Events

“The last two years of attending the Pitch have been a huge success for Rubik’s in terms of not only building fantastic new relationships with some of the most creative people in the toy industry, but also winning some great products,” said Rubik’s’ Hayley Woodward.

“We look forward to seeing what the participants come up with and hopefully it will lead to some exciting new Gibsons products,” said Emily Charles, product development manager at Gibsons.

“Our third annual Play Creators Festival promises to be the biggest and best yet, with more opportunities for designers to pitch, network and enjoy deserved recognition than ever before,” said Billy Langsworthy, co-founder of Mojo Nation.

This year’s Play Creators Festival took place earlier this week, uniting the toy and game design world for two days of conferences, awards and pitching.

Spin Master scooped R&D Team of the Year, So Sound was named Invention Studio/Design Agency of the Year and TOMY’s Alpesh Patel won the Design Icon category.

“Batman is a pop culture icon, and has been a titan of the toy space for years, so we’re delighted to have DC involved in the Awards during the character’s 80th anniversary celebrations,” said Mojo Nation co-founder Adam Butler.

“We wanted to help the industry create a Code of Conduct that makes the issue fairer and more transparent, and thereby brings good to the industry as a whole,” said Wynne-Jones IP’s Victor Caddy.

“I’ll be sharing two big picture trends –The Cult of Busy and Conveniently Conscious – and the impact of these on consumer behaviours in the toys and games market,” said Feeley.

“We’re thrilled to be part of the Mojo Pitch,” said Becker Associates’ founder and CEO, Patti Becker.

“We at Cartamundi are happy to join the Mojo Pitch again this year,” said Sean Amdisen-Cooke, international marketing executive at Cartamundi.