Has Mr Steve Jobs of Apple Inc been keeping an eye on LOVE created advertising for PSP….’Your Whole World in Your Hands’ anybody…?

High-fives to everyone…

Unless it’s a ‘W-Shaped’ recession…..

So here’s something to cheer you up.

Big thank you to everyone at Manchester City for letting
us loose in their stadium for an Umbro shoot.

We’re looking for an account manager. You will have 2 or 3 years experience in a creative agency and be looking for more responsibility. You won’t be phased by the prospect of working with the people above on a busy, high profile international account, executing campaigns across print, TV and digital media, and contributing to a brand’s future strategic direction. You will have the following qualities: super organised; calm under pressure; culturally and media savvy. You won’t put ‘cinema, socialising with friends and going to the gym’ in the personal interests bit of your CV.

Send us your CV and tell us your interests: hello@lovecreative.com

There are many things in our world (if you take a step back) that have stayed the same for donkeys simply because no-one’s bothered to update them. Like regional advertising agencies (joke) or in fact the British Education System (no joke).

One such thing is the Willow Pattern, designed by Thomas Minton in around 1790 which depicts, typically in blue and white, a series of fables taken from Chinese mythology.

So in recognition of the inexorable rise of contemporary China, we’ve updated the Willow Pattern in the form of 12 mugs designed to explore a series of very modern Far Eastern myths, rumours and urban legends.

If you’d like our 1 spare set please state in 50 words why you (and not someone else) should receive them.

Or if you might want to be our client or you’re significantly influential, we’ll send you one of our boxes allocated ‘for clients or significantly influential people’ anyway.

*AVAILABLE SOON FOR PURCHASE.

If you want to see our mugs out in the field visit:

www.crackunit.com/2009/12/22/i%E2%80%99m-a-very-lucky-man-part-1-love/

(cheers Iain).

And….www.flickr.com/photos/matlocktest/4244388662/ (cheers Mat)

Concept and Design LOVE. Illustration Chris Gray at TOY. www.thisistoy.com

This is the view out of our window.

Most of the time it’s not very exciting.  However, there’s been a lot of activity down this nondescript Northern Quarter alley way.

So much we started documenting it.

Here are a few of our favourites. In no particular order:

Man uses alley regularly as his bedroom

Bar men photo shoot (man still asleep in background)

One of many miscellaneous fashion shoots

Passenger with hangover being sick

Ian Brown video (not photographed out of our window but it’s our alley all right).

Well actually, our favourite was when a paraletic young couple attempted to have intimate relations in the middle of the road in broad daylight. More than likely students but we don’t want to stereotype. Unfortunately the camera was out on official LOVE. duty somewhere so we’ll leave that one to your imaginations.

Ste Owen has ventured into the brave new world (for him) of porridge for breakfast instead of his usual Coco Pops or Frosties.

He’s looking for some inspiration to liven up his new ‘Paw Ridge’.

A brief straw poll of the office came back with Honey as the clear winner but here are few others:

“Raisins with little bit of cinnamon”

“Hate it. Hate the texture. Hate the colour. Hate the taste. I keep trying to like it but I can’t!”

“Definitely honey…and some sunflower seeds….and chopped dates….this morning I also added fresh raspberries….God bless porridge!”

Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

What next Ste? Bread with the crusts left on?

Probably another post entirely but is it wrong to eat breakfast at the office?

I think it is.

In case you haven’t been finding DC’s face staring out from a 48 sheet near you scary enough, there’s more to come…

More at www.mydavidcameron.com

You can find it on here in a Charity Shop near you.

Or on here. at your local e-retailer.