I start typing with an overwhelming sense of defeat. Not because the trip I’m about to describe — at the end of August — went badly, but because it feels almost impossible to put into words what I experienced there. No adjective seems big enough to capture what it truly means to live “Burning Man.” […]
I deliberately abandoned many topics of interest in the advertising community, as the JWT Costa Rica Lions, as well as the Young Lions winners, provoked excessively heated tempers and my blog clogged with visits that I stopped enjoying. And because of this, [...]
A couple of days ago I posted a question on LinkeIn to open a discussion. The answers that are starting to arrive are by far, rich, deep and constructive, in a proposal that is born in the concern for balance for more [...]
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With great expectation and excitement, as well as admiration and respect for the work of the entire ASCAP team, today is the night of Volcán in Costa Rica, the most anticipated creative advertising contest of the year. Without further ado, before knowing [...]
Although Garnier BBDO wants to repeat agency of the year and jotabeqú wants to regain that status, the truth is that next Thursday’s Volcano has no favorites, or as they say, it could be a surprise. Personally, I think it will be [...]
I fully identify with all those who complain about the enormous distance between day-to-day life and what goes to a festival, when it comes to advertising creativity and commercial messages. It would be great if consumer activists united to demand that advertisers [...]
We are still living on the prayers of our grandparents, enjoying the blessings that come to us because of the hymns they sang and the petitions they made, says Jon Goode. Like him, we have a little more than others and [...]
