2025 has been a year of contrasts—intense, emotional, transformative. It began with a heartfelt farewell and ends with my soul wide open after the magical, peaceful family moments we usually share in Escondida. In between, there was laughter under a sky full of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
A few days ago I published a post with the campaign of the moment by Dove, called“Sketches“. It has been so well received that it is among the most shared in the world. However, there is another idea from the same brand, [...]
The new advertising creative year has just begun and we are already counting down. So, how about if we all agree and go to 2014 to repeat Lions? In 2008 a Costa Rican agency won the first Cannes Lions, which are something [...]
Every problem is an opportunity. Every limitation is a possibility. Every aspiration can be a realization. Every person can achieve their goals, of course, if you pay the price with discipline, sacrifice, passion and commitment. When I learned about the super humanity [...]
Since last week we have migrated my blog to La Nación, the main media in Costa Rica. Check it out. Periodically we will be uploading the published entries, so that the archive, which to date has more than 1,500 entries, will continue [...]
Nike has done it again, now with a particularly powerful idea: find your greatness. Instead of just applauding sports idols, what if we decided to get moving and start our own? The winning case is on the Cannes Lions site just a [...]
Evian ignites our inner child: While Evian won a Golden Lion at the Cannes Lions last year, I connected a couple of dots and decided to write about the inner child in all of us. Check out the commercial that triggered this [...]
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 [...]
Possibly the beginning of Branded Content was made by Julio Vernes or later by Procter Gamble with novels. However, from the most recent, these two ideas have been shown today, among many others. Another example of “branded content” comes from BMW. What [...]
A new category will be launched: Mobile. It will be removed from the Cyber section and a new competition area will be created at the Festival. It will be opened in recognition of the growing number of entries competing in mobile, as [...]
At the close of his presentation, Phil Thomas said that the world’s creative winners are coming from the south and east. He asked for mercy when we finish taking over the world! After extolling the participation of clients and media, especially digital, [...]
Kicking off the meeting of Cannes representatives from around the world, Phil Thomas gave the welcome and began by talking about Google. In fact, in the year Eric Schmidt was “Media Person of the Year”. At the same time, Google won [...]
