From Architects to Musicians, Bloggers to Policymakers, the WIRED Rave
Awards Honor the 'People Changing Your Mind'
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- WIRED Magazine, the touchstone
for what's next in business, technology, and culture, today announced the
winners of its seventh annual WIRED Rave Awards, which recognize leading
innovators in 16 categories. The top award, for WIRED Renegade, goes this
year to a gang of unlikely rebels: a couple of dotcom billionaires, an
Oscar-winning director, and the actor who was the toast of this year's
Oscars. Mark Cuban, Jeff Skoll, Steven Soderbergh, and George Clooney are
breaking the bigger-is-better mind-set in filmmaking. Together, they've
demonstrated that risk-taking, message movies can compete with popcorn
blockbusters at the box office. Using new ideas and technologies --
broadband distribution, 4K digital projectors, and simultaneous
multiplatform releases -- they're building a new economic model for
Hollywood.
Other winners this year include blogger Gina Trapani for the DIY site,
Lifehacker.com; Judge John E. Jones III, whose verdict in Kitzmiller v.
Dover School District ruled that intelligent design is "nothing less than
the progeny of creationism" and should not be taught in public schools; and
indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, which has sold more than 100,000
copies of its debut album -- without a record label. In the new category of
Podcasts, The Ricky Gervais Show is honored for proving the staying power
of the podcast medium with fresh and hilarious content for fans to enjoy on
demand.
Finally, faced with the prospect of handing out yet another
well-deserved Rave Award to Steve Jobs, WIRED's editors took the
unprecedented step of creating a separate award in his honor. The inaugural
Steve Jobs Award, recognizing sustained excellence and creative genius,
goes to ... Steve Jobs.
"This year's Rave Award winners have challenged conventional wisdom,
defied critics and created something genuinely new to transform our
culture," said Chris Anderson, Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine. "They
inspire new ideas and most of all, they inspire us."
The 2006 WIRED Rave Award Winners:
-- Architecture: Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr, Architecture for
Humanity
-- Blogs: Gina Trapani, Lifehacker.com
-- Books: Daniel Wilson, How to Survive a Robot Uprising
-- Business: Philip Rosedale and Linden Lab, Second Life
-- Film: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
-- Games: Rob Pardo and Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft
-- Industrial Design: Squid Labs and Instructables.com
-- Medicine: Jeffery Taubenberger, for sequencing the genome of the 1918
flu virus
-- Music: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
-- Podcast: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, The
Ricky Gervais Show
-- Policy: Judge John E. Jones III, ruling on intelligent design
-- Science: Peter Diamandis, X Prize Foundation
-- Technology: Jesse James Garrett, Ajax
-- Television: Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone; The
Lonely Island and Saturday Night Live
-- Steve Jobs Award: Steve Jobs
-- WIRED Renegades: George Clooney, Mark Cuban, Jeff Skoll, Steven
Soderbergh; The New Hollywood
WIRED will honor the Rave Award winners in all 16 categories at a
reception this evening at the St. Regis hotel in San Francisco. All 2006
Rave Awards winners are featured in WIRED's June issue, on newsstands May
23.
Presenting sponsors of the 2006 WIRED Rave Awards are Land Rover and
Kodak. The Official Spirits Sponsor is Grey Goose. More information on the
awards can be found at http://www.raveawards.com.
About WIRED Magazine
WIRED Magazine is the first word on how technology is changing our
world. Each month, WIRED explores the future of business, culture, and
innovation.
Press Contacts:
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Zeno Group for WIRED Zeno Group for WIRED
415-297-6430 312-396-9778
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