by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 14, 2011
While you’re looking out, traveling the distant vista — a long road, the living running — the journey shall continue. And who said it would be easy? Craft, in the making of anything, building the outbound relationships to people, in the truth of it,...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Retail, Storytelling | Dec 5, 2011
Could the connectedness of one person to another, the perception of placement be — vibration? What is the vibe of this place? What is the vibe of you? What is the vibe of brand? It’s possible that everything circulates, pulses, surges on the nature of vibe...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling | Nov 27, 2011
THE LAYERING OF TEXT | ALPHABET RHYTHMS | GALLERY V THE STATE OF WOWNESS* AS A PERPETUAL STUDENT OF THE ALPHABET, I’M PRONE TO EXAMINE THE MYSTERIES THAT LIE IN ITS STROKING — ONE STROKE, THE FIRST, IS A LINE. ONE LINE, BEGINS THE MARKING OF THE WHO, THE...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 11, 2011
ONE | ONE –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– THE ONE ON THE ONE. THE TEN AND THE ONE ALONE. ONE. ONE. ONE. ALL ONE. THE RHYTHM OF THE ONES, AND ALONENESS. Doing the one, the one to one, one million Billion = Ones Oneness | 1ness | the 1 + 1 ––– Sometimes I feel...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Storytelling | Nov 4, 2011
APPLE.COM FINDING FIRE IN THE IMAGINATION OF INVENTION. M E D I T A T I O N S + M E M O R I E S iSad. These days, I’ve been writing, talking, consulting in the proverbial strategy — a great deal — about the invention of new pathways in brand development. And there are...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 31, 2011
And the Mystery as to Their Drawn Quarters Go back to a hidden Girvin site, long retired, here, to find the story of many in the drawing of the alphabet. In thinking about the mind as a room — the alphabet is right there, in the entwinement of story and legend...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Storytelling | Oct 26, 2011
EXPLORING BROADCAST IDENTITY DESIGN IN THE CONTEXT OF POLITICS, KELSEY GRAMMER AND STARZ NEWEST SERIES: BOSS EARLIER IN THE YEAR (2011) OUR TEAM was asked to build identity treatments for “Boss.” This was the first time we’d connected with Starz, for...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 10, 2011
(iPhoneZenBrush) THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING | Part two Doodles, scribbles, mapping and documentation: Brandquesting®, brand navigation and creative brand business applications for the iPad People fire brands — brands are created by people for people...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Oct 4, 2011
Stories, myths, legends, tales — the link to humanity If there’s a story about a person, which might be a legacy, a family, a product — a brand — who’s telling it, and who cares? There are chains, coils, rings that sync and bridge the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling, Trends | Sep 23, 2011
Being a teacher, there’s the line in the sand — the pass: it’s okay; the fail: it’s not. It is the yes, the no — it’s alright; it’s not. Being a strategist, a designer, a writer, plying the work of creative intelligence...
