I went over to the BASS Festival launch last night over at the Woom Gallery (an excellent little place, incidentally).

I had a quick chat with Ammo, the guy behind Punch Records, who was enthusiastic about the programme of events they’ve got coming up but most excited about the the competition they ran to design a logo for the festival. The winner was Pretesh Mistry and, as well as being used on the festival’s branding, his design can now be seen on a city centre billboard – just near the Arcadian Centre.

What excited Ammo was the idea that, thanks to the festival, an unknown, aspiring designer could showcase their work in such a big and unorthodox way (and with his contact details at the bottom – mistry_pretesh[at]hotmail.com). So there you go, not just another advertising hoarding.