The Chicago Toy & Game Group Reveals 2014 TAGIE Winners

The Chicago Toy & Game Group has crowned this year’s recipients of the 2014 Toy and Game Inventor of the Year (TAGIE) Awards. More than 400 guests representing 23 countries gathered at Chicago’s historic Navy Pier Grand Ballroom last Friday to toast today’s top playthings.

The Chicago Toy & Game Group acknowledged the following winners from nominated categories:

Excellence in Game Design: Oliver Morris, designer of Gravity Maze

Excellence in Toy Design: Ian Bernstein, Adam Wilson, and Sphero team, inventors of Ollie

Rising Star Designer: Alice Taylor, designer of Makies

Young Inventor of the Year: Lyla Black, inventor of Lyla Tov Monsters

Honorees of the following closed categories were also awarded:

Excellence in Character Creation: Hasbro for Transformers

In Memoriam: Bill Goodman

Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Kohner, on behalf of The Kohner Bros.

Hassenfeld Family Humanitarian Award: Diane and Quintin Primo

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