Since 2007 we've been working with Cardiff Design Festival, producing printed materials and developing their website, providing tools to allow agencies and individuals to submit their work to the Best of Welsh Design Awards.

This year was much the same, until we decided to try something a little different. As well as a fabulous illustration produced by Matt Joyce to really make this year standout, we introduced a five star voting system to the Best of Welsh Design online showcase.

Perhaps its not ground breaking, but it did generate both new and return visitors to the website. In the two months leading up we saw 10,000 visitors to the website and another 5,000 during the festival, with the online voting system logging over 1,700 individual votes.

The Best of Welsh Design is presently shown in order of the highest vote, so congratulations should go out to Kutcibok for being the most popular with their work for Gower Cottage Brownies.

Wall of Skulls in the Origins: In Search of Early Wales exhibition © National Museum Wales

We've been working with National Museum Wales for over 18 months now, and as we're just about to launch the next edition of their What's On publication, its great news when we discover that their archaeology department are celebrating!

Its exhibition Origins: in search of Early Wales has reached a staggering 250,000 visitors, just over two years since it opened. The Gallery follows the story of the first humans 230,000 years ago, to the end of the Middle Ages and showcases the rich archaeological collections and their stories.

“The exhibition has captivated many visitors and has been received very positively," said Richard Brewer, Keeper of Archaeology & Numismatics, Amgueddfa Cymru. "We hope in our future ambitious plans to present even more of the collections and tell more stories of Wales’ enthralling past.”

Entry to National Museum Wales and the exhibition is free, thanks to the support of the Welsh Assembly Government. A number of objects featured in Origins are included on the BBC’s A History of the World initiative – for more information go to the A History of the World website.