Play Creators Awards 2025, ecco tutti i vincitori

Sono stati annunciati i vincitori dei Play Creators Awards 2025, i premi che ogni anno celebrano la creatività e l’innovazione nel settore toy e game. A ricevere i riconoscimenti, suddivisi per categorie, sono stati designer, studi creativi, team R&D e professionisti dell’invenzione, con nomi selezionati da una giuria di esperti del settore.

Qui i premiati dell’anno scorso

Play Creators Awards 2025 Vincitori

Toy Designer of the Year

Vincitore: Triclops Studio – Terror Fried (Character Options)
Carlyle Nuera – Barbie You Create (Mattel)
Designbytouch & Chris Lutchen, Matt Synowicz, Brennan Hunt and Beth Boudin – Doteki (TOMY)
Emily Ruether – Run the Runway (MindWare)
Gilad Podgor & Roy Kfir – Tattoomeez (Golden Bear)
Josh Carlson, Nick Grisolia & Paul Von Mohr – Cheeky Chonks (Spin Master)
KID Group – FigBands (Jazwares)
Make It Real Advanced Design Team – Swift Click Heishi Bracelet Maker (Make It Real)
Moose Toys Girls Team – Gui Gui (Moose Toys)

Game Designer of the Year (Kids & Family Game)

Vincitore: JM Duparc and Identity Games Team – Birdy Call (Identity Games)
Barry & Jason Games and Entertainment – Feelin’ Cute (Hootenanny Games)
David Yakos – Ringer (MindWare)
Elodie Clément & Théo Rivière – Potion Express (Kiwizou)
Emma Ribbens – The Wolf & The 7 Goats (Smart Toys and Games)
Fun-Damental Invention & Matt Jordan and Tom Yamazaki – Extreme Silence (TOMY)
KID Group – Snack-O-Saurus Rex (Spin Master)
Kim Vandenbroucke – ThinkFun Friends: Tree House (ThinkFun)
Paul Martinsen – Crash Cats (ThinkFun)

Game Designer of the Year (Party Game)

Vincitore: Eric Olsen – Flip 7 (The Op)
Alena Istif, Chiara Bellavite, Isabeau Rosen, Josh West, Sébastien Eme, Shanon Lyon, Riccardo Fabiani & Valentin Köberlein – Oh My Pigeons (Ravensburger)
Alice & Nick Payne – Bean Counters Inc. (Gibsons)
Chrissy Fagerholt – Girls in Bar Bathrooms (Mattel)
Danielle Reynolds & Scott Brady – Caution Signs (Wacky Wizard Games)
Dyce Studios – First to Worst (Dyce)
Nextoy & Matt Jordan – Human Controller (TOMY)
Rodrigo Rego – QuizWiz (Brain Games)
Ted Getschman & Big Potato Games – Whirly Derby (Big Potato Games)

R&D Team of the Year

Vincitore: Smart Toys and Games
Bitzee Development Team (Spin Master)
EXG Pro
Lucky Egg
Make It Real Advanced Design Team
Hot Wheels Speed Snap Track System Design Team (Mattel)
Moose Toys
Strikesphere Team (Golden Bear)
TOMY
YuMe Toys

Invention Studio of the Year

Vincitore: Seven Towns
7pips
Bang Zoom
Fun-Damental Invention
Fuse
Indy Toy Lab
JMP Creative
Open 2 Design
So Sound
Tantrum Innovation

Inventor Relations Executive of the Year

Vincitore: Tony Serebriany – The Op Games
Adam Carson, Chris Lutchen & James Wing – TOMY/Fat Brain Toys
Alex & Whitney Kimerling – Hootenanny Games
Audrey Watanabe – Mattel
Brent Geppert – Educational Insights
Heath Saber – Moose Toys
Helen De La Cruz – Spin Master
Mark Garcia – Hasbro
Magdalena Eichhorn – Jazwares
Sarah Franco – Mattel

Toy Designer of the Year (Licensed Product)

Vincitore: Sergio Anna – Disney Crystal Art 2-in-1 Pin Badges (Craft Buddy)
Bang Zoom & Hasbro Preschool Team – Talk & Sing Peppa (Hasbro)
BMT – Spidey & His Amazing Friends: Spidey Team Split Racer (Jazwares)
Fuse – Pokémon Beach Battle Playset (Jazwares)
Moose Licensed Team – Tile Town Bluey Heeler Family Home (Moose Toys)
So Sound – Star Wars Darth Vader Ultimate Mech Force Suit (Hasbro)
Ste Smith – National Geographic Motorized Models (Blue Marble)
Tantrum Innovation & MBCreations Ltd – Minecraft Click and Switch Sword and Pickaxe (Mattel)
Tantrum Innovation & MBCreations Ltd – Rubble & Crew Power Tool Pups (Spin Master)

Game Designer of the Year (Licensed Product)

Vincitore: Tim Walsh – A Daily Cloud: The Game (MindWare)
April Mitchell & Serena Fadlun – RHS Swapple (Gibsons)
Bryan Bornmueller – The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game (Office Dog)
Daryl Andrews & Wolfgang Kramer – Donald Duck in Happy Camper (Maestro Media)
David Gordon & TAM – LEGO Monkey Palace (Dotted Games)
Dmitrijus Babičius, Justina Lapinskienė, Marijus Lapinskas & Tadas Kastanauskas – Flow (Brain Games)
EastPoint Sports Design Team – Tetris Tumble (EastPoint Sports)
Erica Bouyouris – Wicked: The Game (Spin Master)
Brooke Foster, Gavin Waxkirsh & Jim Harrison – The Polaroid Game (Fuel for Fun)

Play Innovator of the Year

Vincitore: JMP Creative & Sky Castle Toys – Sticki Rolls (Sky Castle Toys)
Austin Hillam & Stephen Fazio – ZipString Luma (ZipString)
Fun-Damental Invention & Blue Marble – Tie-Dye Dots (Blue Marble)
Ken Scheel – FOROS (KEVA Planks)
Make It Real Advanced Design Team – Polish & Shine Bead Tumbler (Make It Real)
Mark Grote – Tech Deck SK8 Crew 2-in-1 Transforming Ultra SK8 Bus (Spin Master)
Moose Boys Team – MrBeast Lab Mutators (Moose Toys)
Nextoy & Yair Shilo – Power Saber (Goliath)
Raf Peeters – IQ Deluxe Series (Smart Toys and Games)

Unsung Hero

Vincitore: Gareth Lloyd (Golden Bear)
Adex Costa (EXG Pro)
Alex Murty (Joking Hazard)
Christopher Aja (Schylling)
Geizi Guevara (Jazwares)
Jeff Arnold (Sponge Creative)
Judi Stonecipher (Mattel)
Lauren Stallard (Gibsons)
Ryo Yoshihara (YuMe)
Shaylyn Berntson (IDEO)

Debut of the Year

Vincitrice: Sabrina Gareau – Cool Maker Stack’d Heishi Bracelet Studio (Spin Master)
Alfie Dix – That’s Crypto, Bro (Bubblegum Stuff)
Ammon Anderson – Gnome Hollow (The Op)
Anna Wielach & James Clayson – How to Train Your Dragon 12” Toothless Feature Plush (Spin Master)
Jamie Smart – Jamie Smart’s Hero Slam (Laurence King Publishing)
Leonie Grundler – Biome (Lioness Games)
Michael Bergmann – MAGNA-TILES Rail Racers (MAGNA-TILES)
Stephen Wilson – Bish Bash Bosh (Ginger Fox)
Rinat Alima & Tom Dor – Roll ‘N’ Hatch (Hape)