AT LAST! The winners of the Junior Design Awards 2021 have been revealed and we are delighted to announce that HUE Animation Studio scooped the Silver Award in the Best Toy Design 6+ Years category! 

Hosted by the British family lifestyle magazine, Junior, the Junior Design Awards (JDAs) are considered “the most esteemed accolade in the family lifestyle award arena”, attracting a global audience of discerning, modern parents looking to discover gorgeous children’s style, hot-shopping finds, fashion and world-class toys. 

Now in their 10th year, the competition for the #JDA21 awards was tougher than ever before, featuring a strong line-up of “new, exciting, familiar and heritage brands that fit the Junior aesthetic”.

The Junior editorial team and a host of highly respected judges, including journalist & author Zoey Goto and Sergei Urban of TheDadLab fame, read, reviewed and deliberated over literally hundreds of entries. We are thrilled that HUE Animation Studio has received one of the few top spots in the final judging round of the awards.  

Head over to the Junior website to check out the full list of winners, featuring a whole host of fantastic brands including ‘HUE-know-who’! 😉

HUE Animation Studio is a STEM.org approved, movie-making starter kit for children aged 7-13. It places kids in a highly engaging and immersive environment where they can enjoy the freedom to express themselves creatively. 

Whether animating on their own or with friends, children love the thrill of making stop motion movies and they can be totally absorbed for hours! It is the perfect gender-neutral activity for imaginative play, enabling children to create pretend worlds using both hands-on artistic and technical computer skills.

Priced at $69.95, HUE Animation Studio contains everything a budding animator needs to create stop motion movies using modelling clay, LEGO®, 2D drawings or a favorite toy including: 

• A colorful, flexible HUE HD camera available in red, blue or green.
• HUE Animation software for Windows (perpetual single user license).
• A full-color, 64-page animation activity book.
• Digital resources, sound effects and backgrounds.

Recommended by top child development expert, Dr. Amanda Gummer, this educational kit fosters 21st century skills such as creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking while bringing hours of enjoyment to young film directors as they learn how to make movie magic. 

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