We finally arrived in Maya Beach after our 17 day road trip from Victoria. It was going to be the first night we could stay in our little house by the beach and there it was, with its roof…
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Our houses were designed as a box with a top basically. A 24 foot by 24 foot square box which was to be delivered to the property on the back of a flatbed truck and hauled through the Maya…
2001 After moving to Victoria, BC, The Port Angeles Department of Tourism asked us to help them develop an advertising campaign designed to help draw visitors to the Port Angeles and surrounding area. Tucked in the rain shadow of…
It’s a Beautiful Thing I remember the first time Yim and I walked into Chintz. We talked about how much we liked what they sold and how cool it would be to have them as a client, so I…
In September 2000, Yim and I moved to Vancouver Island. I had been headhunted by an advertising agency called Copeland Communications and offered a considerable increase (+25%) in salary over what Chrysler/BBDO had just offered me, for whom I…
Chrysler. Founded by Walter Chrysler in 1925. One of the best known automotive brands in the world. My Challenge: Re-create the perception of an automotive giant to appeal to a younger market. Awarded Best In Canada by the Canadian Marketing…
Being asked to launch a brand new product, let alone a disruptive product like what the PT Cruiser was in 1999, was the opportunity of my career. The overall creative we developed earned us the prestigious Best in Canada…
In the Fall of 1998, I was hired as Creative Director for a division of BBDO in Windsor, Ontario with a mandate of changing the perception of Chrysler Canada. I remember Yim and I had just started dating seriously…
Blue Creek is a village in the Toledo District of southern Belize. It is a Mopan village, an indigenous, sub-ethnic group of the Maya who speak Kekchi, and home to about 300 residents. The community lies along flat roads, spanning…
Glover’s Atoll is a partially submerged atoll located off the southern coast of Belize, approximately 45 kilometres from the mainland. It forms part of the outermost boundary of the Belize Barrier Reef, and is one of its three atolls,…