2025 has been a year of contrasts—intense, emotional, transformative. It began with a heartfelt farewell and ends with my soul wide open after the magical, peaceful family moments we usually share in Escondida. In between, there was laughter under a sky full of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
With Gold, Silver and Bronze for DDB in the first two and JWT in the third, Costa Rica accumulated a total of seven Lions in just one year between the 2008 and 2009 Cannes festivals. During the conversations of the last hours [...]
With no confirmation of any kind, “Let’s Recover Peace” sounds strong for Gold at Cannes, so we are extremely excited to see another creative team on the main stage of the creative advertising world picking up a Gold Lion. If last year [...]
The first Costa Rican duo to compete at Cannes this week in the Young Lions Competition took home a spectacular Silver medal, after the pair from Portugal who won Gold. Maia Livov from Tribu and Jennifer Caldwell from Leo Burnett have achieved [...]
With excellent possibilities of Lions for Costa Rica, JWT and DDB managed to advance with their best work to the short list in their categories, so that two of the eight Costa Rican agencies participating continue with options to bring statuettes back [...]
I intend to share experiences with the sole purpose of connecting with the talent and passion that inspires deep down, of artists like Deredia on the world stage from Rome, as well as any moment, person or circumstance that reminds us how [...]
Today we barely arrived in Rome and in the cab to the hotel we passed in front of the Roman Colosseum, which was the backdrop for three monumental sculptures by our compatriot and friend, Jorge Jimenez Deredia. What a pride for Costa [...]
From ASCAP, the association of advertising agencies in Costa Rica, transforming processes are being developed today. These unify in a creative direction of projection, without a single agency giving up even for a breath in the fierce competition that characterizes us. In [...]
To participate in the Young Lions Cannes 2008, the pairs can be from two different agencies, from one university or another, professional or trainee, active in advertising or not, as long as they are between 18 and 28, at least one of [...]
Today appears published in La Nación the first ad of the Young Lions campaign in Costa Rica, creativity of Ogilvy. In the link www.nacion.com/cannes all the information. Spread the word, connect the dots, encourage your friends, participate. It’s a wonderful opportunity.
Here are the complete rules to participate in the Young Lions Competition of ASCAP and LA NACIÓN 2008. If you are between 18 and 28, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. Rules The YOUNG LIONS Competition belongs to the Cannes Lions [...]
Starting tomorrow, ASCAP and LA NACIÓN will become a single cause to encourage more advertising creativity in the country by starting the race to choose the duo that will represent us in the Young Lions Competition at the next Cannes International Festival [...]