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We Have Won Webinale Awards 2008!

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In April we have written that Smashing Magazine has been nominated for the Most Valuable Design Website in the Webinale Awards 2008, the award of an international Web conference Webinale which took place in Karlsruhe, Germany on May 26 – 28. The competition awards most useful and innovative sites related to design and technology. We believed that together with thousands of further smashing readers you can make a difference. And indeed, you made a difference.

Good news for you and for us, folks: we have won the Webinale Awards 2008. We have competed against the prominent CSSBeauty and AListApart, but your support was literally overwhelming. As the prize we have won 5.000 € which we would like to invest in the Smashing Magazine to be able to publish more useful, creative and inspirational articles and release more free high-quality icons, fonts and Wordpress themes.

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For those of you who weren’t able to attend the conference: on May 26-28 Vitaly Friedman, the chief-editor of Smashing Magazine, was in Karlsruhe attending the event. He has also given a talk “Designtrends 2008: What’s Next?” (.pdf, 10 Mb) which covers current trends in web-development and examples of modern web-design. And now you can download the slides in English among other things in our Smashing Freebies section.

We express sincere gratitude to each and every one of you out there, in the wild designer’s landscape across the globe — for voting for us and supporting us in the competition. Without you we definitely would not win the award. Your support means a lot for us, we appreciate it and we are going to pay you back. Thank you!

[Offtopic: by the way, did you already get your copy of the brand new Smashing Book?]

So how do we spend the money now?

Well, it is your decision. Since we wouldn’t be able to win without your support, the money is ours as well as yours which is why we would like you to decide how it will be spent.

Do you have any further ideas? Let us know in the comments!

The team here at Smashing Magazine. Mostly Sven & Vitaly.

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  1. 1
    Alan
    June 4th, 2008 5:24 am

    great to hear :D time to run a few competitions your selves :D

  2. 2
    cssbit
    June 4th, 2008 5:26 am

    Merci bc pour vous !
    je vous souhaite la reussite

  3. 3
    nofan
    June 4th, 2008 5:26 am

    Webi-who?

  4. 4
    Oscar Svedberg
    June 4th, 2008 5:27 am

    You guys are totally worth it! Congrats from Sweden!

  5. 5
    cssbit
    June 4th, 2008 5:27 am

    je veux voir bc des posts sur:
    - icon
    - css & xhtml
    - ajax (jquery .. )

    et merci

  6. 6
    Rachael
    June 4th, 2008 5:28 am

    Congratulations, smashing magazine, and keep up the good work!

  7. 7
    krekc
    June 4th, 2008 5:28 am

    Im new here so do what you please but congrats! Nice Jorb!

  8. 8
    Everpress
    June 4th, 2008 5:29 am

    Congrats guys.
    I didn’t vote; I figured you’ve done well enough so far that I wouldn’t want my judgment to cloud yours!
    Great resource, great site, great job…

  9. 9
    Dudu P
    June 4th, 2008 5:31 am

    Congratulations, it’s awesome to see you guys being recognized by your great efforts. Smashing is the most phenomenal site I found on the last few years,

    I think you should spend the money on the site itself. Hire a good programmer which could customize this Wordpress installation of your to add functionality for easier navigation on previous resources. Smashing has tons of valuable content, I think it should be more like a wiki than a blog.

    Also it would be great to add user submissions on a separate area, with the good ones being displayed on the main site, like the SEOmoz guys do with the YOUmoz UGC blog.

    Congrats and keep it coming!

  10. 10
    Michelle
    June 4th, 2008 5:33 am

    Congratulations! Your website rocks.

  11. 11
    Jason
    June 4th, 2008 5:33 am

    Well deserved, congrats.

  12. 12
    lex
    June 4th, 2008 5:34 am

    congrats! you deserve it! this is an amazing magazine, i think its better than some real payed magazines and i wish you guys, good luck ^-^

    how do you spend the money? i loved the texture competition, and i think you should spend in that way ;) anyway what you decide is good for me.

  13. 13
    RachTurner
    June 4th, 2008 5:34 am

    Congratulations! Well deserved.

  14. 14
    Markus of Sweden
    June 4th, 2008 5:37 am

    Congratulations! Keep up the good work!

  15. 15
    kaev
    June 4th, 2008 5:37 am

    new design and/ or a board for the community. :)

  16. 16
    WAGII
    June 4th, 2008 5:40 am

    Well done and congratulations! Keep up the good work!

  17. 17
    Rob
    June 4th, 2008 5:42 am

    Congrats to everyone at Smashing, well deserved :-)

  18. 18
    Augusto
    June 4th, 2008 5:42 am

    Absolutely well deserved…Bravo!

  19. 19
    Anthony
    June 4th, 2008 5:48 am

    Congratulations Smashing!!! WOO

  20. 20
    2lip
    June 4th, 2008 5:48 am

    congratulations! this victory is more than deserved, because Smashing Magazine simply is the “Most valuable Design Website” out there! keep it up.

  21. 21
    beepoll
    June 4th, 2008 5:49 am

    What if we want more showcases? Anyways, congratulations! Nice work.

    Smashing Magazine has been the #1 resource for me since 2006 :)

  22. 22
    Nitin Garg - India
    June 4th, 2008 5:53 am

    Congrats Smashing Magazine ! you deserve that .

  23. 23
    laurence (france)
    June 4th, 2008 5:56 am

    felicitations !
    c’est largement merité.

    longue vie

  24. 24
    Sylvia
    June 4th, 2008 6:05 am

    congrats on winning, you really deserve it!
    What I generally love to see is good link collections. I always love the best of’s at the end of the month.
    I’d also love to see more tutorials and tips & tricks about web design and design in general.

  25. 25
    bala
    June 4th, 2008 6:07 am

    italian congratulations for the best design blog

    Auguroni!

  26. 26
    mment
    June 4th, 2008 6:08 am

    Congratulations Smashing

  27. 27
    hdoug
    June 4th, 2008 6:16 am

    Well deserved! Go buy yourselves a drink!

  28. 28
    Koesper
    June 4th, 2008 6:20 am

    Not more free downloads, but indept tutorials, tips and reviews!
    but keep up the good work!

  29. 29
    rob
    June 4th, 2008 6:21 am

    this site is definitely the best web resource on the net..
    keep up the good work

  30. 30
    Philipp
    June 4th, 2008 6:26 am

    Congrats!

    a cool and nice photoblog theme would be great!

  31. 31
    zyml
    June 4th, 2008 6:26 am

    good job smashing! you guys really deserve it! hope to see more stuff from you guys in the future!

  32. 32
    Pelardo
    June 4th, 2008 6:28 am

    con gratz smashingerz

    I had won some tickets for voting for the Webinale Awards 2008.

    To bad it wasn’t in belgium…
    could you give me a better price you have 5000€ left to spend on your readers ;)

  33. 33
    Nisreen
    June 4th, 2008 6:31 am

    CONGRATULATIONS GUYS you’re the best, I’d be very surprised if you didn’t win!!!!!
    Congrates from the heart, I love you all, spend your money on free templets ;)

  34. 34
    Vin
    June 4th, 2008 6:33 am

    F2R!!

  35. 35
    Icepick
    June 4th, 2008 6:36 am

    Kudos Smashing Magazine ! For once I voted for the winner… but this time it was too obvious. Keep up the great work.

  36. 36
    Massimo Marolda
    June 4th, 2008 6:37 am

    Congrats!!!

    :) Yes write something more, but take also some relax and buy something to yourselves :D

  37. 37
    Leigh Taylor
    June 4th, 2008 6:40 am

    Fantastic news

    I stumbled upon this blog probably over a year ago now and must admit that this website is one of the first ports of call i have each day for inspiration. I can deffinately say my skills have improved from the regular posts on here.

    Well done

  38. 38
    chad
    June 4th, 2008 6:43 am

    First, buy yourselves a nice dinner, then get us a nice “premium” style wordpress theme :)

  39. 39
    Webgrrl
    June 4th, 2008 6:44 am

    Congratulations! You are my favorite design magazine! When the site was down for a bit some months ago, I was so uninspired! Then you returned and everything was right with the cyberworld. Keep up the good work!

  40. 40
    Amir
    June 4th, 2008 6:48 am

    Congrats from Shahrood (Iran)!
    You deserved it

  41. 41
    PeterMQ
    June 4th, 2008 6:49 am

    Gratz…

    Maybe a free CMS template, or Flash CMS…something like this.

  42. 42
    Siarhei
    June 4th, 2008 6:56 am

    Congrats!
    Maybe master-classes from designers, their working processes?

  43. 43
    CG
    June 4th, 2008 6:57 am

    Congrats! But why WordPress themes? Those are only useful for people with personal blogs. Give us more fonts, icons, and inspiration! Thanks!

  44. 44
    Lorenzo Bondioni
    June 4th, 2008 6:59 am

    Congratulazioni da un lettore italiano :)
    Congratulations Smashingmagazine.

  45. 45
    Cracka
    June 4th, 2008 7:01 am

    Congratulations, much deserved to.

    Craig Farrall

  46. 46
    Andrew Meyer
    June 4th, 2008 7:05 am

    Congratulations. You have a really great site! Good work.

  47. 47
    liam
    June 4th, 2008 7:07 am

    Anyone thinking of voting for free themes: Please don’t :) I think some free fonts made for SM would be amazing.

  48. 48
    jekwak
    June 4th, 2008 7:07 am

    your damn worth it! we love you guys!

  49. 49
    jackie
    June 4th, 2008 7:17 am

    CONGRATS SMASHING! Your site is brilliant. I just stumbled across it on Monday and it has already been a resourceful tool. Thank you for the lovely free fonts and all your advice and links.

  50. 50
    Morten Ryum
    June 4th, 2008 7:18 am

    Well guys… You TOTALLY deserved it, and I’m sure you’ll use the money for great new stuff.

  51. 51
    latejedora
    June 4th, 2008 7:18 am

    congrats! you really worth it!!!

  52. 52
    johan
    June 4th, 2008 7:19 am

    I don’t want any free stuff i just want you guys to keep on writing great interesting articles. Keep the money, buy beer for your self or something.

  53. 53
    Andy
    June 4th, 2008 7:19 am

    Congrats. Bit disappointed not to see ’sweets’ on the option list though.

  54. 54
    Julez
    June 4th, 2008 7:23 am

    Yipeeeee :D, we won …..
    more goodies…more goodies please sir..

  55. 55
    Abdallah Aberouch
    June 4th, 2008 7:24 am

    I vote once a day, you totally deserve it!

  56. 56
    Bernard
    June 4th, 2008 7:33 am

    Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  57. 57
    Michael
    June 4th, 2008 7:37 am

    @cssbit: smashingmagazine c’est un site sur le DESIGN et pas la PROG. Pour ajax, jquery, etc., un bon site pour toi serais: http://www.ajaxian.com

    Grats Smashing!

  58. 58
    Aditya
    June 4th, 2008 7:37 am

    Congratulations! That’s smashing news :)

  59. 59
    Johnny Foam
    June 4th, 2008 7:39 am

    Great to hear, you deserve it!

  60. 60
    Erik Reagan
    June 4th, 2008 7:42 am

    Very well deserved, indeed. Congrats, Smashing Team!

  61. 61
    cemiotika
    June 4th, 2008 7:48 am

    Congrats boyz!, i voted you!.

  62. 62
    Flamov
    June 4th, 2008 7:54 am

    Congrats!

  63. 63
    Skr15
    June 4th, 2008 8:10 am

    Congrats, dudes!!

  64. 64
    nico
    June 4th, 2008 8:14 am

    Ihr habt es verdient!

  65. 65
    Siah
    June 4th, 2008 8:18 am

    AWESOME!!
    You guys truly deserve it, this is by far the best designer source online.. CONGRATS!!

  66. 66
    Reyner
    June 4th, 2008 8:21 am

    CONGRATULATIONS

    Smashing is my everyday breackfast!!

    we need some commemorative stuff such as smashing coffee cup or tshirt.. what do you think?

    anyway! keep doing the good war (work) -D

  67. 67
    thinklinux
    June 4th, 2008 8:34 am

    CONGRATULATIONS

    Smashing you are great ;)

  68. 68
    Ravi
    June 4th, 2008 8:38 am

    Congratulations!

    I check every day here to see your latest posts and resources. You are my 1st port of call when it comes to finding inspiration and it looks like you’re set to be that for a long time.

    Very well done, truly deserved. I look forward to see you guys produce some more Smashing stuff!

    Keep it up!

  69. 69
    Nelson Martinez / Leo Knox
    June 4th, 2008 8:41 am

    Keep on your excellent, hard and inspirational work!!!

    Felicidades, desde República Dominicana!!!!!

  70. 70
    Herr Henning
    June 4th, 2008 8:43 am

    Nice one! Congrats! :)
    I favor new and free fonts!!

  71. 71
    Pedro Blanco
    June 4th, 2008 8:44 am

    Felicidades chicos, seguid así!!!

  72. 72
    anti-pixel
    June 4th, 2008 8:46 am

    So how do we spend the money now?

    i wanna see things we cannot find elsewhere

  73. 73
    Webdesign
    June 4th, 2008 8:54 am

    I have the same thinking

  74. 74
    idoudi
    June 4th, 2008 8:55 am

    Congratulations

  75. 75
    cucu
    June 4th, 2008 9:07 am

    You must have deserved it!

  76. 76
    FireBird
    June 4th, 2008 9:09 am

    Congrats! Well deserved

  77. 77
    Nathski
    June 4th, 2008 9:11 am

    Very Well Done! I would spend the money on donuts :)

  78. 78
    crypta
    June 4th, 2008 9:35 am

    congrads from croatia! more stuff about css, tutorials…

  79. 79
    eod
    June 4th, 2008 9:37 am

    Clap Clap! well deserved, SM is the greats resources for ppl like me. Hope ppl will find useful resources for they work when they vote :D

    Thanks SM for a better web.

  80. 80
    Sherwin Techico
    June 4th, 2008 9:39 am

    Congrats!

  81. 81
    palmdale
    June 4th, 2008 9:41 am

    hey congratulation,
    i would like the money spend to my bank account ^^ just joking
    maybe we could have a new section for high quality tutorials in photoshop?? that would be cool.

  82. 82
    visdelou
    June 4th, 2008 9:44 am

    ..because you are the best, keep rocking!

  83. 83
    Cassiano
    June 4th, 2008 9:55 am

    Congratulations from BRAZIL!!!!

    My favorite site!

  84. 84
    ahasver
    June 4th, 2008 10:11 am

    smashing! congratulations, keep up good work

  85. 85
    Sean
    June 4th, 2008 10:18 am

    More tutorials! I’ve used very little of the freebies.

  86. 86
    Rizo
    June 4th, 2008 10:20 am

    Yay!, Congrats! It’s great when a place you love to visit gets an award they deserve.

  87. 87
    Dating Webmaster
    June 4th, 2008 10:21 am

    Great job. Congrats.
    Your site is my favorite in design filed.
    Inspiration you give is awesome.
    Keep it that way

  88. 88
    kyle
    June 4th, 2008 10:23 am

    congratulations. I love the site and I’m happy for you all. Can’t wait to see what’s coming down the pipeline in the near future.

  89. 89
    Paulo
    June 4th, 2008 10:23 am

    CONGRATS SM!!!!

    I LOVE THIS SITE!

  90. 90
    Bram
    June 4th, 2008 10:58 am

    I couldn’t chose between “contests” and “free fonts” but in the end went with contests. I think it’d be great to have some more contests around here where you could actually win some fancy prizes. It could really draw more people to this website.

    Free fonts however would be awesome too!

  91. 91
    ashvin
    June 4th, 2008 10:58 am

    Congrats!

    Keep ‘em comin’!

  92. 92
    Donnie
    June 4th, 2008 10:59 am

    Free beer for the world!

  93. 93
    Khaled
    June 4th, 2008 11:07 am

    weeeeeeeeee, party time! :P

  94. 94
    Sneha
    June 4th, 2008 11:08 am

    Kudos! on the good work. I open up SM every morning to find something extraordinary. Fine research and the most catchy imagery around. Thank you and Congrats!

  95. 95
    Rodrigo Piva
    June 4th, 2008 11:15 am

    Congratulations!

  96. 96
    Quakeulf
    June 4th, 2008 11:29 am

    F*CK YEAH!!! You deserved it! Congratulations! =3

  97. 97
    Etienne
    June 4th, 2008 11:47 am

    Congrats, but no real surprise there:
    you guys keep on givin’ and we keep lovin’ it!

  98. 98
    Simon Gate
    June 4th, 2008 12:08 pm

    Congratulations! :D

  99. 99
    Jin Y
    June 4th, 2008 12:27 pm

    As for what to do with the money:

    used the money on some sound recording equipment/software. start a podcast. i’m interested in listening to interviews with designers/developers. i find it a lot more intriguing to listen to a voice interview, than reading a transcript text.

    i think this will add a whole new level of content to a sucessful site such as yours.

  100. 100
    Bohemian
    June 4th, 2008 12:28 pm

    Congratulations on the victory. You guys deserve it. SmashingMagazine is one of the best sites on the web, which really does provide useful information. Keep up the good work guys.

    As for the prize money, i would advise to spend it on maintaining the site and keeping things up and running. If not, then atleast spend it on making some design contests, since there are probably lots of eager designers here, who wish to improve their skills and in my opinion contests are a great opportunity to do so. There is no need to spend it on making free stuff, like fonts, icons and templates. The internet is full with resources, yet good articles on design are scarce.

    Anyway, good luck on whatever SmashingMagazine staff decides to do. Yet again i must say, keep up the good work.

  101. 101
    Benjamin
    June 4th, 2008 12:30 pm

    good job guys ! you’re great anyway !
    you should hire more redactors, we want more posts !

  102. 102
    Webdesign
    June 4th, 2008 12:32 pm

    Pretty good idea…

  103. 103
    manuel
    June 4th, 2008 12:35 pm

    Felicidades, bien merecido!

  104. 104
    TwiztedUrbanite
    June 4th, 2008 12:43 pm

    Congratulations Smashing! Much deserved. Here’s to many more!

  105. 105
    Arsh
    June 4th, 2008 12:54 pm

    keep it for later use or publish some good article on css

    Cong…. on winning

  106. 106
    Jasper
    June 4th, 2008 1:46 pm

    Congratulations!

  107. 107
    fweeeb
    June 4th, 2008 1:49 pm

    Well done guys, you deserve it.

  108. 108
    Dave
    June 4th, 2008 2:28 pm

    FELICITACIONES. You’re the best!

  109. 109
    Andreas Gehret
    June 4th, 2008 2:29 pm

    Very well deserved. SM is such an inspiring an motivating site, you just HAD to win! Please keep up the good work. And hey: Take a piece of the 5000 $ and spend it for a very nice evening for all who are involved.

    Congratulations and greetings from Munich, Germany
    Andreas

  110. 110
    Fred (Quebec)
    June 4th, 2008 2:30 pm

    Félicitations!

  111. 111
    SD
    June 4th, 2008 2:35 pm

    congrats!!

  112. 112
    Fino
    June 4th, 2008 2:38 pm

    ¡Felicitaciones! desde Costa Rica, muy buena página, continúen así para ganar el 2009….

  113. 113
    Praveen
    June 4th, 2008 3:03 pm

    WoW!! Congratulations to all… including the readers!!

    Must say, a job well done!! … always….

  114. 114
    Saleem Qureshi
    June 4th, 2008 3:09 pm

    Congratulation, I knew it. You deserve to win. I voted for you for your great work.

  115. 115
    Blondini
    June 4th, 2008 3:31 pm

    Smashing!
    Congratulations from New Zealand

  116. 116
    Portuguese Dude
    June 4th, 2008 3:57 pm

    Congrats! You deserved it.

  117. 117
    Chris
    June 4th, 2008 4:23 pm

    Congrats, guys! You deserve it!

  118. 118
    eric
    June 4th, 2008 4:55 pm

    hey guys check out the great styles at http://www.luckyplayerwear.com

  119. 119
    Justin Young
    June 4th, 2008 6:07 pm

    Congratulations.
    恭喜。
    おめでとう。

  120. 120
    iman
    June 4th, 2008 6:31 pm

    congratulation!

  121. 121
    Sam
    June 4th, 2008 6:38 pm

    Excellent ! Félicitation.

    Vous êtes les meilleurs :)

  122. 122
    iqranegara
    June 4th, 2008 7:32 pm

    congratz!

  123. 123
    jörg
    June 4th, 2008 7:48 pm

    härzliche glückwunsch zu euchem award
    hender echt verdient! hammer site

    gruess us dä schwyz

  124. 124
    Jose Ma G. Perez
    June 4th, 2008 7:56 pm

    what’s surprising? I already know that you will get away with it anyway…i salute you guys! :)

  125. 125
    dee
    June 4th, 2008 8:22 pm

    congrats guys!

  126. 126
    rahman
    June 4th, 2008 9:01 pm

    yeah…………U deserve it………..

  127. 127
    Shafraz
    June 4th, 2008 9:10 pm

    Smashing Magazine is a place where i come for inspiration.. i believe may designers like me do the same.. how about adding interviews of popular designers and design studios.. or may be start a podcast for smashing magazine and take this to the next level

  128. 128
    greynor
    June 4th, 2008 9:32 pm

    Gratulation aus Deutschland :)

  129. 129
    constantin
    June 4th, 2008 9:57 pm

    I must say that I am very happy to hear you won. You definitelly deserve it. You said thank me (for the vote); I say thank you!

  130. 130
    dirk worring
    June 4th, 2008 10:03 pm

    congratulations, you guys really deserved it. and it is a readers choice, so you can see how much we appreciate your work!
    what i would like to see:
    - contests: because then we will all see really inspiring work, that you will not find simply by googleling
    - more tutorials on video and animation technices for the web. like final cut studio with motion and workflow with flash.
    - articles and essays on design and tech are allways good too.

    keep it up and yes, buy yourself a nice dinner and a good bottle of wine with it from the 5k!
    don´t we all agree they earned this?

  131. 131
    Dhrruva
    June 4th, 2008 10:06 pm

    You guys rocks !

    Congrats from India!!

    (Dhrruva)

  132. 132
    SV
    June 4th, 2008 10:29 pm

    Tillykke fra Danmark (Congrats from Denmark) :-)

  133. 133
    Alexander Rehm
    June 4th, 2008 10:42 pm

    Congratulations!! You guys did it!!

    It is to a great part of your site that I even considered having my own blog WhatwasIthinking.co.uk!

    Keep up the great work!

  134. 134
    Vicky Nimbalkar
    June 4th, 2008 10:44 pm

    It not miracle. You people deserve it. Smashingmagazine is a great place for designer/developers to check out.

    Keep up the good work.

    Vicky Nimbalkar
    BIGFlix Pvt Ltd.

  135. 135
    Arun
    June 4th, 2008 10:55 pm

    Congrats guys!! Keep up the smashing work!

    Simply Arun

  136. 136
    Dedail
    June 4th, 2008 11:11 pm

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

  137. 137
    Marcel
    June 4th, 2008 11:13 pm

    Great, congratulations! The Webinale Awards 2008 has a smart jury ;-)

  138. 138
    Massimo Nastasi
    June 4th, 2008 11:14 pm

    Congrats S.M.

  139. 139
    Noël
    June 4th, 2008 11:15 pm

    You totally deserve it!!!
    I’ve discovered Smashing magazine 3 months ago, and since then I’m an addict!
    Cheers
    Noël

  140. 140
    Shaun
    June 4th, 2008 11:15 pm

    Nice work guys!! :)

  141. 141
    Noël
    June 4th, 2008 11:16 pm

    You totally deserve it!!!
    Cheers
    Noël

  142. 142
    Kristian Philler
    June 4th, 2008 11:23 pm

    Congratulations!

  143. 143
    keepitmassive
    June 4th, 2008 11:30 pm

    Keep up!

  144. 144
    Ravaka
    June 4th, 2008 11:36 pm

    Congrats from Madagascar (the Island, not the movie). There’s some fan from this side of the planet. You rocks!

  145. 145
    Sjeik el Tarek
    June 4th, 2008 11:37 pm

    Great work guys! Keep on the good work!

  146. 146
    Sjeik el Tarek
    June 4th, 2008 11:37 pm

    Great work guys! Keepup the good work!

  147. 147
    Federico
    June 4th, 2008 11:39 pm

    Congratulazioni, continuate così!

  148. 148
    Luís
    June 4th, 2008 11:40 pm

    Congratulations, you are my homepage almost since the beginning. I’m very gratefull. Your work has inspired me for a long time and I hope to continue that way. Thank you.
    Luís (Webdesign producer from Portugal)

  149. 149
    Nick
    June 4th, 2008 11:40 pm

    Where’s the ‘keep the money and treat yourselves’ option in the poll?

  150. 150
    m4c
    June 4th, 2008 11:54 pm

    Great!! You won, I won!:) BTW, I wait for nice extra font package to download for commercial using:):)

  151. 151
    Sebastiaan Stok
    June 5th, 2008 12:02 am

    Congrats :)

    In Dutch: Van harte gefeliciteerd!

  152. 152
    R
    June 5th, 2008 12:04 am

    Congrats from Poland ;)

  153. 153
    Miky
    June 5th, 2008 12:09 am

    Seguid así. Sois estupendos. Mi sitio web de cabecera. Os doy las gracias por todo lo que estais aportando a esta comunidad.
    Felicidades y enhorabuena.

  154. 154
    Jav
    June 5th, 2008 12:17 am

    Congratulations, Well deserved!!!

  155. 155
    Allan
    June 5th, 2008 12:34 am

    First… congratulation…

    we are all still here to support you guys…. keep on posting :)

  156. 156
    Jeffrey
    June 5th, 2008 12:41 am

    Congratulations, a well deserved prize!!!

  157. 157
    math
    June 5th, 2008 1:08 am

    hmm why I am not so surprised by this message? Solid work counts. You are the best.

    congrat guys!

  158. 158
    Falco
    June 5th, 2008 1:44 am

    You make an outstanding work. Congratulations for your award.

  159. 159
    Joefrey Mahusay
    June 5th, 2008 1:53 am

    You guys deserved it! Congratulations! From CSSBuilt.com

  160. 160
    PlusUP
    June 5th, 2008 2:01 am

    Great job guys! Hope to work with you soon.
    - PU

  161. 161
    rob
    June 5th, 2008 2:07 am

    congrats guys, we all knew who would take it :)

    As for what now : im sure its been mentioned already, but hows about some in depth classes from well known designers / developers ? That would be sweet for all of us who are trying to make a name for ourselves in this business :)

  162. 162
    mau
    June 5th, 2008 2:10 am

    Great news! Keep up the good work guys!

  163. 163
    Ritchie
    June 5th, 2008 2:21 am

    Congrats! This site has upped my game in web design. Much deserved. Use that 5,000 to celebrate!

  164. 164
    steve jebson
    June 5th, 2008 2:22 am

    no more than you deserved, my number 1 resource for the last 2 years, well done !

  165. 165
    basetta
    June 5th, 2008 2:27 am

    Well done guys, you totally deserve it!

  166. 166
    Pioneer
    June 5th, 2008 2:41 am

    Chúc mừng, chúc mừng!

  167. 167
    An
    June 5th, 2008 2:47 am

    congrats!
    you guys are always been my favorite.

    selamat from indonesia. ;)

  168. 168
    Romberto
    June 5th, 2008 3:12 am

    Congratulations! Keep rocking!!!

    Romberto (NL)

  169. 169
    Srecko Bradic
    June 5th, 2008 3:18 am

    Congratulation!!!

  170. 170
    Srecko Bradic
    June 5th, 2008 3:19 am

    Congratulation! Nice work :)

  171. 171
    sundaydriver
    June 5th, 2008 3:27 am

    Smashing magazine is truly the best site I know :)

    I would want icons btw XD

  172. 172
    ronen
    June 5th, 2008 3:36 am

    Congratulation! You deserve it!

  173. 173
    Wogker
    June 5th, 2008 3:52 am

    Congratulations to the best design site os the word from Spain! Really, this victory is not a surprise for your users!

  174. 174
    Christos Chiotis
    June 5th, 2008 3:55 am

    Although “A list apart” is one of the most valuable sites, last year was smashing for “Smashing MAgazine”.
    Well done guys!
    You are our #1 online “partner”

  175. 175
    Dave Lane
    June 5th, 2008 3:58 am

    Congrats, Smashing!! You deserve it, and then some!

  176. 176
    tiago
    June 5th, 2008 4:03 am

    Awesome newsss !!! congratulations
    Great to see that the work is apreciated worldwide…
    greetings from Portugal =)

  177. 177
    Barend
    June 5th, 2008 4:11 am

    Awesome!!! Congrats. Well done.

  178. 178
    Victor
    June 5th, 2008 4:22 am

    Congratulations, Smashing Mag Team!! Keep doing the things like this, and keep cool!

  179. 179
    Engelbert
    June 5th, 2008 4:26 am

    Great! This is a big compliment for you. You do a great job here.
    The SMag is my daily stop by in the internet.
    All the best from Salzburg, Austria.

  180. 180
    David B.
    June 5th, 2008 4:32 am

    Nice One! Congratulations to the Smashing Team. You really deserved it.

  181. 181
    Regan
    June 5th, 2008 4:36 am

    Congrats…

    Don’t need free stuff to be awesome you are already awesome enough.

  182. 182
    Fred
    June 5th, 2008 4:41 am

    Félicitation!

  183. 183
    uluc
    June 5th, 2008 4:47 am

    Congratulations, it is nice to see that we can make some difference!

  184. 184
    Shawn
    June 5th, 2008 5:03 am

    Smashing Magazine has been a valuable resource for design content and inspiration.
    Congratulations from Keeling Design in Germany.

  185. 185
    marcello
    June 5th, 2008 5:29 am

    I voted “contests”.
    But a “throw a frigging huge party” would have been a better answer. You guys surely deserve it! :D

    M

  186. 186
    Amrit Gill
    June 5th, 2008 6:13 am

    Congratulation chaps!!! you totally deserve the accolade!!! You really have become a good solid source of inspiration and guidance, providing the much needed food for thought on all levels!

    I think you guy should spend the money on yourselves and the contributors – you deffo deserve it!!!

    Again, Well Done!!!!

  187. 187
    Jakub
    June 5th, 2008 6:38 am

    Blahopřeji k zaslouženému vítězství!

  188. 188
    Grik
    June 5th, 2008 7:20 am

    Congratulations Smashing Team!!

  189. 189
    Christian Olivares
    June 5th, 2008 7:30 am

    Felicitaciones!!!!

    I voted for you, ’cause i love your work. and you are been very useful, specially for icons i used in my intranet.

    Cheers!!!

    Christian.
    Iquique, Chile.

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    Tom
    June 5th, 2008 9:18 am

    CONGRATULATIONS. You really deserve this. Keep on going with your beautiful work. I’m always looking forward to a new article.

    Thanks from Holland,
    Tom

  191. 191
    Carlos
    June 5th, 2008 10:08 am

    Awesome! BTW I love this site, thanks for all the inspirational blogs and work that you publish. Thanks once again, and I say FREE FONTS!! =D
    TK all.
    Carlos
    p.s. Congrats!

  192. 192
    Gerardo
    June 5th, 2008 10:12 am

    Creo que no es ninguna sorpresa.
    Felicitaciones ! Un premio bien merecido.

  193. 193
    Zaigham
    June 5th, 2008 10:26 am

    Congrats guys!

    Well deserved.

  194. 194
    Rildrim
    June 5th, 2008 11:26 am

    ¡¡¡¡¡¡Smashing congratulations!!!!!!

  195. 195
    Jerang
    June 5th, 2008 11:53 am

    Definitely well deserved! Congrats!

  196. 196
    jurica
    June 5th, 2008 3:37 pm

    Congratulations ;))

  197. 197
    Yan
    June 5th, 2008 4:30 pm

    Yea, you did it!

  198. 198
    David
    June 5th, 2008 4:49 pm

    Grats Smashing Magazine! You are by far my most valuable professional resource.

  199. 199
    Marg
    June 5th, 2008 5:06 pm

    Congratulations! Well deserved. I enjoy your magazine and find it so useful.

    I say use the money to keep doing what you do: bringing us resources, ideas and inspiration.

  200. 200
    .Lithium
    June 5th, 2008 5:08 pm

    This is insane! Congratulations! I actually voted for you guys. I’m really hoping for the next batch of free wordpress themes.

  201. 201
    Max
    June 5th, 2008 10:09 pm

    Congratulations!
    Though I agree you are one of the best sites, due to your broad approach,
    I think the specific information provided by alistapart.com are far more useful.
    Besides, the awards were organized by an organization focussing on Germany,
    you were even among the speakers of the conference and thus i think you had some home field advantage!
    Anyway don’t get me wrong I love smashingmagazine, its one of my dailies!
    Keep up the good work!!!

  202. 202
    Uwe
    June 5th, 2008 10:14 pm

    Many congratulations from a permanent reading-team of your smashingmagazine. You did a great job!
    Best wishes

  203. 203
    Klaye Morrison
    June 5th, 2008 10:19 pm

    Congrats! Very well deserved.

  204. 204
    Amu
    June 5th, 2008 10:58 pm

    Congrats for Smashing Mag!

  205. 205
    Leo Doerr
    June 5th, 2008 11:25 pm

    Congrats and Thanks from IconArchive.com!

  206. 206
    shachou
    June 6th, 2008 12:50 am

    Congratulations \(^O^)/

  207. 207
    Imad Rajab
    June 6th, 2008 1:39 am

    Congratulations…….. YOU deserve it…

  208. 208
    teamlrc
    June 6th, 2008 6:07 am

    congratulations! you guys deserve that award. smashing magazine!

  209. 209
    Blix
    June 6th, 2008 6:24 am

    Congratulations on a well earned award !

  210. 210
    Simon
    June 6th, 2008 6:44 am

    Congratulations!

    I voted for “contest”, but I would rather like to see some tutorials for OpenSource-Software like Gimp, Inkscape, maybe Blender.. Keep up the great work!

  211. 211
    Mike the pcrobot
    June 6th, 2008 7:42 am

    Congrats on the win!

  212. 212
    Jigga
    June 6th, 2008 9:53 am

    congrats.. this must be so appreciated by you guys. you def. deserved it..

  213. 213
    Mohammad alshaikh
    June 7th, 2008 12:13 am

    Congratulations.. smashingmagazine is my reference for my web life..
    u worth it..

  214. 214
    Anna
    June 7th, 2008 4:23 am

    The greatest news
    Congratulations!!!
    Smashingmagazine is my inexhaustible source of inspiration, ideas and knowledges.
    So happy for you :)

  215. 215
    Yaco
    June 7th, 2008 5:37 am

    I believe more contests are in order, since those mean getting more rep, prizes (tools for production, design, entertainment, funds to invest buying fonts, vectorpacks, iconpacks, themes, etc.) I believe some constests, like the last, texture contes, also yield even more resources.

    So all the more power to contests……see waht good it did (for) smashing?

  216. 216
    Tobias
    June 7th, 2008 9:02 am

    I loved youre stunning wallpaper post,so i’d like more of those great wallpapers and pictures. Congrats!

  217. 217
    Jani
    June 7th, 2008 11:31 am

    Congrats! Use the money to hire some good designers to desing wordpress themes and give those away to readers for free.

  218. 218
    Ivan
    June 7th, 2008 3:03 pm

    Conratulations! Keep up the great work!

  219. 219
    Nilarian Designs
    June 7th, 2008 11:01 pm

    Congratulations! you really deserved it. Thanks again for your great site and your efforts.

  220. 220
    George E.
    June 8th, 2008 9:47 am

    Congrats from me too!
    I vote you :)
    Keep up the good work…

  221. 221
    kayzah
    June 8th, 2008 11:12 pm

    Congratulations!
    You diserve it ^-^

  222. 222
    pingoole
    June 9th, 2008 3:17 am

    CONGRATULATIONS!!! you really deserve more than that for being very informative and inspiring!!! I congratulate from my heart.

  223. 223
    LuLu
    June 9th, 2008 4:17 am

    Congratulations!!!! Vous faites vraiment du bon travail!! Continuez comme ca :-)

  224. 224
    germaine
    June 9th, 2008 7:29 am

    Bravo! :)

  225. 225
    Angga
    June 9th, 2008 8:42 pm

    me voted for smashingmag too !
    i’m so happy that you guys win the contest :-)
    and yes, free fonts please !

    now if only smashingmag have its own community / message board, i’ll be so damn happy

  226. 226
    Suraj
    June 9th, 2008 10:39 pm

    Congr8s!!!

    gr8 Site…nice info…superb tips, tutorials

    u guys @ smashing are rocking!!!

    all the best

  227. 227
    Jurjen
    June 9th, 2008 11:06 pm

    Congratulations.

  228. 228
    James
    June 10th, 2008 4:07 am

    Congratulations. Thoroughly deserved

  229. 229
    Manu
    June 10th, 2008 5:04 am

    Nice Shot

  230. 230
    angeline
    June 10th, 2008 5:07 am

    Congratulations! Very very well-deserved. This site is my top go-to sites whenever i need an inspiration, some guidance, or a free font. You rock!

  231. 231
    Jeff
    June 10th, 2008 7:18 am

    Congrats guys

  232. 232
    shazzer
    June 10th, 2008 7:55 am

    Congrats!!.. been a firm follower of this site since i stumbled upon it 6 months ago.. u guys rock!! :)

  233. 233
    Raman Vikramadith
    June 10th, 2008 8:02 am

    Congrads from India! Love this site. Let’s see more contests, please. :D

  234. 234
    holodoc
    June 10th, 2008 12:59 pm

    You are by far the best online resource magazine on the net. Full stop!

  235. 235
    Szymon
    June 10th, 2008 7:20 pm

    Any way I can make a permanent account on the comments section so I don’t have to always type it in? :-P

    Congrats on the award, I think having contest all of the time would be really cool. I guess individual chances of winning are quite slim, but still nice to have something to hold on for haha!

  236. 236
    shin
    June 11th, 2008 8:12 am

    Congrats, guys.
    Well done. You deserve a beer as well.

  237. 237
    prela
    June 12th, 2008 6:14 am

    Congrats … you deserved it and its time for you to enjoy that award!

    Dont spend that money on us …. you are giving a lot without that money … resources, howtos, lists ….
    I have to agree with Dudu P comment #9

    Just keep good work ;)

  238. 238
    Leaky Penny
    June 12th, 2008 9:27 am

    Congrats guys, you totally deserve it! A few contests would be nice, just save some for yourself to go out and get wasted!

  239. 239
    Jeff
    June 13th, 2008 12:54 pm

    Congratulations! Great job!

  240. 240
    Cesar
    June 17th, 2008 1:06 pm

    congratulations guys! that award means you are doing a good job. I voted for you.

  241. 241
    Chris
    July 8th, 2008 8:01 am

    Great! Congratulations! Keep it going. ;)

  242. 242
    kant
    July 9th, 2008 6:20 am

    Congratulations
    You deserve

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