by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Mar 14, 2011
The Animation of a Story, the Human Brand: Johnny Cash See this, beginning. What to the idea of drawing on drawing — the draftsman overlaying the drafted line; one stroke expands yet another; each, a stroke, telling that story? There’s a distinct...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Mar 11, 2011
Strategy, Brand Story, Leadership — the crossroads iPad 2: This past week, Steve Jobs showed up to a standing ovation for the launch of Apple’s new rendering of the iPad. “Here Comes the Sun” was the opening sound message — the clarion...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Feb 24, 2011
Brand as Dream (Image from the Fabulous Nobody’s blogspot) In the decades of working with the inspired, the dreamers, the lovers, the ingenious and the intrepid — I’ve learned something: people — they make the brand. Brand is the fire of...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands | Feb 11, 2011
“Making a dent in the universe” — the drawn gestures of innovation and design strategy. We have a winner! The 10 billionth app, Paper Glider, was downloaded by Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, in the UK. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s 10...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Feb 7, 2011
Girvin: Fontainebleau, Miami Beach Purchasing decisions: the link to distinctive attachment in biological analysis — and Lindstrom’s Buyology. The idea of the psychic space — brand brainpower and impressionability. Is reaction just that: re-acting?...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People | Feb 3, 2011
Card from Frances May, photo by Girvin What about goodness? Brand, story, soul, humanity, beauty. Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing. [“As You Like It”] I was speaking with a client about the nature of goodness, in the truth of the brand...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Incubation, Trends | Jan 31, 2011
The designed space of innovation, design labs, incubation works and architectural evolution. Over time, working around the world and linking into innovation environments, the idea of designing a working laboratory for innovation is something that ranges from raw...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Jan 25, 2011
Design, community, embracement, love — how does the crowd gather round? And when they do, what is the story that they tell? It is about truth, telling, holding, relationship. Talking today, about the early days (several years back) reviewing the transitioning of...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Human brands, Scent | Jan 21, 2011
www.AndreaMaack.com The smells of stone, fire, snow and the sea — the perfume of Iceland: I walk the fragranced way. Every corridor, is a sequencing of scent. Every road, an avenue of smell. Each pathway, the censed notation. I do dream about the crossing guard...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Jan 20, 2011
The Fresnel light lens as metaphor Image: Girvin The rippling of leadership strategy and structure: brilliance, radiance and the rays of innovation. The metaphor of the amulet, the charisma and the vibe of Apple — prophecies of evolution. There are those that...
