It’s just about that time of year: the time for fresh new beginnings, baby animals being born (ohhh, how cuuuute), and our favorite: spring cleaning!

1. I’ve been sweeping up around Google, and finding link backs (even from way, way back) for BWD. Here are some of the very kind awards and features we’ve been given.

What I enjoy most are not just the features themselves, but the other sites BWD is placed next to. Thank you very much!

An award for “Best Web Visual Design” at WebHostingSearch.com in Feburary 2009
38 Unmistakable Vector Illustrated Characters from Design Reviver in May 2008
31 Creative Examples Of Mascots To Grab Your Attention from virology.tv in November 2008
“Featured Site” award badge on css based
“Featured Shot” on BrowserShots Excellent tool, by the way!
Part of the inspiration – websites collection from Bart-Jan Verhoef
Part of this lovely Flickr set titled “Interaction Design”
70+ Very Impressing Website Header Graphics from httpartist in January 2009
20 Sites with Beautiful Character Illustrations – v2 from deziner folio in March 2009 (Who has an awesome tag cloud display!)

2. Blog What? Design will be acquired by a new company in the coming months. I have decided to go ahead with a few members of my team here at BWD and create a new media company to act as an umbrella for all sorts of ventures. BWD will still continue to run in its existing form… but will be slightly revamped in terms of its design and business structure. Look forward for some exciting new ventures and projects from Media Plate Studios!

Also: around five new projects long overdue to be in the portfolio section!