the love of handwork | apple’s colour-wash logo
the roots of making, by hand -- Apple computer image above, tweet from HuffPst. In the beginnings, at Apple 70s, working for Steve, his driving curiosity was always about how to take the hand, into the computer -- and mix/improve the outcomes -- for something digital,...
hot press – STARBUCKS | AMSTERDAM
Great person, an earlier GIRVIN | friend + colleague -- Liz Muller Storytelling, here. Some notes, here. Liz Muller STARBUCKS CONCEPT STORE : AMSTERDAM Last Thursday, March 08, 2012, marked the launch of Starbuck’s concept store, “The Bank”, on the Rembrandtplein in...
INFINITE RIPPLING: THE WAVE PATTERN OF THE STORY[TOLD]
(Girvin | Barcelona) THE FINITE, THE INFINITE -- AND WHO CARES WHERE YOU'RE GOING? HOW FAR MIGHT YOUR STORY GO? FAR -- TO THE CALL OF THE RIPPLE. I remember when I was in grade school, and I couldn't quite figure out the spelling of infinity -- and better, the...
The design of John Carter | LOGO / Brand / Story
Designing a brand around a legendary legacy John Carter's legend story, at Disney, is relatively recent -- but the Edgar Rice Burroughs's saga spans back decades [1911] to its origination -- for a relatively short-lived comics series [72 weeks ], to the founding...
What lies beneath: unearthing the art of brand
In every brand story, there is a layering of story that reveals the humanity of brand, in seeking out the art of experience. In working on the innovation of brand strategy, finding that which might not be seen -- and that which can offer a compelling insight into the...
Aligning Merchandise with Brand, Story, Experience: Desigual
Brand experiences that are designed to holistically speak product strategy, merchandising & manifestation Apple comes to mind. We have commented. It might be projected that some brands offer merchandise, particularly in the fashion retail experience, that are...
love: brand me — my story to be shared, my telling to be told, my ideas to be held
love me, do; and I will love you -- and indeed -- shall love:love All days. TO THE LOVE OF WORDS, THEIR MEANINGS AND MANNER, LOVE DOUGLAS HARPER Love daze. Any day should be about love. Love found, love newly discovered, long savored. It is the holding, the sharing. A...
APPRECIATIVE LISTENING: watchful feelingness
Which way are you listing? open, sourced? foundation: sharing. –––––––––––––––– Vince -- good question last night, listening into our meeting; "how does a meeting with people that you've never met becomes a familial love / hug fest?" Silence -- and observative,...
The rise of "spec:" doing creative work for free
Doing creative speculative work -- a pitch that costs nothing for the client -- and everything for the creative team. I was in an argument with the team at Toyota -- for what seems like months; lots of errors, miscommunications, challenges and failures to really...
Beautiful Garbage
There's a story about beautiful garbage, based on the idea of one person's -- a team -- visioning of a litter free place. That being -- an alley. In Seattle, the founder team came up with the notion of "dumpster free" alleys, by engaging community members in seeking a...