Film & TV
Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Yami Yugi gets the sneaker treatment from adidas
The adidas Originals x Yu-Gi-Oh! Adi2000 sneaker comes with Millennium Item lace jewels, the last piece of Exodia hangtag and a limited co-branded Dark Magician card.
Made Thought debuts PlasticFree, a sustainable materials platform for designers
PlasticFree houses case studies and editorial from leaders in the worlds of design and science, as well as a guide of trending sustainable materials.
Bags of creativity: Ramon van Dongen – CEO at Vadobag – on the growth of the company, e-commerce and more
Vadobag’s CEO, Ramon van Dongen, discusses licensing at one of Europe’s oldest bag wholesalers
Universal Parks & Resorts to launch permanent horror experience in Las Vegas
“We are excited to give our global fanbase yet another way to get scared and have fun with fear in the heart of Las Vegas,” said Page Thompson, President of New Ventures at Universal Parks & Resorts.
Insight Editions’ Vanessa Lopez on crafting cookbooks for brands like Black Panther, Seinfeld and Pokémon
Is there a recipe for success when it comes to licensed cookbooks? Vanessa Lopez – Co-Publisher & VP for Licensing and Partnerships at Insight Editions – shares her thoughts.
Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s Shapes picture books get TV series with Apple TV+
Shape Island – a stop motion series – follows serious Square, intrepid Circle and tricky Triangle on their silly adventures.
Jonathan Bayme, founder of theory11, on designing stunning playing cards for licensors
How theory11 founder Jonathan Bayme elevates brands with incredible playing cards
Visit the Brands Untapped team at London Toy Fair this month
The team will be based at the Mojo Nation stand – B38.
Apparel of Laughs’ Jude Coram on his Wallace & Gromit t-shirt designs – and concerns around AI art
Jude Coram, owner of Apparel of Laughs, talks us through his new Aardman collection.
The Brand Radar: From The Repair Shop: The Christmas Doll to The BBC Puzzle Book, a look at the creativity of licensed publishing
Inspired by the Booksellers Association’s Christmas Books catalogue, Start Licensing’s Ian Downes puts licensed publishing in the spotlight.