. 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 […]
No. Maybe better, instead of talking, we take notes. Here are some examples that start with beer, go through the museum and end up going back to the future. All this, regarding the new category at Cannes: Branded Content. Why not a [...]
I think you have to look for Evelyn, although she sure isn’t on national television. When I occasionally see her, the commercial breaks are still full of the same thing. Exceptions are rare and that is why, if creativity is called Evelyn, [...]
While the Effie is being judged at Comunidad, La Nación is doing the same for the Pregonero and Latin Spots is running the process with the Ojo de Iberoamérica. All at the same time. The Pregonero award is the first one for [...]
Next Thursday we will experience the 30th edition of the Pregonero de Bronce, organized by La Nación. It will be a night of celebration for creativity, as well as for an unprecedented situation in three decades of history. For the first time, [...]
A couple of years ago I took this picture. I used a Nikon 70-200 lens from a mountain that was windy and cold and had me suffering. I guess it corresponds to the late afternoon in the Himalayas from the black mountain, [...]
La Comunidad and La Nación will once again organize the competition in Costa Rica to bring young people to compete in Cannes. At the heart of our organizations, stimulating young creatives in our country is pure emotion, adrenaline and future. We do [...]
A few days ago I published a post with the campaign of the moment by Dove, called“Sketches“. It has been so well received that it is among the most shared in the world. However, there is another idea from the same brand, [...]
The new advertising creative year has just begun and we are already counting down. So, how about if we all agree and go to 2014 to repeat Lions? In 2008 a Costa Rican agency won the first Cannes Lions, which are something [...]
Every problem is an opportunity. Every limitation is a possibility. Every aspiration can be a realization. Every person can achieve their goals, of course, if you pay the price with discipline, sacrifice, passion and commitment. When I learned about the super humanity [...]
Since last week we have migrated my blog to La Nación, the main media in Costa Rica. Check it out. Periodically we will be uploading the published entries, so that the archive, which to date has more than 1,500 entries, will continue [...]
Nike has done it again, now with a particularly powerful idea: find your greatness. Instead of just applauding sports idols, what if we decided to get moving and start our own? The winning case is on the Cannes Lions site just a [...]
Evian ignites our inner child: While Evian won a Golden Lion at the Cannes Lions last year, I connected a couple of dots and decided to write about the inner child in all of us. Check out the commercial that triggered this [...]
