I start typing with an overwhelming feeling of defeat. Not because the trip at the end of August to which I am going to refer went badly, but because I think it is almost impossible to translate into text what I experienced. No adjective is sufficient to describe what it really means to experience “Burning […]
BE, because we all have the opportunity to design and Simplify, Eliminate and Reduce. No matter where simplify overlaps with eliminate or reduce, and thus, it is irrelevant semantics as long as we focus on Simplify, Eliminate and Reduce. BE, it’s just [...]
When you walk around Cannes, it is not surprising that Bob Isherwood, Fabio Fernandez or Pablo del Campo, to name three of Saatchi’s creative figures, are suddenly stopped at the Croissette to ask for autographs, just as it should not be surprising [...]
In our search for bigger ideas than ads at Saatchi Saatchi, the Battle of the Surfaces, the brainchild of Pablo del Campo, achieved a reach across the globe unprecedented in the history of tennis. These days, and through this channel as well [...]
The lenses we use in life are tinged with subjectivity and perceptions, so there is no quick fix or easy solution in the appreciation of any event, especially those that affect us emotionally. In the theory of knowledge, subjectivity is the property [...]
A Lovemark is irresistible and Apple knows how to do it like no one else. Nothing more to say. This is how Steve Jobs presented it in San Francisco. My first personal computer was an Apple IIc, and with it, my first [...]
I am not as stubborn as I appear to be. I am firm, because I have to be, but I constantly reflect on my actions, on the policies I am promoting and on the attitudes I am adopting. I have had the [...]
With more than 5.6 million views on YouTube, this Evian commercial proves once again that people love to be entertained, have fun, enjoy the unexpected and add a little joy and sweetness to life. Here it is so we can keep adding [...]
UGAP has organized one more year its creative festival in Antigua, Guatemala, very possibly, as in all creative festivals, with less participation than in 2008. From Costa Rica, the agencies sent entries that were modest in quantity but very important in quality.
I couldn’t imagine ever doing a short commercial for a Microsoft product, and yet, after exploring Bing for a while I find their new search engine to be a good option to the all-powerful Google of the Internet. It will have to [...]
In case you missed it, here is the video that reminds us how a story can always remain current and true to its beginning. Eight years after their first wassup, this version reunites the friends and brings them up to date. Even [...]
“Playing for Change” manages to inspire the whole world in an infectious, simple and sensitive way in the midst of all the differences in sight and sound. If we all took it upon ourselves to inspire others, whether in the classroom, the [...]
I’m @joller on Twitter and I invite you to follow me. At the same time, I follow hundreds of people on Twitter, the subject of this talk at the Cannes Film Festival that you can’t miss. At the beginning, people were talking [...]
