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by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands, Retail | Aug 2, 2016
Dream what you Will. Visioning brand futures. I walk back, and I walk forward — looking at threading and the sutra of brand feelingness and emotionality. A brand gets to a point because it’s dreamed — there is a passioned promise state of premise and being — like with... 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 | Concepts, Cool People, General, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Mar 7, 2008
Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine: on Charlie Rose (PBS) I like Charlie’s opening presentment: “I believe that there is a place in the spectrum of television for really good conversation, if it is informed, spirited, soulful.” Spirit and soul. I like... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | Feb 29, 2008
what’s extra? pretty much everything. some thing extra about today any : day > being in it. LIFE IS ABOUT MAKING THINGS, CREATING THINGS, BEING IN CREATIVE SPACE — MAKING THINGS THAT CONNECT ME TO YOU. …. LIVING EVIL yesterday, I was thinking... 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 | Cool People, Designers, Luxury | Nov 25, 2007
Todd Heisler | The New York Times I’m wondering about the concept of attention. And the holding of things. How we hold something, how we hold attention. There’s something to memory and holding a concept in one’s mind. For many of us, for me, the idea... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Interior Design, Places | Nov 28, 2012
The sense of place, design, imagination and spectacle. The seeing eye, touching place, designed inspiration of Robert Irwin Earlier in my life, I was on the COCA team that ideated bringing James Turrell to Seattle — decades before, “seeing the light... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Nov 21, 2012
Quickshift: the value of fast change Speed of change counts, there is surprise value in accelerated shifting from one modeling to another. Working with the teams at Starbucks, learning from their move to the next, the new — the effort was rarely casual; usually... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Trends | Oct 1, 2012
RETHINKING ANCIENT DESIGN — REMADE NOW, NEW. I’m interested in the idea of old [even ancient] design strategies rethought, to new principles of action. My own history is about scouring and memorizing 2,500 years of alphabetic history, and dreaming new... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Jan 12, 2011
The Way: The Song of the Soul | Human Brand Storytelling and the Path to Connection To every message about the human character, and the warmth within, the human brand evocation is the statement of the truth of the soul that lies at the heart of being. There are stars.... Read More
