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 […]
Today, Sunday, minutes after the Tribal DDB presentation that I’ll discuss later, Sapient Nitro kicked off their afternoon presentation videos with this one that has nearly 80 million views on YouTube and led them to say that brands need free hugs too. [...]
Live from Day One at Cannes Lions 2010 Read this email online <https://list.canneslions.com/t/293633/10788508/3206/0/> Cannes Lions 2010 kicked off this morning, and we are reporting live from the Festival this year, with interviews, video highlights from the programme and insights into the winning [...]
The Cannes Lions is coming once again and although the word that will be said the most is digital, the Film category will surely be again the queen of all and with fabulous winners like the ones we can already anticipate. Check [...]
After several days of drought on the keys, because between one and a thousand things I have been distracted even more than usual, it has made me all the sense of the moment to start with a phrase that is in itself [...]
Where does creative inspiration come from? At TEDIndia, Hollywood and Bollywood director Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth,” “Mr. India”) points to his source of creativity: total and utter panic. He shares a powerful way to unleash our inner storyteller. Some of the published comments: [...]
Cannes Lions 2010 Entries Increase 7%. Thursday 03 June 2010 24,242 total entries – the 4th highest number in the history of Cannes. The Organisers of the 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival today announced that more than 24,000 entries from 90 [...]
With a little luck, your own composition could be among those chosen next Monday in commemoration of that memorable protest. It was at the Amsterdam Hilton by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Click now and connect with Piano for Peace, by Tribal [...]
Ever since I started in advertising I have heard of Tony Fergo. Today I have the immense honor and the joy of being his friend. Also his fan, his admirer and his tico follower in all his creativity and energy. Among the [...]
Purdy Motor is a client of Tribu DDB as of today. It didn’t happen 20 years ago or 10 years ago, but today. Because even though we tried several times before, finally everything is always in its time. Returning from 5 years [...]
Talento, tecnología y tolerancia han sido valores protegidos por esta ciudad, que hace años me enseñó esta idea para tener éxito creativo. Austin es tan diferente que ni parece Texas, no por los edificios, la geografía o las franquicias que ahí están, [...]
With about 10 kilos more than last year, Bruce Sterling filled Hall D again with thousands of people who came to listen to his closing of SXSW. Too fine a humor for me or too gringo for a Latino, but the first [...]
Susan Weinschenk, the brain lady, is not a designer but a psychologist. She came to close the day and SXSW for me with an idea: what makes people click. And the idea is to keep people in mind when designing. She also [...]