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 Maurice; a spiritual retreat […]
A few hours ago we started the meeting of representatives, and since the first presentation we have begun to take note and learn from what is being done in the world to promote the festival, and as a consequence, advertising creativity. At [...]
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 [...]
From a sleepless night: Irremediably I am going to die, although I don’t know when. I will leave everything and only my soul with me. Will I take my memories with me, will I travel with what I have learned? Will I [...]
I always ask for an aisle, open my book, my magazine or my laptop. I take the time of the flight for myself, for e-mails, campaigns, pending issues, strategy or the project waiting for an opinion. And because of this, it has [...]
On Youtube you can find a few one-minute films that are part of an interesting festival for sixty-second feature films. Here is a sample with a focus of key importance for all people living on this planet…
If we are going to have 100 days of on-air advertising with a brand, 25 or 300? How is it possible that we still believe that we can “sell” intelligent people with paid messages focused on superlatives, plastic situations and posed models? [...]
It is essential that you put on some headphones, turn up the volume a little and prepare yourself for an exceptional listening experience. Just imagine the possibilities. To Gabriel Alfaro, thanks for the link!
“In Costa Rica, advertising agencies have no spelling and have not been buying dictionaries for years”, said Mr. Alberto Cañas in the article published a few days ago, which I am including in PDF format. Given the case cited, I am afraid [...]
