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 […]
Javier Mora and Pablo Chaves have duoed up as general creative directors of Tribu Saatchi Saatchi for more than three weeks now, yet no one has seen them at Tribu yet. The explanation is simple: their first day in their new position [...]
There is something about the airplane, its disconnection, the altitude, the clouds and the sky that provokes thoughts and feelings that lead to ideas different from those born with feet on the ground. Undoubtedly, as my wife reminded me last night, as [...]
We are exactly one week away from the Saatchi Saatchi New Directors’ Show in Cannes, as is customary every year, on Thursday mornings at the Debussy in the Grand Palais. No doubt Bob Isherwood will do it again. We look forward to [...]
For those who do not read La Nación since early morning, the article included below published today by journalist Camila Schumacher, refers to the Sol de Plata obtained by our friends from Publimark, Carlos Fonseca, Javier Zeledón with their creative team completed [...]
With only 6 days to go until the Cannes Lions International Festival, the advertising community around the world is ready to celebrate the best of the planet. Some try to cover the sun with a finger, and of course, they will [...]
After judging some 400 advertising pieces of the Ojo de Iberoamérica, and having seen some 1,500 more, I have some anxiety and concern, because we have a long way to go. Not only are we far from Argentine creativity, but we are [...]
There is no one who is unaware of the fierce and predatory competition among advertising agencies in the country and around the world. It would seem that the time of ladies and gentlemen has passed and it has become, as they say [...]
Live creatively.
Today is Friday the 13th and I’m in Montevideo. I’ve been watching commercials for hours and enjoying this opportunity to judge at the Ojo de Iberoamérica, with the DVD they sent me on my laptop and a Diet Coke without ice, while [...]
The upcoming Volcán, an advertising contest organized by ASCAP, the Costa Rican association of advertising agencies, could be a turning point, a milestone in our creative history, a point to trigger a breakthrough, leaving behind the past and defining together the future. [...]
This wonderful story told in an innocent Iranian production, became a worldwide success with nominations and awards all over the world. It is easy to recognize that big budgets are not needed when an idea is so wonderfully powerful. This film should [...]
