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Making Things’ Fi Murray looks at the benefits of sharing concepts with as wide a pool of potential partners as possible.

The TinkerList aims to be ‘a proud representation of a functional relationship between an entire industry and the independent inventing community’.

WCT will operate as a division of Jazwares and day-to-day operations will not be impacted by the acquisition.

Despite having a bad first experience with the inventor community, Kids Brand Insight’s Steve Reece explores why inventors remain a vital part of the toy and game industry.

With a decline in children’s playtime reported, play futurist Yesim Kunter looks at the role designers have in ensuring the power of playfulness doesn’t waiver.

“With the launch of UNO Braille, we’re making a real impact on a community that has been underserved by providing a game that both blind and sighted people can play together,” said Ray Adler, global head of games at Mattel.

What does it take to make a trivia game with no turn taking, no unfair questions – and no need to be a clever clogs? We caught up with Confident designers Natalie Podd and Ceri Price to find out.

Fresh from winning the Emerging Innovator Award at Hasbro’s annual Innovator Expo, we caught up with Vandenbroucke to learn more about her approach to design

“Through the introduction of Ms. Monopoly, we want to recognise and celebrate the many contributions women have made to our society and continue to make on a daily basis,” said Hasbro’s Jen Boswinkel.

We caught up with Yard to learn more about his route into the world of toy design, what advice he’d give those starting out, and what the development process was like for his new Tech Deck Sk8 Container Pro.