by Tim Girvin | Brands, Places, Storytelling | Mar 18, 2009
The concept of the personal brand, in place – what makes a city’s identity? Spending time traveling, as I have now, for the last three weeks straight, I’m now coming to the positioning of questioning my own identity, in the whirring of place. Where...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Mar 3, 2009
A presentation in London | Professional Spa Conference + Beauty Summit. I’ve been thinking about the concept of wellness shared — and the communing offering of spa well-making and health generation. Generation, is that the right word — to generate...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Luxury, Storytelling | Jan 6, 2009
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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Dec 2, 2008
Exploring integrative identity and developmental work on the House of Orange, Valentino, Bardessono and Harvey Nichols | Jakarta — logo story in brandplace and other case studies. There’s an implication in the current realm of testing behavorial study,...
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Oct 22, 2008
The heart of the genuine: exploring the concepts of authenticity, history, brands and the place of luxury. I’d open with the meaning — and the combinational character of the idea of truth fullness — and its apparent luxury in telling — are true...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 20, 2008
I’ve been looking for truth. I’m looking for truth in my self — what do I do, in practicing what I tell, preach, to others. And telling the truth in the reign of the firm — what we do, what we offer, and how we go about doing it, in finding the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Oct 4, 2008
Panelists Anthony Battaglia, Claudia Cividino, Dawn Clark, Paul Terlizzi at Fashion Group International, NYC I’ve been looking at, and looking for, working on, true brands. Brands that are true. True brands can’t be invented, they must be made in the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Retail | Sep 22, 2008
Exploring the story, the man, the brand, Ralph Lauren I’ve met Ralph Lauren, but hardly to any degree that he’d recall. But I did have a connection with him, decades ago. Brief. And unforgettable, for me. Likely completely unknown to him. Why? I’d...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General, Storytelling | Sep 22, 2008
The BMW | Oracle Trimaran for the America’s Cup I’ve been a fan of BMW design for a long time. But I had a recent encounter that was breathtaking. I’ll get to that. The car of my beginnings was a 1972 2002. And what I savored about that car was...
by Tim Girvin | General | Sep 19, 2008
Exploring art in place: context, construct, concept — the brand marketing of Jeff Koons at Versailles. There’s been a far amount of energy being wrapped around the concept of Jeff Koon’s installation at Versailles. Of course, the idea is that the...
