Search results for: brand belief
by Tim Girvin | Retail | Dec 6, 2006
I keep looking around.? This is a boarding brand — boards being skate and snow. More than shoes, obviously. http://www.dcshoes.com/home.asp Their website is relatively quiet, given the more radical character of their brand. And the store | story that holds them.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 6, 2024
In my history, I’ve often thought, looking at, literally, any logo—“that could be better.” Or, “why such an off-the-shelf solution—there’s nothing distinct, ownable or registrable with this asset?” Of course, all of us, as brand strategists, designers and logo... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Aug 18, 2016
The study of the Fifth Century Legacy of Chinese Painting Scholar, Practitioner and Theorist: Hsieh Ho “Energy is eternal delight”. William Blake Earlier in my career, decades back, I was exposed to the study of classical Chinese art theory and its applications to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Motion Pictures, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 11, 2011
Working the World: Innovations and Revelations, the Future Reclaimed I N N O V A T I O N C H A N N E L S Working in varying parts of the world, depending on the culture, your relationships there invariably offer to show you the newest and the coolest in town. Being... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, General, Luxury, Places, Retail | Nov 14, 2007
Consider this — three remarkable women, each dramatically challenged by trying health related experiences, each finding new truths in combining allopathic and naturopathic cures by exploring new models in healing — and creating a business around them. And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 29, 2013
The Metaphor of the String I was thinking about the symbolism of weaving, having met with some weavers. Ephesus | Weavers Collective I watched them set the foundational warp, and then shuttling, back and forth, the patterning of the weft. It’s delicate work. And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Feb 8, 2013
There’s a story in the story, there’s a poem in the poem, there is a place within the place. [image: girvin | Seattle, 2012] In the realm of any study, the student realizes that there are layers to comprehension — one understands the bare facts,... Read More
