CLUTTER MEDIA GROUP Announces the Call for Entries for the Second Annual DESIGNER TOY AWARDS Entries for Nominations Open April 9th!

CLUTTER MEDIA GROUP is thrilled to announce a call for entries for nominations in the 2012 DESIGNER TOY AWARDS. The DESIGNER TOY AWARDS are back for a second year, after making a huge impact on the world of art in their 2011 inaugural event. The DTAs bring together dozens of artists, writers and fans to celebrate creative excellence in the global Designer Toy market. In 2011, its first year, the DESIGNER TOY AWARDS attracted an international board of over 50 A-list professional artists and captured the attention of both the sub-culture niche and the mainstream alike. The event was standing room only and at capacity, drawing over 200 artists, producers and influencers, and was attended by over 75 media outlets including CNN iReport, Core77, and LA Weekly. The Designer Toy Awards website drew a staggering 40,000 visits and 200,000 page views from over 106 countries, just between June and July of last year’s voting period! Now, CLUTTER can reveal brand new details about the Second Annual DESIGNER TOY AWARDS as they open the public call for entries on Monday, April 9th, 2012. This year, Anyone can anonymously submit an organization or individual for consideration, and entries will be reviewed by special nomination committees which will select the final five to ten nominees per category. Nominations will be officially announced during the San Diego Comic Con in July 2012 and the ceremony itself will be in New York City in October 2012. For more about the rules and regulations for the nomination process, please visit www.designertoyawards.com.
2012 AWARD CATEGORIES
TOY OF THE YEAR
BRAND OF THE YEAR (Previously Manufacturer of the Year)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
BEST CUSTOMIZER
BEST MINI SERIES
BEST SELF-PRODUCED
BEST COLLABORATION
BEST LICENSED PRODUCT
BEST PLUSH DESIGN
BEST 1/6 SCALE
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
BEST BLOG
FAN FAVORITE
BEST ONLINE TOY STORE
BEST TOY STORE
BEST TOY FROM A COMIC
BEST DIY PLATFORM
BEST COLLECTION

The Second Annual DESIGNER TOY AWARDS celebrates creativity, innovation and artistic excellence in the Designer Toy market, which after more than a decade has become a prominent form of artistic and commercial expression and a leader in global trendsetting. CLUTTER MEDIA GROUP has also recently joined forces with legendary artist Frank Kozik to release an exclusive Pink color variant of Kozik’s new Gipper Reagan Bust. The latest in Kozik’s series of irreverent portraits of 20th century political demagogues, The Gipper follows Mao, Stalin, Che and others to get Kozik’s darkly humorous reinterpretation. Parties interested in purchasing CLUTTER’s Frank Kozik Gipper Reagan Bust in limited edition pink vinyl can visit www.cluttermagazine.com/shop. To keep up-to-date on new information and news, please visit www.cluttermagazine.com.