I start typing with an overwhelming feeling of defeat. Not because the trip at the end of August to which I am going to refer went badly, but because I think it is almost impossible to translate into text what I experienced. No adjective is sufficient to describe what it really means to experience “Burning […]
Often the enemy is in ourselves. And indeed, agencies that have decided to pull out or quit are sending a message: deterioration, lack of leadership, lack of direction, fear of losing, that they have nothing to compete with, lack of creative, internal [...]
The Openhouse Project presents in Artecine Lindora: LOSING YOUR RELIGION, by Andy Stanley. Mondays, Feb. 15, 22, March 1, 8. 7:15 PM. Lindora, Costa Rica. And yes. Face it. Religion can get pretty strange pretty quickly. Mystical. Superstitious. Legalistic. Judgmental. Hypocritical. But [...]
All advertising agencies compete in the market, although only a few compete in local, regional or global creative festivals. And although it is not a rule, those that are confirmed as winners through creative competitions are generally more successful. Just as no [...]
Sometime in late 2008, Diego Garcia and I joked at Tribu thinking about the spectacular combination that would be achieved if it were possible to add Tribu to DDB. We entertained the idea for a moment and put it in the basket [...]
We started talking since April and finally today we are officially DDB. As a Christmas present and precisely on vacations, now DDB in Costa Rica will have five letters in front of us: Tribu. Encouraged by this new stage in our lives, [...]
“We’re about celebrating the good, not about denigrating the bad,” said Terry Savage at the last meeting of Cannes representatives in London. At the same time, he returned to the subject of scams to review Cannes’ new policy on this much-debated issue. [...]
First I admired and bought his design, and then I discovered the character behind it: Philippe Starck, the most prolific and world famous designer alive today. Then I learned about the hotels he has designed, bought his books and read his ideas. [...]
Crispin, Porter + Bogusky presents us with a new way to drive a product and its users to a closer and more intimate relationship with the brand, Jetta in this case. It is an excellent example of integration and innovation, which reminds [...]
Aishwarya Rai, 34, is the most important figure in the billion-dollar Indian film industry, as well as the face of L’Oréal among other brands. Aishwarya, Miss India and Miss World in 1994, now projects a different world through the influence of the [...]
I am making a copy paste of the list of winners of the Volcan 2007, sent by Lilliana Gonzalez of Ascap early this morning to all the media. WINNERS OF THE CREATIVE ADVERTISING FESTIVAL VOLCAN 2007 AUDIOVISUAL TECHNIQUES CATEGORY DIRECTION CATEGORY Production [...]
Good morning! How are you? Are you still smiling? How are you? If there is one thing I would love about this blogging experience, it would be the participation of those who read it. It would be great to establish the dialogue [...]
I am very satisfied with the Volcano that concluded just a few hours ago, as it brought to our community a combination of results that many, like me, did not expect. It is late and tomorrow there will be more time to [...]
