Season's greetings from all at Crowd DNA and big thanks to clients, contributors and co-conspirators as we wrap up what's been another amazing year. We grown considerably in numbers (staff and billings); we've cracked new categories; developing some excellent new tools and approaches (Impact DNA, Youth DNA, Crowd Communities); and we've squared up to an incredibly diverse range of research challenges – from iPad launches and media meshing trends, to understanding X-Factor superfans, conducting FMCG product development, building award winning online research initiatives and innovative campaign effectiveness work.

Along the way, we've hung out with farmers and music fanatics, got Brazilian guys to make us videos of them shaving, filled our heads with more info on French attitudes to sport and celebrity than we ever thought we would, tracked conversations around a car launch in every corner of of the world, sat on the sofa with dedicated gamers, got people to wear stop motion cameras around their necks, and experienced every taste and colour combo imaginable as part of new beverage range launches.

We'll be here right through to December 23 but, if we don't catch up with you before, have a lovely break and here's to more good fun and compelling challenges in 2012.

Crowd DNA