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Designer Toy Awards 2012 Vinyl Toy Cup Now Open for Nominations

Meet the Family

    Miranda O'Brien

    Editor in Chief / CCO
    Miranda is a pioneering web publisher who launched the first english language magazine to cover the burgeoning urban vinyl toy scene, after receiving a 1st Class BA degree in Graphic Design, in 2004. With a design aesthetic honed by years of curating the hottest talent on both sides of the Atlantic and an entrepreneurial flair Miranda has launched initiatives for clients from the rebrand of Hasbro’s Action Man to the launch of the high end fashion photography stock site Gallerystock. Miranda has been published and received accolades in the UK, the USA, Japan, Germany and China amongst other lesser known countries. She is also kick ass at Karaoke.
    http://www.tradeincool.com http://magicbutter.com Twitter: @Cluttermaz

    Josh Kimberg

    Managing Partner
    Josh is an award-winning creator who, for the past twelve years, has worked as a sculptor, a new media artist and web publisher. He got his start as a founding member of the nomadic art collective Triple XXX art in 1994, this early experience lead Josh to form Bullseye Art which went online in 1996 and launched Metermaker and The Cave, early experimental web art and was shown in collections along with Anti-Rom, Thing.net and AdaWeb. An early web classic, The Woodcutter was conceived of and launched online in 1997. Bullseye Art became well known for its humour with such cartoons as Porkchops, Miss Muffy and da Muff Mob, and Rat Chicken amongst others. Josh launched a new web entertainment network, Magic Butter, in 2005.
    http://www.tradeincool.com http://www.concretenyc.com http://www.magicbutter.com Twitter: @thekimbergler

    Jim Crawford

    Advertising & Marketing
    Jim has the dubious honor of saying he has been involved in the business of making, selling and promoting Art Toys for a decade. His favorite movie is The Night of the Hunter, which taught him everything he knows about how to be a better stepfather.
    Twitter: @jamesvcrawford

    Nick Carroll

    Art Director
    Nick's love of cartoons and motion graphics lead him on path of doodling from an early age. After receiving his BA degree in Graphic design he launched one of the first urban toy scene magazines, and set about conquering the world. By day Nick is a world class web and graphics designer, by night he transforms into Sourbones, a lovable illustrator with a dark side.
    http://www.sourbones.com Twitter: sourbones

    Geoff Whitehouse

    Contributing Editor
    Art fan/toy collector. Clutter Magazine & VNA writer. Vegetarian. Wolves fan. Owner of insane Maine Coon called Mei.
    Twitter: @ClutterGeoff

    Erica Patterson

    Rockstar
    Twitter: @ericapattypants

    Devin Lawson

    Contributor
    Devin Lawson has been scribbling on paper since he could hold a pencil. After years of pencil holding and paper scribbling, Devin moved on to art school and received a degree in Animation from the Art Institute of Houston. After graduation, Devin worked freelance for game companies, film studios and design firms.
    http://www.spicydonut.com Twitter: @spicydonut

    baykiddead

    Contributor
    baykiddead aka garrison beau scott, is a photographer who's only recently embraced his inner 8 year-old and declared without hint of rationalization, his love of toys. The introduction to this new world came via paper monsters and now he's making up for lost time. His first piece for Clutter, an interview with Leecifer, appears in issue 15: Gods and Monsters. If he's not out walking with his Holga, refereeing Mexican wrestling matches between his two children, or riding his bike in a ridiculous lycra outfit, he's waging a losing war with a glue stick in an attempt to build the latest Shin Tanaka creation.
    http://www.garrisonbeauscott.com http://baykiddeadandthechickletfactory.blogspot.com Twitter: @baykiddead

    Doug Sherman

    Contributor / King of all things Street!
    Doug has been documenting graffiti and street art for approximately 10 years. He had always been interested in art, but it wasn’t until he was in high school and started hanging out with some of the local writers in Austin, Texas that he was really introduced to graffiti. During that time he saw how much of a temporary art form it was and wanted everyone to have the chance to see it. He started photographing everything he discovered. Since then his life has been completely dominated by graffiti. He posts some of his findings on instagram under the username @minedesignz as well as posting on Clutter of course 
    Twitter: @minedesignz

    Andrew Kelly aka Zombiekel

    Contributor
    Andy has been in the Design & Print industry for 20 years and has been collecting toys in some form or other for about the same amount of time. He describes himself as Round, Warm & Welsh and can either be found in work or at home in the Mancave infront of the computer with a glass of Red. Andy is also the founder of UK based toy forum toykarma.co.uk
    www.toykarma.co.uk Twitter: @zombiekel

    Saki-Waki

    Contributor
    Erika Sequeira, better known as Saki-Waki, has been engrossed in all matters of pop-culture since 2007. Designer toys were her gateway to the "low-brow" art movement and the fine art gallery scene. In the last two years, her focus has been on New York City street artists and graffiti writers. She is often found at an art opening or galavanting at all hours of the day (and night) with the subjects of her anecdotes. She is a cupcake enthusiast, and loves her dog, Sir Walter Bishop who often makes public appearances.
    http://iheartcoolstuff.com/ Twitter: @sakiwaki

    Nick Curtis / Trust Pigs

    Contributor
    While he has nothing against production run figures, he's more passionate about customs and small-run designer pieces, though any art that thinks outside of the box — whether for the streets, the gallery, or the home — will typically catch his attention. Under his creative pseudonym Trust Pigs, he's a parody artist (or is that artistic parody) and the self-appointed master of perfectly imperfect art.
    http://trustpigs.com/ Twitter: @TrustPigs