The Slow Burn

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When Affection Takes Shape: The Art of Detachment in Costa Rica

. 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 […]

Life goes on

I agree with the person who said he preferred the future. After all, that’s where we’re going to spend the rest of our lives, right? Hmmm. Not so fast as the only instant we live in is the here and now. Definitely [...]

I was almost killed by influenza

I have a signal from my body that you could help me interpret: it’s getting worse every year! That is, either the viruses are getting more and more powerful (like influenza), or I am not getting any younger. There could be a [...]

Design is how it works

Steve Jobs defined design first in relation to operation and not appearance, so it is not difficult to understand his successes for so many years. Form and substance must tell their genesis from the very same creative moment. Einstein said it and [...]

The philosophy that inspires Via Costarricense

From the book by Armando Vargas Araya, La Vía Costarricense, published by EUNED in 2005, this is a wonderfully inspiring text as it initiates a broad, open and participatory process. What is La Via Costarricense? It is a dynamic conceptual tool to [...]

As a sample of a National Theater

Thinking about the Costa Rican Way, a few days ago I wrote a message to my great friend, Armando Vargas Araya, journalist, historian, politician and wonderful human being. In a few words, these were my two lines: Armando dear, whose idea was [...]

The Costa Rican Way

A few months ago I decided to accept the invitation to be part of the process of consultation, innovation and imagination ignited by the country project proposed by José María Figueres. It was on February 21, 2012 when I met again with [...]

DECISIONS

BRING THE LOVE BACK

The Break Up by geertdesager I would love to take this scene as a starting point for an opendiscussion withthe world’s customers. open discussion with the customers of the world. The consumer has changed and yet, possibly not the advertisers. At agencies [...]

THE SEMI-FINALIST DUOS IN THE YOUNG LIONS HERE

At 220 volts and with great joy, creative and graphic directors from ASCAP’s partner agencies chose 17 pairs to participate in the Young Lions for two tickets to Cannes and the opportunity to compete there. They carried out the task of choosing [...]

17 YOUNG LION PAIRS

Yesterday, the 17 pairs that will compete to represent Costa Rica in the Young Lions Competition in Print, at the next Cannes Festival, were chosen. In a session with creatives from ASCAP agencies, gathered at Garnier BBDO, and with the prosecution as [...]

GRUPO NACIÓN AND ITS CREATIVE FORMATS

By Andrés Arias. Yesterday, Tuesday 22nd, we had the visit of Irene Esquivel, Advertising Agencies Manager of Grupo Nación, who came to Tribu for two hours to present to accounts, media, management, creativity and design a wide range of possibilities in creative [...]

THE 25 YOUNG LIONS PAIRS ARE CHOSEN TODAY

Today will be chosen the 25 pairs of advertising creatives who will compete for the national Young Lions, and the grand prize of a trip to Cannes next June with tickets and lodging expenses covered. There they will compete with the other [...]

The Slow Burn

Blog since 2005

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