Our new TV commercial showcasing Johnnie Walker Blue Label, True Rarity, breaks this month across Asia-Pacific.

Diageo asked us to come up with an idea that communicated Blue Label’s exquisite rarity: only 1 in 10,000 casks are hand-selected for its creation. We used a white tiger stalking the futuristic streets of Shanghai to represent the majesty, grace and rarity of the premium blended whisky.

The ad, shot on location in Shanghai and London, was directed by Zoe Cassavetes, who is well known for her work for fashion houses and luxury brands.

This campaign follows our work for Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve.

Of course it’s traditional for agencies to send their clients something a bit daft and disposable come Christmas.

But, never being ones to run with the rest of the reindeer, this year LOVE decided to buck the trend and send something timeless and meaningful instead…

So it gave us great pleasure to redesign and represent a limited LOVE edition of Frank Capra’s masterpiece – complete with an assembly of fascinating notes & queries and a highly collectible poster.

Photographed by Tom van Schelven.

Since Neo is the official ball of the FA Cup we wanted to allude to the variety of things that make the FA Cup so great, from giant killings to big upsets and bad word inducing half-clearances.

The Neo ball flies straight and true, as shown in this amazing product demo starring Martin Keown’s head:

We took inspiration from Nike’s new LunarGlide+3 range and the moon – which symbolises togetherness in Chinese culture – to create Lunar Run, an event that brought young people together through running, music, and staying up way past your bedtime.

John Lewis: Please Let Me Get What I Want – Adam & Eve “I do like the idea of a really good song by a really good band being played in Middle England’s living rooms,” – Morrissey

2012 Olympic Posters: Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Bob and Roberta Smith, and Rachel Whiteread.

The Comedy Carpet: Gordon Young, Why Not Associates

The interactive Periodic Table of Swearing: Modern Toss

Wedding Plates: KK Outlet

The ‘Killing Jumpers’… and the TV series

Still not thought of that killer gift for that special gamer in your life? Why not have a spin on the PlayStation Unwrapped and see if your luck’s in. We helped PlayStation launch this festive gift giveaway at the start of December and there’s still loads of days and loads of gifts to be unwrapped. No spin, no win.

That cake is hella done:

Excellent point, Steve Hughes:

Great video by Carl Burgess for Ratatat:

This months award goes to our Ste who has managed to get to 1st in the world (out of  2,640,158 million people) in the fantasy football league!

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Well done Ste!
And yes before anyone asks Ste is single.
A full investigation into his time sheets is now under way.

Feel free to keep adding your own…

Japanese people are either very polite or very devious:

Jimmy Carr tells an awful, awful joke:

Not particularly funny, just lovely, Grizzly Bear perform a memorable black cab session:

Head over to the BBC’s site to donate.

We helped design some of the elements of the challenge, including posters and event collateral. But, of course, Matt did all the real work. Here are some of our favourite moments from his adventure:

Little kid is awesome at doing the dishes:

This is me:

The inimitable Louis CK punches a dog:

I often dream of hippos enjoying aromatherapy in living rooms too:

A sticky tape situation:

What I’ll be doing with my weekend:

Chris Conlan sent us back a video report of what he’s up to in China:

Mr Chips, the star of Catchphrase, gets inappropriately hella frisky:

Dog (quite rightly) terrified of Julia Roberts:

The legendary Colin Mochrie is the only man who can make the equally legendary Ryan Stiles laugh:

Russia continues to be the best worst country in the world:

Classic baby monkey on a pig:

To celebrate the launch of Gregg’s expansion in to the coffee shop marketplace we’d like some suggestions of what the above tasty snack actually is.

Also, if you want more this is a great blog: http://greggsadventure.com/

I’m totally down with this guy’s life philosophy:

Russia’s coolest band goes on tour:

Paper plane of destiny:

Young man who sounds exactly like Freddie Mercury:

Aziz Ansari on the sublime weirdness of R Kelly: