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 […]
Mobile adoption is happening in a thousand ways, but there doesn’t seem to be a clear path, so there is a global obsession to take advantage of it. The context and location of mobile makes people use it more than a computer. [...]
Live from Day Two at Cannes Lions 2010 Read this email online <https://list.canneslions.com/t/293993/15521106/3208/0/> Six shortlist exhibitions opened at Cannes Lions this morning and tension is already mounting ahead of the first awards ceremony tonight. BEFORE THAT, BE IN THE PALAIS TODAY TO [...]
Today we have celebrated in Cannes a new Lion for Costa Rica for jotabeqú and its extraordinary case “Virtual Pilgrimage” for the Catholic Church, although I am still dying to see which was the case that could have taken away the gold [...]
Where does Inspiration come from? By David Harris After decades of searching for sources of inspiration, David looked to history to find his sources. Inspiration actually comes from inner breathing. He mentioned Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung with their contributions of inspiration, [...]
And it happened! At Tribu, we had not known for weeks how many fingers to cross for our only bet in Cannes: Six Thousand Colors by Protecto. When I arrived at my room a few minutes ago, after a scenic 12 and [...]
Direct from the Cannes Lions Festival, we include the complete lists of the entries that have entered the short-list, where JWT stands out with 3 “The soundtrack of a movie you will never see” and jotabeqú with 1 shortlist precisely for its [...]
“If I have seen further, it was because I did it on the shoulders of giants” said Newton when he spoke about teamwork. At another point in history, Edison said that “A genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”. Ray Kroc, the [...]
The first surprise of the night was for radio. The second was for Tribu. The third surprise was for Videocentro. The lottery played and this time it was our turn. It was a night for our tribe of talents, as if to [...]
All in the light and no surprises. The work by Tribu DDB continues to show consistency in the creative product. To prove it, here are the pieces for this furniture beautifully finished with Madetec. They are in Pregonero even though they didn’t [...]
The unexpected sponge meteorite is about to disappear to the dinos on the wall painted by washable Protecto. And perhaps, also about to surprise with new accolades for Tribu DDB. Simple and elegant, idea and execution perfectly aligned with the benefit of [...]
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, [...]
