Spiel takes place in Essen from October 24th to 27th, and the stream will run from 9am to 6pm (UK time) on Thursday through Saturday, and 9am to 5pm on Sunday.

The most recent episode of BBC One’s The Apprentice saw the candidates tasked with creating a toy, and FUSE London and Triclops Studio were on hand to help.

We caught up with Doron and Podgor to learn more about the development process behind Candylocks, and find out what made Spin Master the perfect partner for the idea.

Firm’s successful year has been driven by the success of Dobble and the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG).

“The aim of this event is always to encourage new designers to think about toy and game design as a future career, and it was great to see so many students enthusiastically getting stuck into the challenge and expressing excitement about our industry,” said Mojo Nation’s Billy Langsworthy.

The session will explore how designers are creating new ways to benefit society and involve more people in the process of design

“We can’t wait for young people all over the UK to get creative, designing their out-of-this-world inventions,” said Merlin Crossingham, creative director for Aardman.

Deej will be handling content for the Mojo Nation site, covering news, opinion pieces and interviews with figures from across the world of toy and game design.

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.