Category: ShinyShiny Awards 2014
All hail the outstanding value product of 2014 the ASUS ZenFone 5 4G #ShinyShinyAwards
So which was the best value tech product of the whole year? Well, the winner was a device that completely ticked all of our boxes. We were on the lookout for a product that retails at a very competitive price and yet still manages to perform at a top level, giving high-end devices with similar…
DoingSomething wins the Matchmaker of the Year #ShinyShinyAwards
ShinyShiny readers voted for DoingSomething for its completely unique and fun approach to online dating, as well as the fact that, as a membership-only website, it's much less creep-friendly than the free ones. Then there are the incredible dating events that DoingSomething holds, like Giant Twister and Sleepover at The Shard. The website works around…
The Philips Hue is your Everyday Tech Genius of 2014 #ShinyShinyAwards
Our Everyday Tech Genius award was voted for by you, our dear readers. And from day one there was only ever going to be one winner. The truth is, the Philips innovative Hue lighting system leapt into the lead from the very beginning and ended up with many more votes than its nearest rivals. Bravo…
Why high street hero Hubbub is the winner of our Retail Innovation Award #ShinyShinyAwards
In an era where we can buy every single one of our Christmas presents without leaving the sofa, bricks-and-mortar retailers are suffering. Particularly under threat are those lovely little independent shops, the butchers and bakers and candlestickmakers that bring life to your neighbourhood – but not chops to your door. Until now. Connecting greengrocers, fishmongers, butchers, bakeries, cake…
findSimilar by Cortexica is our fashion innovation of the year #ShinyShinyAwards
This year was the year that we finally stopped chasing women down streets to ask where they got their dress from, and started letting technology do the legwork instead. Using top-notch visual recognition technology, the brilliant findSimilar by Cortexica wins our fashion innovation award for styling itself as the original 'Shazam for clothes', and actually being pretty…
FCKH8 has released a follow-up to its ‘F-Bombs for Feminism’ video
The original 'F-Bombs for Feminism' was pretty controversial, given that it featured young girls dressed as princesses spouting more swearwords than your average episode of South Park. The original was one of the most-watched ads in October, and is nominated for 'Most Shareable Video' in this year's ShinyShiny awards. So it's no surprise that there's a follow-up. Rather than covering the general…
Augmented reality catalogues, virtual fitting rooms and more: the year in retail innovation
It’s been a blossoming romance throughout the decade, but 2014 was the year that technology and bricks-and-mortar retail really got into bed together. As online sales still hover around the 10 per cent mark of overall retail sales in the UK, it’s clear that shoppers aren’t going to swear off the high street any time…
‘Shazam for clothes,’ ‘Tinder for fashion’ and more – it’s the year in fashion innovation
It’s been an appy year for fashion-lovers, with some of the biggest digital hits of recent years – Tinder, Shazam, Pinterest, and so on – turned into tools to help us hunt out the best frocks and keep one eye on the sales. This was the year that we were finally spared the embarrassment of chasing…
2014: the year internet dating went seriously mainstream
2014 really seems to have been the year that it’s become not just socially acceptable but actually mainstream to date online, thus making the cliched profile tagline ‘If anyone asks, we met in prison’ completely defunct. So many dating apps have sprung up, including Happn, Hinge and the newest one Antidate, to name but a…
A look back at the big viral videos of 2014
The question being thrown at every ad agency in the country at this moment is this: how do we make it go viral? And no wonder – an advertising campaign which clocks up stratospheric shares can capture the hearts, the imaginations and most importantly the wallets of consumers. This year saw the release of the brilliant First…