Search results for: human brands
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 12, 2014
Looking at the dark side of brand, their strategies, and their stories. In the work of finding the heart and soul space of a team of entrepreneurs, their creation, a brand and the story of their telling — community and relationships — sometimes a darker... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Apr 17, 2010
Exploring brand dissolution in Japan: heritage, brand storytelling and emotional resonance in community Working as a designer in Japan in the 80s, then the 90s, lead me to some extraordinary explorations, from the height of Japanese corporate design and the supremely... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Trends | Jan 10, 2011
The palettes of brand — the soul of color What could be the nature of the story — how do they align? Surely there are emotional states to color, but the idea of coloration in relationship to brand, and to the transitioning of experiences is an interesting... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 27, 2021
MARKETING SPEAKS TO BRAND STORYTELLING, BUT THEREIN LIES THE SINGULAR FOCUS, THE REALM OF ATTENTION—AND FURTHER, THE INTENTION OF THE REACH. That comes down to the specificity of relevance and utility, the sound of the brand and its resonance to consumers, and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 7, 2021
THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE AS A BRAND EXPLORATION THERE IS A STORYTELLING IN CAVES: HOW OLD THEY ARE, THE RIVERS RUNNING THROUGH THEM, THE JOURNEY THAT THE BRAND JOURNEYER TAKES, GETTING SOMEWHERE—INTO THE DARK, DISCOVERING SELF AND THEN OUT INTO THE LIGHT. AS WE GO... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Jul 13, 2009
Human brands | the spirit of brand development in the context of cause related marketing There is something to the travails of the human condition in communicating the benefits of solutions that many organizations attempt to express, in terms of the uplift that they... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 29, 2010
Exploring brand metaphors and soul: charting strategic pathways and innovation I was thinking about search — reaching in(to people) — listening to them, learning from them, and gathering their impressions and ideas. Search for it, listen to them, what does... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Human brands, Storytelling | Nov 7, 2018
DEFINING THE JOURNEY TO THE HIDDEN CENTER: THINGNESS [the it]: FINDING SOUL IN THE MYSTERY OF BRANDING: THE QUEST FOR THE HEART, THE UNCOVERING OF MEANING, THE FOUND MEMORY— THE MOMENT IN THE MOMENTUM. For a brand to survive, there needs to be a stance, a point of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | May 20, 2011
The cartography of brandfire: the story of highest road, the path of the middle story told, and the cumulus of the multiple tales — the grounding I’d offer a theory of the narrative cloud — the stories that surround the power of an enterprise... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Human brands | Sep 21, 2023
Talking about you—Personal Journeys, Discovery, Creativity and Making It’s about the work—the work that you’re doing, and what you’re thinking about the work that you’re doing. As a practitioner of brand thinking, strategy and design since 1973, I’ve been thinking... Read More
