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A celebration of the industry’s design and inventor talent, among the winners this year are Fun-Damental Invention, Angus Walker and Kid Group’s Dan Klitsner.
A celebration of the industry’s design and inventor talent, among the winners this year are Fun-Damental Invention, Angus Walker and Kid Group’s Dan Klitsner.
As nominated by their peers, the winners are:
Toy Designer of the Year
• Charlie Bason (Buzz Ideas) & Fuse | Revibe Beadworks Studio (PlayMonster)
• CONNETIX Design Team | CONNETIX 50 Piece Pastel Transport Pack (CONNETIX)
• WINNER: Eilat Tzin, Gigi Shachal, Katia Li-Ran & Make It Real Advanced Design Team | LinXo (Make It Real)
• Emma Costa Lascelles (TOMY) & Rad Stuff | Stakimos (TOMY)
• Fun-Damental Invention & ToyZone | Biggies (Eolo Toys)
• Lucas Tyler (Fuse) | Monster Jam Launch N Go Hauler (Spin Master)
• Making Things Studio & Phase Two | Playtab (Fat Brain Toys)
• Moose Toys Design Team | Magic Mixies Pixlings (Moose Toys)
• Moose Toys Design Team | Cookeez Makery Freezy Cakez (Moose Toys)
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Game Designer of the Year (Kids/Family Games)
• Bang Zoom | Pickleball Blast (Moose Toys)
• WINNER: Dan Klitsner & Brian Clemens (KID Group) | Sling It
• David Yakos (Streamline Design) | Fainting Goats (Ambassador Games)
• Eric Lang & Ken Gruhl | Life in Reterra (Hasbro)
• The Fantastic Factory & TOMY Games Team | 5 Up (TOMY)
• Sara Farber & Bryan Wilson (Galactic Sneeze) | Floats McGoats (Hootenanny Games)
• Raf Peeters (SMART Toys and Games) | Cats and Boxes (SMART Toys and Games)
• KidKenn | VolleyShot (Fat Brain Toys)
• Seven Towns | Fart Yoga (Golden Bear)
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Game Designer of the Year (Party Games)
• Austyn Romero (Ridley’s Games) | Pickles (Ridley’s Games)
• WINNER: David Yakos (Streamline Design) | Battleship Royale (Hasbro)
• Emily Brinkley, Marty Pardoe & Rob Piesse (Lucky Egg) | Grab the Mic (Lucky Egg)
• Fun-Damental Invention | Tilt N’ Shout (Big Potato)
• Sara Farber & Bryan Wilson (Galactic Sneeze) | Fork Milk Kidnap (Hasbro)
• Hunch Studios | Decodables (Spin Master)
• Matt Edmondson (Format Games) | 13 Beavers (Format Games)
• Tantrum Innovation & BRIK | Pictionary Vs. AI (Mattel)
• Vincent Burger | CDSK (Randolph)
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Debut of the Year
• WINNER: Brad Owen & Fat Brain Toys R&D Team | Air Toobz (Fat Brain Toys)
• Cara Weiss | Meet MahJong (ThinkFun)
• Chris Priscott | Moving Wild (Oink Games)
• Christopher Endozo Chafee (ThinkFun) | Math Path Monster (ThinkFun)
• Fumiko Shimizu | Dying Message (Oink Games)
• Jason Hibbert | Sosig (Joking Hazard)
• Marcus Carleson | Hitster (Jumbo)
• Paula Pitiot (ToyZone) | Jiggly Bugs (Eolo Toys)
• Romain Froger & Didier Lenain-Bragard | Qawale (Gigamic)
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R&D Team of the Year
• WINNER: Fat Brain Toys
• Golden Bear
• Hasbro’s Furby R&D Team
• Identity Games
• Lucky Egg
• Make It Real
• Moose Toys
• TOMY
• tms Product & Engineering Development Teams
• Wow! Stuff Innovation Team
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Inventor Relations Exec of the Year
• WINNER: Angus Walker | Hasbro
• Audrey Watanabe | Mattel
• Chris Lutchen & James Wing | TOMY
• David Laskowski | Hasbro
• Dominique Roy | Make It Real
• Floor Doggenaar | Jumbo
• Heath Saber | Moose Toys
• John Bell | Buffalo Games
• Shannon Swindle | Moose Toys
• Tony Serebriany | The Op
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Invention Studio/Design Agency of the Year
• Design Edge
• Designbytouch
• WINNER: Fun-Damental Invention
• Fuse
• Incredible Us
• Seven Towns
• So Sound
• Streamline Design
• Tantrum Innovation
• ToyZone
• Triclops Studio
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Toy Designer of the Year (Licensed/IP-Driven Product)
• Dominic Yard (This is YARD) | WWE Wrekkin’ Boneyard Slamcycle (Mattel)
• Fuse & Moose Toys Design Team | Bluey 3-in-1 Transforming Airplane Playset (Moose Toys)
• Greg Fisher & Sam Smith (Hasbro) | Spidey & His Amazing Friends Web Spinners Webquarters (Hasbro)
• Gurdeep Bains (YuMe Toys) | Netflix Countdown Giftbox (YuMe Toys)
• Jo Gough | Numberblocks Clip & Learn Number Fun (Trends UK)
• Josh Wilde & Tim Rowe (Fuse) | Jurassic World Mission Mayhem Truck Set (Mattel)
• Matt Jordan (TOMY) | Jixels Remix: Sonic the Hedgehog (TOMY)
• WINNER: Moose Toys Design Team | Minions Ultimate Fart Blaster (Moose Toys)
• Wow! Stuff R&D Team | Real FX Stitch (Wow! Stuff)
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Game Designer of the Year (Licensed/IP-Driven Product)
• Becky Shank & Craig Hendrickson (University Games) | Dog Man: 20,000 Fleas Under the Sea (University Games)
• Bluematter Games & David Yakos (Streamline Design) | AdventureX: Jurassic World (PlayMonster)
• Brady Lang (Moose Toys) | Bluey Keepy Uppy (Moose Toys)
• Daniel Schaefer, Jeremy Zwirn, Jim Cartwright & Tyler Parrott (Fantasy Flight Games) | Star Wars: Unlimited (Fantasy Flight Games)
• JM Duparc & Identity Games Team | The Traitors (Identity Games)
• Lauren Wallace (Ridley’s Games) | Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Dance-Off (Ridley’s Games)
• Mirko Marchesi | Quoridor PAC-MAN (Gigamic)
• Rowena Isotta-Day (Orchard Toys) | Peter Rabbit Fish and Count (Orchard Toys)
• WINNER: Ryan Miller & Steve Warner (Ravensburger) | Disney Lorcana (Ravensburger)
Sponsored by:
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Play Innovator of the Year
• WINNER: Bluematter Games | Medical Mysteries (Identity Games)
• Dan Klitsner (KID Group) | Bop It Button
• Furby Development Team | Furby (Hasbro)
• IDEO & Allie Jennings (Hasbro) | Twister Air (Hasbro)
• Make It Real Design Team | Stamp to Reveal (Make It Real)
• Moose Toys Design Team | Beast Lab (Moose Toys)
• Peter Wachtel | Batter Batter Fetch (Jazwares)
• So Sound & Wilder Toys | Snake Attack (Wilder Toys)
• Spin Master Bitzee Team | Bitzee (Spin Master)
Sponsored by:
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Unsung Hero
• Chloe McCourt | GW Development
• Emily Brinkley | Lucky Egg
• Harriet Steeds | Ridley’s Games
• Jim Wyatt | Wow! Stuff
• Jodie Broaders | Fuse London
• WINNER: Josh Addyman | Seven Towns
• Oliver Chang | YuMe Toys
• Rich Walton | Format Games
• Richard Herman | The Happy Puzzle Company
• Sam Costidell | tms
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Rising Star
• Abbi Udell | Moose Toys
• Brooke Cherry | Fuse
• Chijioge “Chi” Nwogu | GameFlo
• WINNER: Danielle Reynolds | Wacky Wizard Games
• Eilat Tzin, Gigi Shachal & Katia Li-Ran
• Katie Holt | Camden Games
• Laura Estrada | ToyZone
• Olivia DeLuca | TOMY
• Ross Monks | Moose Toys
• Samuel Price | tms
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Icon Award
WINNER: Dan klitsner (KID Group)
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