Handwashing Day 2012"

Not for Profit / Public Service

Movember, Made Man and Break Media for "Movember 2012 Campaign"

SEEK Volunteer and Leo Burnett Melbourne for "Volunteer to promote volunteering"

Unilever's Lifebuoy and SapientNitro for "Global Handwashing Day 2012"

United States Olympic Committee and VML and Y&R NY for "Raise Our Flag"

Product Launch

Activision and OMD for "Activision Call of Duty Black Ops II"

Adobe  and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for "Marketing Myths"

FIAT 500e and SapientNitro for "Environmentally Sexy"

Samsung's Galaxy Camera and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Life's A Photo. Take It."

Social Marketing

Cole Haan and BBH New York for "#DontGoHome"

Kmart and Draftfcb Chicago for "Ship My Pants"

Microsoft'sBing and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Most Shareworthy"

Mondelēz International's OREO and 360i for "OREO Daily Twist"

Special Innovation Category - Can't Be Contained! (NEW)

Big Boss Brewing Company and McKinney for "The Last Barfighter"

The Coca-Cola Company and Leo Burnett Sydney and Chicago for "Small World Machines"

ESPN's X Games and SapientNitro for "The HypeMeter"

Newsweek and Hill Holliday for "Mad Men"

Procter & Gamble's Duracell and Starcom MediaVest Group for "Do You Want Duracell With That?"

Prometheus and Ignition Interactive for "Prometheus Integrated Campaign"

The CW Television Network and OMD for "The CW Network Live Twitter Feed in a Magazine"

Lowe's, Vicks, Scottrade, Snickers, Visa and OMD and BBDO (Lowe's); SMG United and Possible Media (Vicks); Markit on Demand (Scottrade); Digitas and BBDO (Snickers);and OMD and Proximity (Visa) for "Yahoo! Smart Ads for Fantasy Football"

Walt Disney Pictures, Crackle,Innovid and 4D for "cRoll Oz The Great and Powerful Interactive Video Campaign"