TAGIE Award Honorees Announced

This year the International Toy and Game Innovators of
the Year Awards (TAGIE Awards) is being held at
Chicago’s Field Museum of
Natural History. The TAGIEs are a celebratory, emotional, playful and elegant
evening. Cocktails and appetizers will be in the balconies and exhibits
overlooking the stately Stanley Field Hall where the seated dinner and ceremony
will be held.

Honorees this year include:

Hassenfeld Humanitarian Award:  Peter and Andrew Brown

Inventor Advocacy: Mel Taft

Lifetime Achievement:  The Coster Family – Theo, Ora, Boaz and Gideon

Excellence in Character Creation – tba

In Memoriam – tba

In the upcoming weeks, we will be posting articles about
each of our incredible honorees this year.

Nominations for Toy Inventor of the Year, Game Inventor
of the Year, Rising Star and Young Inventor of the Year are open until
September
1^st. Nominate your inventors today and join us November 16^th
in Chicago!