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We have some important news to share regarding the Designer Toy Awards. Due to the overwhelming response and the immense excitement from combining four fantastic years into one grand celebration, we’ve found ourselves needing a bit more manpower than anticipated. As a result, we’ve decided to extend the timeline for the awards.


We want to make sure every aspect of the Designer Toy Awards is perfect and that we honor our incredible community in the best way possible. Therefore, we will be keeping the nominations open, giving you more time to celebrate...

Presented by Clutter, the Designer Toy Awards (DTAs) is an annual event honoring excellence and innovation in the field of Designer Toys. With categories like Breakthrough Artist, Toy of the Year, and Artist of the Year (among many others) the DTAs highlight the year's best designs, concepts, and accomplishments by both veterans and newcomers in the diverse world of Designer Toys.

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Nominations are now open and can be submitted through the...

Watch the virtual 10th Annual Designer Toy Awards LIVE on NTWRK at 7pm (est) on Saturday, October 30th! 

The finalists for the 10th Annual Designer Toy Awards have been announced and Public Voting has begun! Click here see the full list of finalist.

Originally intended to take place during the 2020 Five Points Festival, these awards were delayed due to the global Covid pandemic. We are excited now to bring you the 2020 Awards for the Five Points Fest x Ntwrk take over, with the ceremony being aired live on NTWRK on Sat 30th, at 7pm (est)!

This award year is the re-scheduled 2020 awards - celebrating releases...

Nominations are now open for the 2020 awards! 


Nominations can be submitted from February 4th until March 3rd, 2020, nominations can be submitted now! 

This year's awards will accept nominations for releases, artists, and companies, that were active from January 1st, 2019 to December 31st, 2019.

So Get Nominating…

Answer our "Call For Entries" by adding those worthy from 2019, and don't forget... only nominated items can be considered for the awards. If you want your work to be considered please nominate it, nominations are confidential and...

2020 is an exciting year for The Designer Toy Awards as we turn 10 years old! Look out for special announcements to mark this auspicious occasion!

We are super excited to announce that Sean Leonard will be returning to host the Designer Toy Awards!!

Having hosted the very first Designer Toy Awards way back in 2011, Sean Leonard is returning to the hosting duties for the 2019 Designer Toy Awards! Bringing his pro-story telling skills, charm & humour to the DTA proceedings, Sean will be keeping artists & presenters in check this coming Saturday June 1st at the Brooklyn Bazaar!

Doors to the Designer Toy Awards 2019 ceremony will open at 7pm with the first award presentation expected to happen...

The finalists for the 9th Annual Designer Toy Awards have been announced and Public Voting has begun! Click here see the full list of finalist.

We'd like to thank the nomination committees, who have worked tirelessly these last few weeks, to discuss each category and nomination in order to whittle down the 100’s of nominees to these top choices.

Committee Members: Dov Kelmer, Benny Kline, Travis Lykins, Gary Rozanski, Vincent Yu, Keegan Rooney, Kyle Kirwan, Don Kratzer, Cory Rutter, Jason Freeny, Jack Muramatsu, Jeff Rawson, Yaniv Brick, Steve...

We have officially launched the nomination period for the 8th annual awards!

Running from now until Feb 28th (6pm EST), nominations can be submitted by clicking "Create Nomination". (You will need to be logged into your account, or create one).

This year's awards will accept nominations for releases, artists, and companies, that were active from January 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2018.

So Get Nominating…

Only nominated items can be considered for the awards. If you want your work to be...

The Designer Toy awards are super excited to announce the host and venue for the 8th Annual Designer Toy Awards!!

Taking place the night of Friday, June 1st at Green points Brooklyn Bazaar, the awards ceremony will be hosted by Brooklyn comedian Eli Yudin!

Eli Yudin is a comedian based in Brooklyn, NY. He started comedy while at college in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during which time he won the "MI Favorite Comic" competition for best student comedian, as well as opening for Russell Brand at Eastern Michigan University. After graduating, he moved to New York City, where he's been...