Kudos

AXS 3D brain featured in Apple TV advertisement
New Apple TV ad features our 3D brain we developed for the DNA Learning Center. Look for it at 00:13s.
Read the article on the BMC Website - BMC alumni brain appears in Apple ad

2012 Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) Salon Winner
Awarded at the 67th Annual Meeting and Salon in Toronto, Canada
- Award of Excellence: Animation, Instructional - Microbiology lab: Fixing and staining procedures explained
- Award of Merit: Animation, Promotional - Biotrue ONEday Contact Lenses
- Award of Merit: Animation, TV/Film - The Nano Revolution; elements created for documentary film
- Award of Merit: Illustration, Editorial - Hidden switches in the mind

2012 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Awards
Awarded to AXS in collaboration with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
- Award of Merit: Audiovisual - 5 Feet of Fabulous

2012 Communicator Awards
- Award of Distinction: Public Service Video - 5 Feet of Fabulous
- Award of Excellence: Health & Wellness App - Atlas of Brain Injury & Rehabilitation

2012 Telly Awards
- Bronze: Internet / Online Video - 5 Feet of Fabulous

2011 Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) Salon Winner
Awarded at the 66th Annual Meeting and Salon in Baltimore, Maryland
- Award of Excellence: Interactive Media, Instructional - FINR Atlas of Brain Injury & Anatomy
- Award of Merit: Animation, Promotional - HeartWare Ventricular Assist System
- Award of Merit: Animation, Instructional; Member's Choice Award, New Media - 5 Feet of Fabulous

2011 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Awards
Awarded to AXS in collaboration with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
- Award of Merit, Audiovisual - The Colon Cancer Home Screening Kit

2011 Telly Awards
- Internet / Online Video; Education (Bronze) - The Colon Cancer Home Screening Kit
- Non-broadcast Productions; Sales (Bronze) - The HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device
- Non-broadcast Productions; Health and Wellness (Bronze) - A Journey Through the Human Eye

2010 Rx Club Awards
- Award of Excellence, Animation - Investigation of Oral Calcitonin in Osteoarthritis
- Award of Excellence, Best Animation - The Colon Cancer Home Screening Kit
- Award of Excellence, Best Animation - A Journey Through the Human Eye

2010 Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) Awards
66th Annual Meeting and Salon (Portland, Oregon)
- Award of Excellence: Animation, Instructional - What is Genomics?
- Award of Merit: Animation, Broadcast/Film - Splice
- Award of Merit: Animation, Promotional - Basal Insulin Therapy

AXS featured in The Toronto Star
Health reporter Megan Ogilvie visited our studio for a behind-the-scenes tour of how AXS created
animated clips for the feature film 'Splice'. Click here to read the article.

“The Ad Board meeting went very well and the feedback on the animated piece was outstanding,
even from the biggest and most important critics - who said they had never seen anything that
was so well done and presented the topic so perfectly! Thanks again for helping to make this
vision a reality for us and for all of the effort that you put forth on this project.”
- Senior Director of Market Development, Amylin Pharmaceuticals

2010 Telly Awards
- Pharmaceuticals & Use of Music (Bronze) - In Concert for Health
- Pharmaceuticals (Bronze) - The Clinical Value of SERMs
- Pharmaceuticals (Bronze) - Oral Calcitonin in Osteoarthritis
- How-To/Instructional (Bronze) - Amikacin Inhale Clinical Trial Training Video
- Education (Bronze) - What is Genomics?

Sonya featured in UofT Magazine
Sonya was one of six University of Toronto-educated entrepreneurs running successful high-tech
companies interviewed for the article "Risky Business" exploring how UofT alumni are contributing to
Canada's burgeoning innovation-based economy.  Click here to read the article.

Esquire names AXS 'Best and Brightest'
Each December, Esquire magazine issues a list of their "Best & Brightest" - those individuals and
groups that they feel are making a growing impact on our world. AXS was honored to be included in
2009’s illustrious list. Eddy and Jason were on hand when Esquire threw its annual Best and
Brightest celebration in Soho, bringing together honorees from this year and years past.

“Your aesthetic sensibility puts you in a class of your own. Your attention to detail and ability to distill
complicated subjects down to their essence is a true gift. Just as important is your excellent service
- your patience, thoroughness, and overall problem solving skills. You exceeded our expectations and
handled our most difficult requests with grace. At every turn I felt that our needs were being met.
Finally, the client is thrilled with the animation. It’s no small feat to integrate the opinions of multiple
KOLs and arrive at something that communicates clearly and looks great.”
- Director of Digital Communication, Topin & Associates, Chicago

2009 Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) Awards
Awarded at the 64th Annual Meeting and Salon in Richmond, Virginia
- Award of Merit: Animation, Instructional - Tensional Integrity of the Skin
- Award of Merit: Animation, Broadcast / Film - The Musical Brain
- Award of Merit: Interactive Media, Instructional - Interactive 3D Brain

2009 RX Club Awards
- Award of Excellence: Interactive, Best Animation - Interactive 3D Brain

AXS Studio in Canadian Geographic Magazine (April 2009 issue)
Canadian Geographic's "Discovery" column highlights newsworthy innovations in a range of scientific
fields from botany to visual arts. AXS is featured in the Biomedicine section for our studio's contribution
to science depiction, specifically our work on ReGenesis.

“These are absolutely fantastic visualizations … they convey the real science.”
- Director, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University

2008 Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) Awards
Awarded at the 63rd Annual Meeting and Salon in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Award of Excellence: Animation, Broadcast / Film - ReGenesis
- Award of Merit: Illustration, Promotional - Viventia: Biotech Drug Discovery Platform
- Award of Merit: Animation, Instructional - Amikacin Inhale: A Pulmonary Drug Delivery Device

Eddy Featured in UTM Magazine
He's ready for his close-up! AXS' co-founder and Maya whiz extraordinaire Eddy Xuan was featured as
the lead story in the Fall 2008 issue of 'The University of Toronto Mississauga Magazine'. To read the
article, follow this link.

AXS featured in Globe & Mail
We’ve found ourselves in the national news! AXS was thrilled to be featured in The Globe and Mail's
Small Business Section. Click here to read the full news article.

“AXS developed a series of animations to train clinicians on a new therapeutic device shortly starting
worldwide clinical trials. The stepwise instructions for setting up and using the device were clear and
intuitive. Plus, working closely with our scientific, engineering, and clinical teams, they created striking
visualizations of the technology in action and its therapeutic mechanisms at work within the body. The
entire package was beautifully rendered and helped make our training program a success. We have
since hired AXS back for another project.”
- Global Brand Manager, Bayer Schering Pharma

“Your clear, didactic visuals enabled us to open a vital dialogue with physicians, drawing their attention
to a rare genetic disorder, its causes, diagnosis, and treatment.”
- Senior Product Manager, Genzyme Canada

AXS Studio Nominated for Gemini
Our animated visualization of a hybrid, killer strain of bacteria created for ReGenesis Season II has been
nominated for a Gemini for Best Special FX!  Held annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and
Television, the Gemini Awards celebrate excellence in Canada's English-language television.

2007 Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) Awards
62nd Annual meeting and Salon in Bozeman, Montana
- Award of Excellence for Interactive Media - The AMD Challenge