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 […]
There’s no denying it. The first piece by Tribe for Purdy Motor had a special meaning today. And well, it had to be for the entire Toyota Land Cruiser line. Want one? Here’s more Land Cruiser to tease you.
Protecto is Tribu DDB’s most consistent brand in recent years at Cannes. We took it two years ago with “Seis Mil Colores”, last year we achieved 3 finalists with “Paletas” and now it returns to Cannes 2012 with “Lavable”. If I were [...]
We continue to hunt for Lions in Cannes, because creative prestige is key to our business, because that’s how we protect the best creative talent in Tribu and attract those who are not yet with us. At the end of the day, [...]
Casado in Brazil is called feijoada, and that was our first meal when we arrived in Copacabana for the Wave Festival. With an air of the Carlton in Cannes, the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro is the perfect setting for the [...]
At Tribu DDB Costa Rica we have decided not to receive new accounts, at least for the remainder of the first half of the year. However, we are already considering extending this measure to the third quarter of the year. The reason? [...]
I am convinced that each one of us can contribute to making the world a better place, even at the risk of sounding cliché. We can do it in our homes, in the community we live in, in the country we live [...]
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 [...]