"A stylish new hotel comes like a breath of fresh air," so said the Independent in February when the new Halcyon hotel opened in Bath. Having created the Halcyon brand to get the whole place off to a cracking start the nice people at the Halcyon have come back to us for the next project. As the hotel goes from strength to strength (it's the brand personality that does it!) we have been asked to brand the new basement cocktail bar. A great brand extension job to keep evolving the Halcyon personality.

Graphis, the International Journal of Visual Communication, was first published in 1944 and is recognised as an international bastion of design and visual identity. Each year they present Platinum and Gold Awards for outstanding work in Design, Advertising and Photography. Mytton Williams has just been awarded Gold for its 2010 Topless Calendar.

So it's that time of year again - A level results and all that associated drama.  Meanwhile, we've had our own 'A' star result. Following a highly competitive pitch we have just been awarded the Bath Spa University prospectus design tender for another 3 years. We’ve got a raft of creative ideas for ensuring that our client gets the maximum standout at all those recruitment fairs and such like.

The stupendous catalogue is at the printers in Italy (get a sneaky peak at the running sheets), the glitzy invites to the Private View are in the envelopes and all is set fair for the 2010 British Glass Biennale. It's a bit of a dream job working on this biennial project. The exhibits are always so intriguing and exciting that creative ideas flow like a proverbial river. The exhibition is running from 27 August to 11 September in Stourbridge, West Midlands
See: www.biennale.org.uk for more information

113 consultancies applied for this four-year contract with an overall value of 2m Pounds. We have just heard that Mytton Williams is one of the successful 17 applicants. With Gerard Unger as visiting professor in the Department of Typography what more could any graphic designer want!