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 Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
This is Fabiana Renault, director of the escuelita, who will be in Costa Rica on June 25 to initiate a new learning experience for the creatives of our region and to lead, with two pairs of instructors who will accompany her from [...]
Marcela Pacheco is in Buenos Aires, igniting her advertising creativity with Brother, which indicates to me that the experience of that school of creatives in Costa Rica was positive and challenging. Truth be told: some were uncomfortable because of a delicate epidermis, [...]
In the middle of his presentation to Bob Isherwood last Thursday, this gentleman in the picture with me a few minutes before, Kevin Roberts, as he says, fat, bald and yes, rich, took the liberty of reminding a group of Ogilvyans in [...]
…but what a client! I was sent this powerpoint file, whose messages originate from a campaign of a Christian church in Singapore that, if you have a couple of minutes, you shouldn’t miss it. Happy Sunday! Thanks Liz!
Last night we celebrated with Bob Isherwood his Clio in recognition of his professional life achievements, and we especially applauded when Bob thanked the recognition by saying that he hoped to be the first person to receive this award twice in his [...]
Our friends and admired creatives at Del Campo Nazca Saatchi Saatchi took over the summer in Argentina, surpassing Quilmes, traditionally the brand that takes over this season, with this advertising coup for CTI. As in the case of Nike’s “Suda el Jamón” [...]
With 40% fewer delegates this year, as well as 20% fewer entries, the world’s most important advertising festival did not emerge unscathed from the current global crisis. There is a different atmosphere and in general, I could say, more awareness, more contact [...]
With Gold, Silver and Bronze for DDB in the first two and JWT in the third, Costa Rica accumulated a total of seven Lions in just one year between the 2008 and 2009 Cannes festivals. During the conversations of the last hours [...]
With no confirmation of any kind, “Let’s Recover Peace” sounds strong for Gold at Cannes, so we are extremely excited to see another creative team on the main stage of the creative advertising world picking up a Gold Lion. If last year [...]
The first Costa Rican duo to compete at Cannes this week in the Young Lions Competition took home a spectacular Silver medal, after the pair from Portugal who won Gold. Maia Livov from Tribu and Jennifer Caldwell from Leo Burnett have achieved [...]
With excellent possibilities of Lions for Costa Rica, JWT and DDB managed to advance with their best work to the short list in their categories, so that two of the eight Costa Rican agencies participating continue with options to bring statuettes back [...]
I intend to share experiences with the sole purpose of connecting with the talent and passion that inspires deep down, of artists like Deredia on the world stage from Rome, as well as any moment, person or circumstance that reminds us how [...]
