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 […]
Bob Isherwood, Saatchi Saatchi’s global creative director, has insisted over the years on the importance of focusing on developing ideas that are bigger than ads. In addition, from his humanistic perspective, he has also been a major contributor to Saatchi’s proposal for [...]
By Rogelio H. Umaña. Guest blogger. Leaving aside the political discussion and the possibility of whether or not this young senator from Chicago will become the next president of the United States, there are several lessons we can learn from “Obamania” as [...]
We could assume a typical position in our country, and convince ourselves that the issue is really one of budgets. We could also say that our ideas are top-notch and that the problem is that clients don’t approve of anything good. We [...]
| View | Upload your own A few weeks ago I came across Rogelio Umaña’s blog with this rich, interesting and valuable Powerpoint document, with ideas and contributions to add to the arsenal of arguments and considerations when working with brands. So [...]
I’ve mentioned it before, and today I can’t stress it enough. Buckingham’s proposal makes sense, is simple and adds up in one direction: put your strengths to work to bring you to your full potential. His series of short films called Trombone [...]
Six young advertisers will represent the country in Cannes They will participate in a world advertising contest that gathers more than 50 countries. Contest consists of mounting a complete campaign in less than 50 hours Rating: 0 votes Irene Rodríguez S. irodriguez@nacion. [...]
We went down from 56 to 47 entries in Cannes this year, although the number of agencies participating only went from 7 to 6. At the same time, I believe that even though we have fewer pieces participating for Costa Rica, the [...]
Seis Mil Colores by our client Protecto is the case with which we will be participating in Cannes 2010. While in the other festivals we have entered a good number of pieces, in the largest and most important festival in the world [...]
Recently, I tried–really tried–to buy a book for my book club. I went online and ordered The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. Then, a week later, I had a free moment at work, and I thought, Oh, I should order that book club [...]
March 2010 ” Professional Woman ” Professional Woman By: Gina Buendía Vivian Fernández de Torrijos The driving force behind TRIBU DDB Panama For five years she served as First Lady of the Republic involved in the social agenda of the State. She [...]
Although predictions are already coming and going for the upcoming festival, the coincidences continue around the extraordinary work by Tribal DDB for Philips Cinema and its “Parallel Lines” by Ridley Scott Associates. Last year’s Grand Prix winner at Cyber intends to repeat [...]