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I make no apologies for this blog looking more like a menu than usual. We’ve seen the fruit bowl raided for names: Blackberry; Plum (baby food); Apple Corps and now technology products are going all out to take names from the kitchen cupboard. Google’s Android operating systems have been given a dessert-related titles: Cupcake, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jellybean and Key Lime Pie. There’s also the Linux-based computer, the Raspberry Pi.

Legendary cockney branding guru, Steve Edge, gave a lecture for Creative Networks in Leeds this week. Adam Nash, Head of Creative and Jennifer Crowther, Digital Project Director, went along for an evening of birthday cake and hilarious anecdotes from a man who has led the most extraordinary life.

The graphic design and digital design works on display at the Inspire. Create event in Leeds was of an incredibly high standard, making it hard for us to pick a winner!

Head of Creative Adam Nash took time out from a busy schedule of branding and design work to take a closer look at the work of photographer Nadav Kander, and take inspiration from the techniques he uses to create his stunning portraits.

We investigate the growing use of gamification in marketing and advertising, and the potential for this trend to have a big impact on employee engagement and internal communications.

Our Senior Communications Specialist, Liz O’Connor shares five essential tips for creating engaging content that people want to read.

Ever wanted to know what it’s like working in corporate video production? Runner Chris Byers gives us a look behind the scenes at his first film shoot.

The event management team from our London office have been doing well squeezing in training sessions around their busy schedules.  But with just three weeks left before their 100km charity bike ride, the reality of the challenge is starting to hit home.

In the wake of recent stage collapses at the Pukkelpop and Sugarland festivals, Rob Smalldon, Head of Production for Logistik’s event services division looks at how to avoid every event manager’s worst nightmare.

Our Corporate Responsibility Manager Sharon Ward loves the atmosphere at boutique festivals like Deer Shed, and enjoyed the entertainment at Lattitude festival. But, as Harry Hill would say, which is better?

Our graphic designers were very impressed when we unveiled our new font-themed office display at Logistik HQ!

Creative Director David Hatton considers the communication strategies employed by restaurant brands.

Corporate Responsibility Manager Sharon admits it’s 23 years since she first dreamt of seeing Morrissey perform live. But now the time has finally come, will the Morrissey brand live up to expectations?

Last week Creative Director David Hatton had a brief lull after a big pitch week, so he packed himself off to Wakefield to see the brand new Hepworth Gallery.

Last month Simon, Lisa, Melanie and Justine went on a tour of Leeds’ newest sustainable development - Greenhouse in Beeston.

Everyone who samples the Glastonbury brand experiences something different, but 13 years ago, when I went to Glastonbury as a 16 year old with no wellies or waterproofs, my experience was rain – and lots of it.

VIP wristbands secured and we enter Grassington Arts Festival’s Festival In A Field enclosure. Wrapped in new sponsor’s Welcome to Yorkshire hoarding and set against the most glorious backdrop of rolling hills, Grassington Festival is one of those unique experiences that really sticks with you - partly thanks to the amazing setting and partly thanks to some superb event management.

Okay, so everyone’s heard of .com .co.uk .org and .tv and even .info. But how about .coke, .apple or .fashion? Thanks to a new ruling passed by ICANN on Monday, it will soon be possible for businesses to purchase the domain suffix of their dreams – offering up fresh scope for the strategic communication of brand and campaign names.

Six of Logistik’s finest event services and communications bods turned out to tread the rain-soaked streets of Leeds on Sunday for the Jane Tomlinson Run For All 10k.

Six floors of this year's finest from the Graphic Art & Design, Fine Art, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Design and Interior courses at Leeds Met are now on display. This is what we thought...

Our event managers have come together to form the Logistik Leeds 10k team, and are busy getting in some last minute training before they take to the streets in support of Martin House Hospice.

Melanie and Simon headed back to school last month for a World of Work day. Their task was to deliver a brand marketing strategy workshop to help kids to develop, brand and promote their own chocolate creations!

Sharon reports on a recent Leeds Ahead event discussing corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues.

Every day at midday, crowds gather, cameras poised, to watch the changing of the guard ceremony at Prague Castle. This spring, Logistik Internal Communications Executive Melanie Paterson was among them.

Kellie tells us how she got past the infamous 11 mile mark

Here at Logistik, we’re not ones to shy away from a chance to do something funny or mildly ridiculous for charity.

How much TV can you watch in three hours? Six episodes of Come Dine with Me? Six repeats on Dave? A season of the IT Crowd?

In one of our favourite annual communications consultancy projects, Amelia and Bryony from the Grassington Arts Festival came to visit Logistik HQ this week to pick our brains about planning a seamless and successful event.

Emma Massey tells us about the business conferences she helped deliver for EDF, and why she treated the London office to a spot of home-baking on her return.

Design student Rob Helsby joined the team in our creative and digital web design studio for three months last year. He helped us out with everything from graphic design projects to being a runner on a video shoot.

Sorting recycling is a pretty icky business unless it’s done straight away. Sharon Ward uses part rant, part anecdote to demonstrate the merits of using separate recycling bins.

Behind the scenes with video production supremo Lee Ford, as he works on the filming of Down ‘N’ Outz’ music video on one of the coldest days of the year.

A beautiful stately home and countryside setting and a couple of renegade cows for good measure. It can only be the Harewood House 10k says Event Manager Simon Wilkinson.