People of Play (POP), a division of The Toy Affiliation, has introduced the honorees for the 18th annual Toy and Recreation Innovation Excellence (TAGIE) Awards, scheduled to happen on November 8 at Joe’s Reside in Rosemont, Illinois.
Mike Moody, CEO of Seven Cities, receives a Lifetime Achievement Award. Moody has spent greater than 30 years shaping the toy and game business, starting as a purchaser for John Menzies PLC earlier than turning into a advertising chief at Tyco Matchbox Toys. At Seven Cities, one of many world’s main invention studios, he has guided artistic growth for merchandise together with Rubik’s, Junior Monopoly, Boglins, Weebles, and extra.
Fellow Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Phil Orbanes is a celebrated sport designer, creator, and co-founder of Winning Moves Games. A former senior vice chairman of analysis and growth at Parker Brothers, Orbanes has written extensively on Monopoly and board sport historical past and has served as chief decide of the U.S. and World Monopoly Championships for greater than 30 years.
Judy Ellis will probably be honored as this 12 months’s Trade Recreation Changer. Ellis based the world’s first baccalaureate program in Toy Design on the Style Institute of Know-how in 1989, mentoring generations of business leaders and advancing inclusive and moral design. A Toy Industry Hall of Fame inductee, Ellis has been acknowledged globally for her contributions as each an educator and visionary designer.
This 12 months’s ceremony, themed “Friendship,” consists of awards in 13 further classes, with public voting open through Oct. 24. The occasion will probably be co-hosted by Karri Bean, Senior Licensing Supervisor at Disney Consumer Products, with Jazwares’ Chief Model Officer, Jeremy Padawer, delivering the keynote handle.
“The theme of ‘Friendship’ feels particularly becoming for the TAGIE Awards this 12 months as a result of a lot of what drives our business comes from collaboration,” says Mary Couzin, senior vice chairman and founder/chief of Folks of Play at The Toy Association. “The toy and sport group thrives on shared creativity — inventors, designers, entrepreneurs, and educators coming collectively to deliver concepts to life. Mike, Phil, and Judy every embody that collaborative spirit. Their work has not solely impressed numerous merchandise and careers however has additionally constructed lasting connections that remind us why this business feels extra like a household than a enterprise.”
Based in 2008, the TAGIE Awards have fun innovation, creativity, and management within the international toy and sport business, and are offered yearly along side the Chicago Toy & Game Fair and different business occasions.
Tickets can be found online. Be taught extra at peopleofplay.com.
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