Mi Kit de Supervivencia (My Pandemic Survival Kit)
Chase Koeneke | Associate Creative Director
*This post is translated in English below

Lo que el mundo está viviendo hoy es como una pesadilla del futuro. Creo que siempre pensamos en que algo así podría pasar y lo veíamos en películas o Netflix, pero nunca pensamos que pudiese suceder, y como siempre, nos equivocamos.

Ahora nos toca adaptarnos, aprender, seguir nuevas reglas,, entender y pensar en los demás, así que creo que saldremos adelante muy pronto y que esto será una experiencia más de la cual realmente tendremos que aprender.

Dicho esto, hay que seguir adelante, como sea, pero para adelante.

Por eso, aquí les presento mi kit de supervivencia en tiempos de encierro. (Este es el mío y si no te gusta lo siento y si no estás conectado con la comunicación, la creatividad y el marketing no sigas leyendo)

Gracias al ADD no me puedo quedar quieto y es algo que los clientes al final agradecen. Creo que las marcas que manejan estos clientes quieren agencias que propongan, más allá de lo que ellos necesiten hay que buscar soluciones para que el negocio siga creciendo y más en estos momentos tan especiales. Así que hay que recargar, aprovechar y regresar a lo básico.

#1 The Copy Book

Yo empecé escribiendo publicidad “Copywriter” creando y escribiendo los anuncios, bueno pues este libro es la biblia para quien quiera a aprender a escribir publicidad. Más allá de que ahora los medios son digitales y diferente, aprender a escribir de una forma corta, concisa e interesante, este libro es clave. Además de tener todos los ejemplos más increíbles de maestros que crearon todo está historia en publicidad.

#2 SCPF Los Primeros Cinco Años Juntos

Este libro me cambió la vida. Es el Libro de la agencia SCPF fundada por Tony Segarra, para mi, el mejor copywriter. Son el trabajo recopilado de los cinco primeros años de su agencia y es para flipar como dirían ellos. Muchísimos anuncios premiados, destacados, bien pensados y con creatividad por delante, desbordada. Altamente recomendable. Cómo diría David Ogilvy ¨No hay cabezas largas o cortas, hay buenas o malas¨

#3 Cerati en Primera Persona

La música es una parte muy importante en el proceso, en la vida, en todo lo que hago y al igual que para muchas personas la música es eso que complementa y que nutre. Este libro es de Cerati, para mi, el genio más grande, el guía, el poeta, el creador de sensaciones. Su anticipada muerte dejo un vacío muy grande en mi y en muchos otros. Fundador de Soda Stereo una banda Argentina que rompió esquemas en el Rock argentino y en el movimiento del Rock en español. Pero su camino en solo es de otra galaxia. Su música siempre proponiendo, cambiando, experimentando. No hay día que no recuerde alguna de sus canciones o alguna frase de sus letras, y es ahí donde yo me estaciono. Sus letras siempre potentes. Sofisticadas pero simples. Me sirve siempre de inspiración. Una frase que aplico mucho especialmente en esta carrera llena de … “El silencio no es tiempo perdido” – Cerati

#4 Hotel LaChappelle

La otra parte de la publicidad es lo visual, la composición, el diseño. Y un libro al cual recurro mucho es este, Hotel LaChappelle de David LaChappelle.

Una explosión de colores, de ideas y agresividad visual. No siempre con el buen gusto pero de eso también se aprende. El libro lleva historias en sus visuales. Cada cuarto es una historia y eso me gusta. Altamente recomendable para entender los excesos en el diseño y la comunicación visual.

Cuatro libros que me ayudan a recargar mi cerebro y mis emociones para seguir adelante en lo que me apasiona, la creatividad y la comunicación. Estos son parte esencial de mi kit para sobrevivir este encierro que de alguna u otra forma puede tener mucho de positivo.

Sigamos creando, sigamos proponiendo y sigamos pa adelante que el mundo se adaptará a esta nueva forma de vivir.

My Survival Kit

Though we’re still a ways off from a total apocalypse, the world seems closer to it than ever before. What once was fantasy in movies, TV and Netflix is starting to prove shockingly possible.

We’re adapting to our new normal, learning how to cope, following new rules, trying (and sometime failing) to put aside our selfish tendencies and think of others. It has been difficult, but at the same time, I’ve seen things that give me hope that we will be able to overcome this crisis and use the experience to better protect ourselves in the future.

And while this pandemic has given me a lot of time to think and philosophize, it’s also given me ample opportunity to revisit some of my favorite books (blame it on my ADD keeping me from staying still.) Here are some works that are in my personal coronavirus survival kit. From brushing up on the fundamentals to inspiring your thinking, I hope they can be of some help to you as we enter a new age for our industry.

# 1 The Copy Book

I started as a copywriter in advertising, creating and writing ads, and this book is the bible for anyone who wants to learn to how to write advertising. As adverting continues to shift toward digital, making your writing interesting and concise is key. In addition, this book has incredible examples of the pioneers of advertising’s history. It’s a must read for those looking to break into the industry, but is always worth picking back up, even if you’re a grizzled vet.

# 2 SCPF The First Five Years Together

[Ed. Note – SCPF is a Spanish agency based out of Barcelona, and while it has expanded its offices to the US, unfortunately this book has not yet been translated into English. You’ll have to trust Alex that it’s great.]

This book changed my life. A bold statement, but a true one. It is the book of the SCPF agency founded by Tony Segarra – to me, the best copywriter in the world. This book compiles the work from the first five years of his agency and it is to “flipar” like they would say. Lots of award-winning ads, work that is not afraid of copy. Amazing creativity, pushing the limits of approvals. Ads that give amazing results to clients who are willing to take a risk. Highly recommended. Like another genius (David Ogilvy) would say, “There are no long or short headlines, there are good or bad ones.”

# 3 Cerati In First Person

[Ed. Note – This book too, is only available in Spanish. But hey, music transcends language, so you can at least listen to Cerati’s music.]

Music is a very important part of the creative process. Like many others, my life is guided by music. Music that complements and nurtures, like good advertising does. This book is from Cerati: To me, the greatest genius, my guide, the poet, the creator of sensations. His early death left a very deep emptiness in me. Founder of Soda Stereo, an Argentine rock band that broke schemes in Spanish rock and roll. But his solo career is from another galaxy. His music always proposing, changing, experimenting. Not a day goes by without me remembering a song of his or a phrase from his lyrics, and that’s where I get stuck.  His lyrics were always written with a figurative and powerful sense. Sophisticated but simple. It always inspires me. A phrase that I use a lot, especially in this business, “Silence is not a wasted time” – Cerati

# 4 Hotel LaChappelle

I’ve talked about words and music, but the other part of the advertising world is the visual, the composition, the design. And a book I use a lot to inspire my visual thinking is Hotel LaChappelle by David LaChappelle, an explosion of color, ideas and very aggressive visual representations. Some images aren’t always in good taste, but even those have something to learn from. The book is a masterwork of visual storytelling. Each room of the hotel is a story and I like that. Highly recommended to understand the design and visual communication that’s so key to advertising.

There you have it: Four books that help me recharge my brain and my emotions, reinvigorate my passion and communicate creatively. These are an essential part of my kit to survive this lock up that, in some way or another, can have a very positive outcome.

 

Let’s keep creating. Let’s keep proposing. And let’s keep going forward as we adapt to this new way of living.

Chase Koeneke
Chase is the resident writer at Elasticity, playing with language and polishing messages to a mirror sheen. A graduate of the University of Missouri’s journalism program, he’s well-versed in everything from AP style to social media marketing, always looking at ways to use fewer words to forge deeper connections with consumers and businesses. But putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys, as the case may be) isn’t the whole story. His skill set also includes concepting, strategy, editing and even the occasional directing of video when called upon, and he’s worked with clients as varied as Brown-Forman, the St. Louis Blues and Bass Pro Shops.
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