The inventor’s inventor, Richard Heayes, on noteworthy design… And making it look easy
Meet Richard Heayes, the most-nominated designer in the Mojo 100… And discover a way to literally see your work differently!
Meet Tom Karen, OBE: the man that designed the Chopper bike and Marble Run
From designing the mould-breaking Marble Run and an actual Popemobile to cars, planes and the Chopper bike, Tom Karen, OBE, lives through 3D objects. We get to meet the retired design guru…
PlayMonster’s Adam Hocherman on developing the smash hit Drone Home
With the highly-original game Drone Home now taking off in the UK, we caught up with PlayMonster’s Adam Hocherman. Here he tells us why it was a pleasure to develop, which gauntlet he’s picked up… And why he missed some terrible sushi.
HeroQuest inventor Stephen Baker on his creative process, designing the legendary game… And its upcoming revival
Few games are as beloved as the 1988 classic, HeroQuest. We caught up with the HeroQuest hero himself, inventor Stephen Baker. Here he tells us about his creative process, designing the game… And its 2020 revival.
Fuse London’s Commercial Director, Eleanor Black, on teamwork… And the quickest way to kill creativity
With nearly 20 years’ service at Fuse London, Eleanor Black speaks about what makes the company unique… And why she looks at things with wonder.
Ravensburger’s Benn Bramwell and Leah Smith on what they look for in every product
Leading up to the Mojo Nation pitch, we caught up with Ravensburger’s Benn Bramwell, Senior International Product Manager for Children’s Games, and Leah Smith, Junior Product Designer.
TOMY team members Tom Yamazaki and Mizunuma-san on designing Screwball Scramble Level 2: a sequel that’s an equal!
Screwball Scramble is a mono, manic, marble-moving game that first hit shelves in 1979. Forty years on, the TOMY team launches a sequel that’s also an equal! We climb the tilting walkway of curiosity to find out more…
Watch: Desert Island Picks with… Hasbro’s Phil Sage
If you could only take one toy, one game and one of your own inventions to a desert island, what would you take and why? That’s the question that WordWhizz Deej Johnson is posing to Phil Sage, Senior Director, Product Development, Design & Inventor Relations at Hasbro, in this Desert Island Picks interview.
Watch: Wynne-Jones IP’s Victor Caddy on what Brexit means for toy designers
Hosted by Word Whizz Deej Johnson, this interview sees Victor Caddy (Chartered Trade Mark Attorney at Wynne-Jones IP) explain what toy and game inventors should be looking to protect once they have an idea, as well as shedding light on the ways in which Brexit will change how toy companies and designers protect their IP.
Watch: Desert Island Picks with… Bean’s Sally Jacobs
If you could only take one toy, one game and one of your own inventions to a desert island, what would you take and why? That’s the question that WordWhizz Deej Johnson is posing to Sally Jacobs, founder and inventor at Bean, in this Desert Island Picks interview.