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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Feb 10, 2021
The Emotional Construct Of Brand Experience: The Wow Moment. CAPTURING WOW IN BRAND MANEUVERS Feelingness? You know the sensation, the moment of wow, which sets into play a kind of cascading—“wow, isn’t that something?” And, hopefully, it keeps going as—“will you look... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Incubation, Storytelling | Dec 16, 2020
BRAND OBSERVATIONS, PARTICIPATION IN WATCHFULNESS. In the past, in my observations of brand experiencers, it has been a long journey—and a string of compelling notations of learnings about people and how they relate to brands. I think back to my beginnings, working on... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 9, 2020
IN THE JOURNEY OF BRANDING—AND THE VISUALS AND MESSAGES THAT ARE PART OF ANY BRANDING INITIATIVE—THERE IS, INVARIABLY, A MESSAGE INSIDE THE MESSAGE. THERE’S A STORY IN THE STORY, THERE’S A TELLING INSIDE THE NARRATIVE. I believe that I first experienced this in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places, Storytelling | Sep 30, 2020
When you make a place, what gives it soul? Authenticity, material utility, legacy of use. Humanity in play, ingenuity of unexpected applications. Soulfulness wouldn’t support a clinical cleanliness or synthetic manufacture, soul— by its very etymology—refers to sea,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jun 17, 2020
WE MANAGED BRANDQUEST® SESSIONS —ALL VIRTUAL—THIS PAST WEEK, THEN OTHERS BEFORE THAT, A WEEK BEFORE— THEN THERE’S ANOTHER THINK-SHOPPING BRAND CHARRETTE EMERGING WEEK NEXT. ALL ONLINE, VIRTUAL. WE’RE THERE, BUT WE’RE NOT, WE’RE TOGETHER, BUT WE’RE THOUSANDS OF MILES... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Apr 8, 2020
BRAND | STORY | JOURNEY | MIND There’s a brand, which is like a fire, there’s a story, which is like a journey which is a memory—which is mind. Up until 1999, I had a drinking problem. So I quit that—decades ago. I was working, earlier, with Martin Pazzani on... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands | Feb 26, 2020
BRAND TOUCH: SENSUALITY AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF SENSE IN THE VIBRATION OF BRANDING When you think about it, would you describe yourself as a sensualist? Would you call yourself sybaritic? Do you indulge in exploring sensation? You’re a…voluptuary, bon viveur,... Read More
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... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Nov 13, 2019
DESIGNING THE ALPHABET AS A TOOL OF BRAND EXPRESSION IMAGE: GIRVIN for Bloomingdale’s | digitally-incised dimensional ornamental star alphabets in 12 languages –––––– What about typography— what it looks like, the form of language, visualized? What about this... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Nov 6, 2019
IN THE QUEST FOR ENTERPRISE, BRANDS ARE INTIMATELY LINKED TO THEIR MAKERS In the journey of brand development, in the work that creators build in the envisioning of products usually aligns their personal character in the mix of their making. That is, brand DNA is... Read More
