All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
There are commercials that are ruined at the end, as possibly happened with this example of Unimed, which breaks the smile of its stories in sequence when it reminds us that it was just another commercial. Possibly the announcer was left over, [...]
With just days to go before we meet at Volcan in Costa Rica, the country’s premier advertising festival, I’m impressed by news such as Vega Olmos being hired by JWT and Bob Isherwood reinventing himself outside of Saatchi Saatchi. The world is [...]
Last week we received confirmation: Costa Rica will be able to send two creative duos to compete in Film and Print next year, so we at ASCAP are jumping for joy at this sensational opportunity, which is undoubtedly a response to the [...]
I have always preferred the sunrise, and in this message of multiple interpretation, I totally agree with the idea of rediscovering energy. This video comes to us from Saatchi Saatchi Paris.
Imagine a church that you want all week long to go to every Sunday. One that children ask to go to and want to return to, because it is the best time of their week, and one that adults look for from [...]
Steve Jobs defined design first in relation to operation and not appearance, so it is not difficult to understand his successes for so many years. Form and substance must tell their genesis from the very same creative moment. Einstein said it and [...]
From the book by Armando Vargas Araya, La Vía Costarricense, published by EUNED in 2005, this is a wonderfully inspiring text as it initiates a broad, open and participatory process. What is La Via Costarricense? It is a dynamic conceptual tool to [...]
Thinking about the Costa Rican Way, a few days ago I wrote a message to my great friend, Armando Vargas Araya, journalist, historian, politician and wonderful human being. In a few words, these were my two lines: Armando dear, whose idea was [...]
A few months ago I decided to accept the invitation to be part of the process of consultation, innovation and imagination ignited by the country project proposed by José María Figueres. It was on February 21, 2012 when I met again with [...]
I took a vacation and came back last Saturday. I took a few days for the coupling and as promised, here I am back on the blog with a song: the most popular. I’m not going to add anything about this case [...]
Back to the keyboard on July 20, greetings!
