by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands | Oct 29, 2010
EXPLORING HONOR, TRIBUTE, CARE IN THE MAKING OF BRANDS. Rethinking difference in the re-making of Apple principles. “Marketing is about values. This is a very complicated world, it’s a very noisy world. And we’re not going to have a chance for people...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Places, Storytelling | Oct 26, 2010
Women are the world; art, archetype, anonymity and the TED prize 2011. Portrait of JR. Courtesy © Christopher Shay If you don’t have time, just watch this. I’m sure you’re on the list, the TED list, and you get their mailings. If not, you should....
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Oct 25, 2010
Exploring the conceptions of brand, story and the human presence of healing A 400 year old story, the alchemy of healing Over the course of the last number of months, I’ve been working — along with the team at Girvin, Norman G. Jones and Premchit Prateap...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Human brands, Scent | Oct 11, 2010
Bertrand Duchaufour at Madison Avenue L’Artisan (photo Tim Girvin) Exploring the context of experience and the interpretation of place — in scent. It’s interesting, the idea of thinking about working in smell and place — exploring the...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 6, 2010
Drawn from the heart: simple design prototypes from the 30s: design strategy and clarity of intention The heart of creative: drawing, sketching, roughs, comprehensives made by hand, brush and simplistic inspiration. A friend of mine in Santa Monica, composer Stuart...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Luxury, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Oct 4, 2010
THE SPIRIT OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION TAKEN TO ANOTHER EDGE. FINDING PERSONAL ALIGNMENTS, THE HISTORY OF THE PRACTICE. Antonio Lopez illustration Origin: lustration 1615–25; < L lūstrātus, ptp. of lūstrāre to purify, illumine. Seeluster1 , -ate1...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Designers, General, Human brands | Oct 1, 2010
YSL, American Eagle, New Era Customization and the Interpretations of the Crowd. What about brands that are your brand? Make your own world: Working at Yves Saint Laurent, I can recall a conversation about either oui or non — the idea of more big YSL logo...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Sep 25, 2010
When We Are Mammoths: ARTPRIZE, Grand Rapids, exploring art brands, strategy and evolutionary storytelling Over time, we’ve explored the concept of the artist brand — the human brand that exemplifies the reach to actualized storytelling and organized...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail, Trends | Sep 24, 2010
LIFEBOX + PAUL STAMETS: BUILDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN GREENING PACKAGING. Shipping boxes as miniature forests. DREAMS, MUSHROOMS, ETHNOBOTANY AND THE CULTURE OF FUNGI I’ve been friends with mushroomologist — read: mycologist — Paul Stamets since...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Sep 20, 2010
Photo by Dawn Clark, AIA LEED AP Every brand is made for humans. Every human could be a brand. What’s the story? I was a student at The Evergreen State College, and I was asked to offer a presentation at a networking event to support the school, as well as the...