A few of us went along to the Adobe roadshow last week at Old Trafford and after we popped into the Megastore to check out the wall graphics we did for Manchester United Soccer Schools. They look great and certainly stand out in the store!

Way back in May last year we were asked to document a series of festivals over the summer, we kickstarted it all at Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, with the job in the archive, it was almost forgotten about, but we  got a nice email from Sam yesterday asking for a photo we took of him and his girlfriend. We were of course happy to help out and thought we’d share the rest of the photos with you. See the pics

Yet another big brother related post, what are the chances. This time we turn to Germany, Big Brother 9 is currently running in over there and one of the housemates, Marcel, is flying the flag for Creative Spark. We designed the logo for German rap group sSUTED VIBEz, friends of Marcel, and he’s packed his case full of sSUTED VIBEz goodies to wear in the house!

After six long months the Salford Music Map was finally launched!

In celebration of Salford’s musical heritage, we were commissioned by Salford City Council to create a map highlighting hotspots across the city. Salford has a rich musical history and the Music Map aims to cover all genres across the ages from The Smiths to The Ting Tings, Russell Watson to New Order. The map highlights venues, artists’ birthplaces, concert halls and iconic locations.

If you were tuned into BBC last night in the north west, you might have spotted some of us. The programme, Inside Out, did a feature on the map and sent Nigel Pivaro on the trail of Salford’s musical past. You can watch the program on BBC’s iPlayer.

Pictured with the map at the launch party is Salford’s very own Peter Hook (New Order).

Anya Chambers recently completed a work placement here at Spark Towers and whilst she was here, we asked her to work on an internal project for us, a visual interpretation of Creative Spark.

She came up with a three dimensional paper sculpture. We think you’ll agree that the outcome is a fantastic piece of art which totally represents the personality of Creative Spark. Thanks to Anya for all her hard work and the all the guys at Studio 2 for use of their studio and photography skills.

For most people it’s not all that common to get very-raisiny spotted dick and a trophy in the same night but here at Creative Spark, it’s all the rage, at least, it was on Thursday when we won a silver award for Best Use of Illustration at the Fresh Creative Awards. A big thanks and well done to Deanna for working with us on this.

Here’s a first look at a new typeface I’ve been working on. It hasn’t got a name yet, so suggestions are welcome!

Our ‘No Fishing’ Dunny, created by in-house designer Ralph Marra has gone on display at the Richard Goodall Gallery. So if you’re passing by, why not pop in and have a look!

We are featured in a book called… another web Design Book by Content! Loads of cool sites including our own, and no, this is not Worzel Gummidge reading our copy. It is our very own Andy Mal’.

We got a friend of Creative Sparks, Dee, to do produce some wonderful illustrations for us to promote our new look. Check them out on our new website. Big thanks again Dee, you’re a legend!!