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 […]
Artículo publicado en BusinessWeek: Saatchi Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts toiled to make his firm a force among creative agencies. Now–in today’s splintered advertising universe–he’s scrambling to keep it relevant Kevin Roberts may well be the most successful adman of his generation. Over [...]
On April 5, 2005 I published the first article on this blog. Today, almost 700 articles later, I ask myself: what should I do with the blog? And for this, I would love to have your opinion. Let’s see the options I [...]
A week ago a DDB TV commercial for Automercados won the Grand Volcano, the country’s dean advertising agency won Agency of the Year, a supermarket chain, precisely Automercados, won the Volcano for Advertiser of the Year and the surprise of the night [...]
First I admired and bought his design, and then I discovered the character behind it: Philippe Starck, the most prolific and world famous designer alive today. Then I learned about the hotels he has designed, bought his books and read his ideas. [...]
Crispin, Porter + Bogusky presents us with a new way to drive a product and its users to a closer and more intimate relationship with the brand, Jetta in this case. It is an excellent example of integration and innovation, which reminds [...]
What we do in life… echoes in eternity. And if so… what are you doing with your life? what with mine? what are we doing with our lives? We didn’t get to be gladiators in a Roman arena. Nor Japanese invading American [...]
Pancho Terán, General Creative Director of TRIBU / Nazca Saatchi Saatchi, (very serious in this photo!) is a member of the jury for the New York Festival, and for this reason, we have seen him focused on his mission, which at the [...]
When Paula Guevara and Carlos Jiménez receive the brief for the Film competition in Cannes, next June 22 at 8 a.m., they will be competing against 19 pairs from around the world for a Golden Lion in the Young Creatives Film Competition. [...]
My heart is trusting because I know you and in the midst of the storm I am never alone and I can see your silhouette in the midst of the fog your grace is sufficient in me, if the world trembles every [...]
Fear paralyzes, curtails, delays, annuls, petrifies, disables. Fear subjugates, subordinates, crushes, stuns and degrades. Fear humiliates, lulls and disarms, fear is a scourge and should not be a part of your life. Fear is subjective, personal, it is in each person to [...]
I celebrate advertising that contributes, that says something meaningful, for ideas that inspire and ignite. Standing ovation for messages that make the world a better place. With an extraordinary sense of timing, Messi’s goal yesterday is already an impressive commercial for Adidas: [...]
