December 13th, 2010
Did you know Cracking Ideas is now available on Facebook and Twitter? The Intellectual Property Office‘s innovative website headed up by Wallace & Gromit has joined the digital age! If you haven’t signed up for any of the social network sites yet what better time to start? Follow cracking_ideas on Twitter and Cracking Ideas – [...]
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November 23rd, 2010
Lots of you cracking supporters have taken the time to come up with splendid theme park ideas for this year’s Cracking Ideas competition. Don’t miss the opportunity to send your inventive gizmos, innovative designs, fantastic trade marks and creative copyright into us at Cracking Ideas HQ. We love seeing your entries and take time to [...]
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November 17th, 2010
Have you been watching BBC 1 on Wednesday evenings and the exciting new six part series, Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention? Here at Cracking Ideas we were thrilled to be involved in the earlier stages of the innovative programme’s production. To find out more about Cracking Ideas partners Wallace and Gromit’s new starring role [...]
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September 9th, 2010
Why not use the new school term as a starting point for some new and innovative creativity? As the season known for falling leaves and games of conkers kicks off why not indulge your enquiring mind and curious side by exploring Cracking Ideas There you’ll find lots of fun ways to learn without even knowing [...]
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August 3rd, 2010
The next Cracking Ideas Eureka Challenge is now live! Why not have a go? The challenge is to come up with a new and innovative brand for a theme park. To do this you need to create a logo for the theme park; this can consist of words, slogans or picture. Have a look at [...]
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July 14th, 2010
Details of the next Cracking Ideas Eureka Challenge will be available on-line on Thursday 29 July. This new Eureka Challenge will be a fun opportunity to think up some cracking ideas for an innovative theme park logo and unique branding summing up all the fun of the fair! Meanwhile don’t miss out on the current [...]
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July 9th, 2010
The Cracking Ideas award ceremony has taken place and the overall winners announced but don’t give up hope if you haven’t been mentioned just yet! – If you entered the competition to come up with Wallace and Gromit’s next business venture you may have been chosen as one of the lucky shortlisted 60 who will [...]
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July 8th, 2010
Nick Park chooses Wallace & Gromit’s top three Cracking Ideas from a mind blowing 8,994 innovative competition entries. Oscar® winner Nick Park has chosen Aurora Carter’s ‘Baddy Catcher’, Finn Collinson’s ‘Alarming Results’ and Elliot Cooke’s ‘Con-Cone Company’ as Wallace & Gromit’s next business in the national Cracking Ideas competition. The winning trio’s entries featured innovative [...]
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July 7th, 2010
At 11 am today the winner’s of the Cracking Ideas competition 2009 – 2010 will be announced by Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Wilcox at a ceremony at LEGOLAND®, Windsor. Eleven regional finalists from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland will wait with baited breath to find out whether they have been selected by Wallace [...]
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May 21st, 2010
The 2009 – 2010 Cracking Ideas competition which closed earlier this year saw a fantastic 8,994 entries! This jaw dropping total, all featuring cracking ideas for Wallace and Gromit’s next business venture, included the inventive duo in occupations such as running a maintenance company using their own multi-purpose cleaning contraptions, door to door sales of [...]
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February 3rd, 2010
The Intellectual Property Office, Aardman Animations and SGA are excited to announce that the “Wallace and Gromit Present: a World of Cracking Ideas” is relocating to the Glasgow Science Centre. The exhibition which opens on Friday 2 April 2010 will be in residence until 30 November 2010 and will once again feature Wallace and Gromit [...]
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