Art.com

Company: Art.com
Company Description: Art.com is the leading direct-to-consumer e-tailer of prints, posters, photographs, and framed artwork. We succeed by offering superior selection, high quality, and an excellent customer experience. With distinctive collections and high-quality custom framing services, Art.com offers consumers over 1.4 trillion product combinations in a friendly, informative, and easy-to-navigate shopping venue.
Nomination Category: Corporate Web Sites
Nomination Sub Category: E-commerce

Nomination Title: Art.com: Leading E-Commerce Web Site

When was this web site first published?

The site launched as Allwall.com in 1997. In May of 2001, Allwall.com acquired
the Art.com domain name. The company name was officially changed from
Allwall.com to Art.com during July 2001.

Briefly describe this nomination’s communications objectives and how it met those objectives (up to 100 words):

http://www.art.com
Art.com strives to continually improve the shopping experience by redefining the
retail art market through innovative technologies.  A runner-up for the 2003 Webby
award for best ecommerce site, Art.com offers a unique and exciting user
experience with both the selection and the purchasing process.  A sample of the
unique innovations offered to customers range from the design-it-yourself online
framing service, the MyGallery service where customers can store and share their
personal selections from our site gallery of over one trillion combinations to our
sort and selection functions that improve how quickly customers can navigate
though the incredible selection of posters, prints, photos and custom framing.

List the appropriate creative and production credits for this nomination: Advertising Agency/City: Client: Art Director: Cinematographer: Creative Director: Designer: Director: Illustrator/City: Music Producer/City: Photographer/City: Printer/City: Producer: Production Company/City: Programmer: Writer: Web Development Firm/City:

In-house web design