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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Aug 4, 2016
Start-up Brand Lessons from Steve Jobs, the Wachowski Brothers and Stan Lee. By Tim Girvin — with Social Media commentaries and recommendations by Fletcher Helle When there is a lesson to be learned, listening makes for the best course of cumulative action. Learn and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Luxury, Storytelling | May 12, 2016
THE LUXURY OF AUTHENTIC BRANDS Love counts in the practice of making true. 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 and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Luxury, Motion Pictures | May 26, 2010
Examining Vehicles and Brand Placement Automobiles represent a fabulous concretion of brands synchronized to complex emotional and value constructs. Cars contain far more than conventional brands, they are emotive in the context of containment. They exemplify a sense... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0, Motion Pictures, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 30, 2009
Exploring the fashionability of the preternatural (brand) Lina Leandersson | “Let the Right One In” Magnet Releasing I’ve made some observations in the past, about the patterning of doom — the idea that in the midst, or in the emergence of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 12, 2015
Your Brand, too full of “stuff?” What could you take away? In the question of our search for full and robust brands, building them, finding the heart of them, it becomes a query — “when is too much?” Sometimes, it’s better to stay at the heart — the work that resides... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Trends | Jun 27, 2008
Exploring the branding of hyper-caffeinated power drinks; what image is presented — what story found? Montages by R.Bird In the last 15 years, I’ve had plenty of experience exploring drinking in Asia. From Tokyo to Seoul, from Bangkok to Jakarta,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Apr 15, 2014
Brandspirit and the building of spiritual and mystical brands What is the shadow brand, and what is the brand of light? For a long time, it’s been said — “you can’t use that word ‘spiritual’ around business people, it will scare... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Sep 25, 2010
When We Are Mammoths: ARTPRIZE, Grand Rapids, exploring art brands, strategy and evolutionary storytelling Over time, we’ve explored the concept of the artist brand — the human brand that exemplifies the reach to actualized storytelling and organized... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Scent, Storytelling | Sep 17, 2010
The classic buoy-shaped original bottle: Old Spice BRAND HISTORY, EVOLUTION, EXPANSION: THE LEGACY FROM SHULTON TO P&G. THIS blog is about scent. And brand. And story. And song… Play the Jingle! Speaking with a friend of mine, years back, Global Brand... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Jul 12, 2010
The proposition of men, designing men’s stuff is an interesting one — from Filson to designer Axes, from canvas luggage to gear that guys want. What’s the pitch? To the general philosophy that there’s a men’s designer consciousness... Read More
