All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
When Arne Jacobsen designed the Huevo sofa in 1958, he must have anticipated that he had created a classic that would be admired around the world and for generations. I suppose he must have suspected it too, when in that year and [...]
The greatest contradiction of the document is that it has no advertising, despite the fact that its protagonists gravitate or have gravitated for many years around advertising. Regarding the document, Suárez says that “we don’t care much about the visual, this magazine [...]
I met Carlos Suarez about 5 years ago in Cannes. Editor of Brands magazine in the Dominican Republic, he is an Argentinean with a Venezuelan soul and creative passion as if he were an advertiser. Controversial, provocative and incisive, Carlos came to [...]
In Incae we would say in one word that is the answer to every opinion or solution: it depends! With the theory of relativity explained by Einstein for all other mortals, when you sit with a beautiful girl for two hours, it [...]
FILM, FILM CRAFT AND TITANIUM AND INTEGRATED LIONS WINNERS ANNOUNCED UK WINS FIRST FILM CRAFT GRAND PRIX USA WINS FILM GRAND PRIX, INTEGRATED GRAND PRIX AND TITANIUM GRAND PRIX Cannes, 27 June 2010 – Yesterday, the final night of the Cannes Lions [...]
In a few hours the Film, Film Craft, Effectiveness, Integrated and Titanium awards will be over, as well as the awards for Production Company of the Year, Client of the Year, Network and Agency of the Year, both network and independent. And [...]
In a matter of hours Luis Guillermo Solis will be the new President elect of Costa Rica. At the same time it has been confirmed that Intel will take over manufacturing, adjust operations and sadly lay off thousands. In the midst of [...]
At the end of a careful selection process, Comunidad has chosen the two representatives for Costa Rica to the Young Marketers Competition at the next Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The winners are Melissa Quirós from FIFCO and Geoconda Fernández from [...]
The Royal Academy Dictionary does not recognize the word serendipity. Fortunately today there is a free encyclopedia called Wikipedia where it is defined as follows: A serendipity is a fortunate and unexpected discovery or find that occurs when you are looking for [...]
Every year the creative world celebrates the best of the best. It does it with applause, with ovations and with joy, with competitive pressure and with amazement, fascination and tension. It happens in the third week of June and in the south [...]
I’m convinced that magic happens outside of comfort zones. That’s all. Or is there more to say? Maybe there is. For those who prefer a little more development, someone would have to recommend some expert, as I am not one of them. [...]
2014 will bring a new opportunity for the country’s young creatives, 28 years old or younger at the time of the next Cannes Lions Festival. Under the organization of Comunidad and the main sponsorship of La Nación, 3 duos will be able [...]