. 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 [...]
Many times we spend our time complaining about something we don’t like or we simply let it go and settle for “what we have” without realizing that we can change things. This is why I want to share with you these tips [...]
The Birth of an Idea Today, Guatemala is living one of the toughest moments in its history, only a few days away from its upcoming and consequential elections, alongside corruption scandals that implicate President Pérez Molina. The uncovering of a network of [...]
A few days ago I heard from a disgruntled young professional about the imminent sale of his mother’s grocery store where he worked. “I have a life ahead of me,” he argued in opposition to the transaction, because in his view, the [...]
A Story of Evolution Some 28 years ago, I began what today is known as a startup, loaded with technology, creativity, and dreams, amid the challenges involved in carving our place among 50 advertising agencies. From a room in my parents’ house [...]
An Event You Can’t Ignore In our country, the region and around the world, most professionals are unfamiliar with Cannes Lions. This is either because they do not know that it exists or because they have the wrong idea about what this [...]
Awards to Excellence The International Creativity Festival Cannes Lions is a name that is no longer enough to describe and adequately name this event. That is why, I believe it offers not a double but a triple shot of inspiration, because it [...]
