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 […]
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 [...]
Aishwarya Rai, 34, is the most important figure in the billion-dollar Indian film industry, as well as the face of L’Oréal among other brands. Aishwarya, Miss India and Miss World in 1994, now projects a different world through the influence of the [...]
I am making a copy paste of the list of winners of the Volcan 2007, sent by Lilliana Gonzalez of Ascap early this morning to all the media. WINNERS OF THE CREATIVE ADVERTISING FESTIVAL VOLCAN 2007 AUDIOVISUAL TECHNIQUES CATEGORY DIRECTION CATEGORY Production [...]
Good morning! How are you? Are you still smiling? How are you? If there is one thing I would love about this blogging experience, it would be the participation of those who read it. It would be great to establish the dialogue [...]
I am very satisfied with the Volcano that concluded just a few hours ago, as it brought to our community a combination of results that many, like me, did not expect. It is late and tomorrow there will be more time to [...]
Chic is an early nineteenth-century French word whose meaning refers to smart or stylish. Over the years, its use in English has referred to social events, situations, individuals, fashions or forms of dress. It combines elegance with soft avant-gardism and provokes an [...]
I long for a cave or a monastery, without wifi or 3G. I am provoked by the mountains in the Himalayas without signal and the villages outside the cyber cafe. Few places in the world are left like the shower, without screens, [...]
After several years of Cannes, Ojos, Fiaps, Clios and so much more in the world of advertising awards, SXSW Interactive has turned out to be a surprise of unimaginable proportions. More than 30,000 people attend Austin, and among them in 2011: Paula [...]
Some time ago I read that the key to life is happiness, and that the key to happiness is simplicity, or something similar. Although incomplete and questionable, the phrase points to a refreshing, clear and powerful word: simple. For this reason, the [...]
With the SXSW Interactive festival just a few days away, I’m packing my bags for a new and intense experience. Check out what we’re going for: five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking [...]
Already in March and almost 2.2 million views later I came across a wonderful summary of 2010 that I wanted to leave on my blog. Enjoy it first and then allow me to add a paragraph of commentary. Searches continue in 2011. [...]
What we lived through was not a crisis, but a “button-down”. The world went through a reset of economies and finances that completely affected consumption. We were living in the upgrade era and we halfway returned to the replacement era. Everything changed. [...]