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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Scent | Jul 13, 2008
Exploring layering in brand story — what is the story, the brand, the person, the work? In Firenze, I had a chance to spend some time with someone that I’ve admired for a long time — Jon Bresler. Founder of LAFCO. Jon Bresler in the atelier of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jun 18, 2008
I was recently in München (May 2008) with my family visiting friends, and trying to decide where to go with our 8 month old after hitting all of the usual places. Our friends suggested the BMW Museum – and my first reaction was to suggest to Paul that he take... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling, Trends | Mar 30, 2008
Buzzing, twittering, twitching: Exploring community development in online new media launches. When I was at TED | Aspen, last month, I found myself in a world of people — my age and younger, late 30s, 40s, 50s — who were communicating with each other in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General, Scent, Trends | Mar 15, 2008
Everything smells. Every thing — scents. There are layers to scent in experience. It’s all about what you remember, what you hold — what scene, seen? What there was, in experience, that lent you to some level of exposure. That recalls — that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Feb 28, 2008
What is life? smiley groupings, right? —- vivacity, sprightliness, vigor, verve, activity, energy. I go backwards. When I think about life — going back to something that was before, that reaches to the now — and the me that is living now. Life = Body... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Motion Pictures | Dec 12, 2007
As a developer of campaign theming, in direct marketing development, ranging from department stores to retail products, theatrical marketing to entertainment design, the soul of the direct marketing story can lie in the very heart of the conceptual visualization... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Designers, General, Storytelling | Dec 31, 2007
1. How did you get your start? My start? Raw curiosity for one. That’s where it all started, that drove, and drives everything that I am made of. I am one that is easily enchanted by content. I can be ignited in a moment, if the right spark is there. A love of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, General, Storytelling | Jan 11, 2008
I was thinking about the concept of enthrallment. It was something that was mentioned to me during an encounter with Diane Ackerman, the author and poet, who described herself, her life, in that manner. Life’s spinning, a series of enthrallments. And I like that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, General | Dec 12, 2007
There’s person that works with me, at Girvin, Michael James Hawk. He’s an able researcher: need some added content, a reflection on a new client, gathering presentation material, managing Google research, studying the inbounds on Girvin.com —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 27, 2014
THE LEGEND OF CULT AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF CULTURE In an engaged manner, culture appeals most inherently to the idea of cultivation. A metaphor of gardens, flowering and nurturing growth. In the cultural revolution of the world inside brands, the longest shadow from... Read More
