by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 24, 2020
The soulful pathway, brand journeying—studying the modeling of the deep space of branding, metaphors, storytelling and innovations in a time of change. Everything’s changing, as well we all know. Life speed—living accelerates and complicates, death speed—death and end...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 27, 2020
IN A LEGACY OF DECADES OF COLLABORATION, THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT SPEAK LOUDER THAN OTHERS, LIKE THE WORDS THAT MESSAGE FIRST-OFF, TO A READING BRAND EXPERIENCER. THE HOLLYWOOD MOTION PICTURE PRESENTATIONS. In the brand journey of forty five years of exploration of...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | May 19, 2020
THINKSHOPPING BRAND CHANGE | GIRVIN’S BRANDSCAPING CHANGE MANAGEMENT, ENTERPRISE EVOLUTIONS AND ACCELERATED BRAND TRANSITIONING EVERYTHING CHANGES: IT’S THE ONE CONSTANT TO EXPECT—BETTER TO BE READY TO MOVE AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE. In your constant study of the rising...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 29, 2020
WAVE PATTERNING IN BRAND STORYTELLING—THE LONG NOW. [Image By @DacArc, Copalis, WA] ONE WOULD PRESUME THAT THE MOVEMENT OF A WAVE, WHETHER WATER-RIVEN OR SONIC BLAST—LIGHT, FOR THAT MATTER—WOULD SIMPLY GO ON FOREVER AND EVER. ONCE IT STARTS, IT JUST GOES— IT’S OUT...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Apr 15, 2020
BRAND DESIGN, INSPIRATION, CONSTRUCT AND MEANING The quest for the right place of brand identity—starting with strategic foundations of name, story, stance, personality and chromosomal attributes, integrative and experiential tactics—extends to look, and, inherently,...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 18, 2020
THERE’S A PRESUMPTION OF BRAND GATHERING—PEOPLE CLUSTER AROUND BRANDS THAT STAND FOR SOMETHING, THEY HAVE AN INTENTION THAT’S CLEAR—THEIR STANCE IS VISIBLE. That might come down to belief, “I believe in this brand because the story is true; look what they’re doing,...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 11, 2020
[A tidal cairn, a stacked set of 15 large stones that I balanced in the water—here: 7 above the waterline, 8 stones below the waterline; as the tide comes in—the cairn submerges—and the storytelling of the rippling, the contours of the stones, play out their...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Feb 5, 2020
MAKE FAST THE FUTURE | HOW TO DEFINE CREATIVE DIRECTION FOR BRAND DEVELOPMENT | WRITE A CREATIVE BRIEF. LIGHT THAT FIRE: Could that be brief creativity? Unlikely? Or could creativity be defined—let alone contained—in a brief? What is a creative brief—and is there a...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jan 22, 2020
THE EXAMINATION OF INTENTION, PASSAGE AND MEANING— THE BRAND, THE STRATEGY, THE JOURNEY. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO FIND THE DEEPER SIDE OF BRANDS, WHAT ARE THE RITES OF PASSAGE—GETTING THERE: CLOSER TO SOUL, HEART, INTENTION, DIRECTION? CAN BRANDS LIVE—could they be alive?...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jan 15, 2020
THE MEDITATION ON PROCESSION | BRAND STORYTELLING AND *EXPERIENTIALITY How do you listen to a story? How does that work—the yarn drawn and you being woven into the tapestry of tale. We think like that—the twice-told telling, that which is unforgettable. The power in...
