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 [...]
This is your life. Do what you love and do it often. If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV (or facebook). If you are looking for [...]
If you want to present as successfully as Steve Jobs did, you need two things. The first is to present extraordinary products, and the second is to follow the advice that I received in my e-mail. Here I copy them for you. [...]
With much emotion and great affection for José María Figueres, former president of Costa Rica, I just finished living the interview that Ignacio Santos of Teletica did with him from his apartment in Madrid. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend you [...]
In a month in which I have no intention of writing about advertising, festivals or competitions, although I do write about celebrations, festivities, family, friends and fun, I would like to tell you that some time ago I discovered three letters that [...]
With the simplicity and elegance that we prefer, this year we have two soldiers at the entrance of Tribu in Bethlehem. Christmas is here and it is time to give thanks, to celebrate and remember its true meaning. All we need is [...]
“Don’t try to stand out in the crowd. Rather avoid them altogether,” says gapinvoid today in its image of the day. The recipe is used by some who, without realizing it in time, become codependent to isolation. The message goes on to [...]