A fun little side project, I've recently put together a logo for Moselele – renowned as the second-best ukulele group in all of Moseley (and Billesley). Apparently.

I think I may have found some kind of niche market as this is the second ukulele group I've designed for: see also HUG.

Moselele's new look has plenty of options for playing around with copywriting, which I think has gone down well with the Moseleleians who've already invented a load of new tagline-type things.

They've also been busy applying the new logo to all manner of merchandise in their online shop; I don't think I've ever designed something that's appeared on a lanyard, an iPad sleeve, and a hi-viz vest before, so that's quite something.

(A selection of more serious items such as t-shirts and badges also available.)

Despite being child-free, I had a great time watching a world premiere dance perfomance, Spill (touring playgrounds of the West Midlands and beyond this summer; catch it if you can, it really is worth a watch) …

… nosing at what 'home' means to people over in The Hub …

… and seeing teeny kids having brilliantly messy fun decorating the billowy white shapes I'd drawn out for Peg-a-Cloud.

It was a pretty good feeling to see lots of the designs I've been working on for the past few months all in one place, out in the wild, and being well-used – by loads of people. (The Family Weekend was a sell-out.)

It's one of those events which may appear effortless to the folks popping along to enjoy a nice day out, but from working on the IDFB print, I've got a bit of a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the festival workings, so have an idea of the huge amount of effort and planning, and the looooong days, which go into getting these things to come together and run smoothly; not to mention making sure people know what's happening, when and where, when there's a jam-packed programme of events.

So hats-off to the smiley, friendly, helpful and seemingly tireless lot who made the Family Weekend ace for this big kid – and plenty more besides.

My IDFB adventures this coming weekend promise to be altogether more grown-up: Bombay Beach (part of the Light Fantastic film season) and the Digbeth Shuffle.

Wolverhampton Homes employ around 700 staff to manage over 23,000 properties on behalf of Wolverhampton City Council.

They've recently launched an ambitious employee engagement programme, and approached Supercool to develop a chirpy and appealing illustrated identity for this new initiative. We're applying the new look across a swathe of print and screen items.

As part of IDFB 2012, the Flatpack film festival folks have curated a superbly eclectic season of dance-related films.

It's called Light Fantastic, and we've given this 'festival within a festival' a simple, bright visual identity. The neat fold-out brochure will be out soon; pick it up when you see it because Light Fantastic's going to be a veritable feast for the eyes … and, indeed, the feet.

Since last year, we've been working with Intercity – an ambitious, independent UK and Netherlands-based business telecoms company. Initially we refined and developed their brand identity; giving them a look which allows the marketing team to more easily create new campaigns in-house.

The single biggest application of this new identity launched yesterday – a completely redesigned and restructured website which includes a whizzy 'Solution Builder' to help Intercity learn more about each customer's specific needs and tailor their solution for the perfect fit – intercity-uk.com

The lovingly redesigned and beautifully responsive FixMyStreet.com is now live. We've been working with developers mySociety for the last month or so to improve the appearance of the site, bringing it in-line with FixMyTransport.com (which we also designed) and making a feature of some marvellous maps.

There's more detail about the redesign, and additional development the site's been treated to, over on mySociety's blog. (Includes some rather fetching screenshots.)

The latest Supercool-designed DanceXchange season brochure – Spring/Summer 2012 – is out now, and it's chock-full of performances, classes, productions and more. (All of which is laid out in a nice, clear, readable way, of course.)

The design follows our recent brand refresh for the organisation; more of which can be seen, and read about, in our DanceXchange case study.

Following on from that cliff-hanger of a teaser post the other week, here's my contribution to the Pointe Blank project; creating a poster for Birmingham Royal Ballet's Hobson's Choice.

For last year's Coppélia I spent quite a lot of time on illustration and layering and, though I wanted to do something similar this year, I didn't have quite as much time to spend on it, so needed to keep things simple.

To that end, a repeating pattern of the same ladies' Victorian-style boot made for a good start. I placed this pattern over a leathery-looking background – another little nod to the shoe-making trade – using a transparency and a kind of golden glow. (No special reason for the glow; it just looks nice.)

Another element I wanted to include was a zero – that being the precise number of choices Hobson's presented with in the production. I tried a few different ways of incorporating this but in the end, the simplest way was to replace all the incidents of the letter 'O' with the number '0'. B00m!

As Hobson's Choice is a comedy, I thought it was appropriate to use slightly cheeky copywriting, so composed the tagline "A thoroughly amusing allegory of Victorian cobblers." C'mon - it is about Victorian cobblers!

The final thing I was adamant I'd feature somewhere or other were the pink rodents Henry Hobson hallucinates following a particularly heavy night out. Oh, yes siree, they're in there somewhere. Spot 'em if you can.

That's enough about what I did. You should totally go and have a look at the 26 other designs which were unveiled last night. Just as with Coppélia, there's a huge range of styles, concepts and takes on the subject; it's everso impressive and I'm very pleased to be part of it: www.pointeblank.co.uk

You can find out more about BRB's production of Hobson's Choice, which starts tomorrow, over on their website.

Would it be an exaggeration to suggest that today marks the end of an era?

Absolutely, yes - but today is a little bit special. This morning was the last time Supercool hosted Birmingham's Likemind coffee morning; an event which started in New York and now happens in over 50 cities around the world, on the same day and at the same (local) time each month.

Having hosted the Birmingham version for nearly five years, we decided it was about time someone else had a go, so we've passed the coffee-soaked baton to Likemind regulars Rickie and Tim.

As a completely open-to-all and agenda-free event, we weren't sure what sort of reaction Likemind would get when we held the first one way back in 2007. Granted, things got off to a bit of a slow start (there were only three of us on one occasion – including two hosts) but over the years Likemind's grown hugely in popularity and, dare I say it, become something of a local institution.

We've met so many lovely people (many of whom are now friends), chatted about all sorts of subjects, introduced folks who'd otherwise never have met, downed countless coffees, and even raised a bit of cash for charities at the occasional fundraiser.

It's been fun. And interesting. And productive. But it's time for a change.

All the best to new hosts Rickie and Tim, and thanks to everyone who's come along over the past several years for making it worth our while getting up extra early! Finally, an extra-special thank you to Geoff, Lucie and all the staff at our venue Saint Caffe for being great to us. (And always letting us rearrange the furniture!)

Likemind Birmingham is dead. Long live Likemind Birmingham!

The next event: Friday 16th March (follow @likemind on Twitter for details)

We've just designed some promotional literature for Québec-based Dave St-Pierre Company's show, which is coming to Warwick Arts Centre this April as part of IDFB 2012.

A controversial and comedic piece, the design needed to be a touch unconventional so includes in-your-face typography and a certain level of … cheekiness.