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 […]
Procter Gamble is betting on advertising creativity as never before, and it is the same giant that used to accuseocus of squares, defenders of parity, masters of testimonials and demos. After Unilever, Procter sent more executives to Cannes than any other advertiser. [...]
When talking about emotional connections in the creation of Lovemarks with the support of advertising, commercials like the previous one of the Buenos Aires Zoo by Del Campo, are an example of how to do it masterfully. In a new experience for [...]
For we are the size of the things that make us angry. After all, the only thing in common between everything that angers us in life and each of us is precisely oneself. Even if it often seems that the [...]
Much has been written about second place. Phrases are frequently quoted that go on and on about how disappointing it is to be second. Vince Lombardi, for example, the NFL player whose name is on the NFL’s premier trophy, said that he [...]
Today we arrived in London for the first meeting of Cannes representatives attended by Costa Rica, and on its behalf, Manolo Gavilán from Ogilvy and myself. I guess because the festival’s headquarters are located in London, they prefer to convene their representatives [...]
The Osa is home to 2.5% of the planet’s biodiversity, our land is in everyone’s blood and now we wear Osa on our skin. A few days before presenting the second collection of tattoos, we are pleased to present a simple video [...]
All over the world, agencies that come to play hard at the Cannes Festival prepare their pieces well in advance. In fact, at this moment they are already producing the ideas chosen in the last weeks, in order to have all their [...]
Tony Granger and his team in New York launched a new marvel of a commercial. It’s a story aimed at women and their magic, in a production with a lot of dollars involved. It’s refreshing to see a retail giant like JC [...]
If you are already jogging or running 8 or 10 Kms, you are in time to prepare, for example, for the Miami Half Marathon, January 27, 2008. From Tribu we will be training Quincho Brenes, Gabo Alfaro, Giovanni Sanchez and myself, so [...]