. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
A few days ago I published a note that claims that creativity that wins at festivals is 7 times more effective, according to the Gunn Report. That is to say, advertising creative awards, such as Cannes, Ojo, Volcán or Pregonero, nowadays have [...]
First of all, I remind you of Zanders’ rule #6: don’t take yourself too seriously. Then, the question always jumps to a simple “and what are the first 5 rules?”. The answer then is to be expected: they don’t exist and it [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
Exactly 25 years ago today, Alexandra Franco opened the doors of the Casa de los Niños Montessori in Escazú, the kindergarten that today is called Hometwo. This long journey triggered the modern Montessori movement spread throughout the country in early childhood education. [...]
As customers, we do not have a monopoly on the truth, although we always have the power to decide, to choose whether to approve or reject, to return or leave, to recommend or not, to repeat or discard. I believe that the [...]
With these ideas Saatchi Saatchi New York won the Grand Prix in Press, and scored even more points in an excellent year for the network at the Festival.
Here is the first one. The Argentine market has become a successful case of duo work. Let’s take a look: the mythical Fernando Vega Olmos and Hernán Ponce, Ramiro Agulla and Carlos Baccetti; and more recently Chavo D’ Emilio and Papón Ricciarelli [...]
We have only 3,650 days left to reverse the impact of our carbon emissions, balance our lifestyles and become carbon-neutral human beings… before it becomes irreversible. The climate crisis and global warming is the theme with which the Young Creatives are currently [...]
Cannes 2007 Jury President Bob Scarpelli, DDB’s Global Creative Director, discusses the competition of young creatives and the mobile power of the phone screen.