by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers, General, Storytelling | Sep 3, 2007
I realized that the branding visualizations that Sprint’s been doing with conductor-like expressions of people moving things, ideas, teams, etc., with light, was strangely reminiscent of something in my mind — not sure what, but it’s there....
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, General | Jul 29, 2007
I’d met with Clodagh in the 80s. She was starting, I was starting. Favorite
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People | Jul 24, 2007
Matt Groening & Tim Girvin: Cartooned life Meditations on careers, creative and titles. I met Matt Groening first at TED, 2007. More often than not, people have said that the big connection that I have with college is cartooning. “Hey, you’re from the...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Places, Storytelling | Jul 15, 2007
I had a chance to connect with friends Catherine Eaton Skinner, David Skinner and Tom Kundig at the official first public opening (at least that I was invited to) of her space on Capitol Hill, overlooking downtown Seattle. The generous studio opening was a gesture to...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Motion Pictures | Jul 11, 2007
The Transformers trailer virus, Paramount sown… Favorite
by Tim Girvin | Cool People | Jul 10, 2007
Kevin Roberts | CEO | Saatchi+Saatchi ww. | Bridget de Socio | creative ronin —- Monday, May 7, 2007 Inspirational People – Bridget de Socio One thing you can say about working at Saatchi & Saatchi is that it is never dull and it’s mostly fun. And the...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, General, Luxury, Storytelling | Jun 23, 2007
Tom Ford | The hand speaks Tom Ford sees, feels and creates what’s right for him. I went back to Tom Ford, on Madison Avenue. This time, to meet with Shirin Von Wulffen; I’d worked with her at Yves Saint Laurent. Now she’s the publicist for Tom Ford...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Trends | Jun 18, 2007
I was talking to these girls this morning, on the way to the office — and while I couldn’t take pictures of them, since they are pitching this concept for a TV Series, I did take pictures anyway. Love those pink gloves, I sez. They weren’t doing...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | Jun 18, 2007
Happy Monday. I’m sure you know all about Brian Eno. But I wonder if you’ve seen one of his installations? I think that I talked to you about sound in environment. How people can experience space in the context of sound. Maybe I’d mentioned seeing...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | Jun 1, 2007
Tom Peters made some sequence of offerings wrapped around the space of human branding. That is the idea that you are a brand, worth telling your story, and that people will be paying attention to you. And surely there are plenty of people worth paying attention to....