by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers | Jun 29, 2020
MY MEETINGS WITH MILTON GLASER t h a n k y o u ––––––– A voyage of inspired imagination. Milton Glaser passed onwards after 91 years of creativity. What a legacy that he has left behind to us all. When you are young, you recall points of connection that are...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 24, 2020
The soulful pathway, brand journeying—studying the modeling of the deep space of branding, metaphors, storytelling and innovations in a time of change. Everything’s changing, as well we all know. Life speed—living accelerates and complicates, death speed—death and end...
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...
by GIRVIN | News | Jun 14, 2020
After a year of rebuilding under new ownership, Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii re-launches new brand, opens first redesigned store near Salt Lake City, Utah. Cision: PR Wire article...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 27, 2020
IN A LEGACY OF DECADES OF COLLABORATION, THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT SPEAK LOUDER THAN OTHERS, LIKE THE WORDS THAT MESSAGE FIRST-OFF, TO A READING BRAND EXPERIENCER. THE HOLLYWOOD MOTION PICTURE PRESENTATIONS. In the brand journey of forty five years of exploration of...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | May 19, 2020
THINKSHOPPING BRAND CHANGE | GIRVIN’S BRANDSCAPING CHANGE MANAGEMENT, ENTERPRISE EVOLUTIONS AND ACCELERATED BRAND TRANSITIONING EVERYTHING CHANGES: IT’S THE ONE CONSTANT TO EXPECT—BETTER TO BE READY TO MOVE AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE. In your constant study of the rising...
by Tim Girvin | Brands | May 13, 2020
THE REPETITION OF DESIGN AND SYMBOLICAL PATTERNING: ALLEGORICAL BRAND DESIGN. IN THE EXPLORATION OF THE DESIGN, PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION AND THEIR TRANSLATION OF IDEAS, THERE ARE PATTERNS THAT EMERGE. In the journey of the work, the act of designing—that is, the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | May 6, 2020
YOU ARE A LONE JOURNEYER? YOU ARE ALL ONE. YOU ARE THE ONE: THE ONLY, THE LONELY, THE ONE OF MANY. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– There’s a one—you, the only of your kind; there is the one of your group—the group of one, one’s group. There is your clan—there’s only...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 29, 2020
WAVE PATTERNING IN BRAND STORYTELLING—THE LONG NOW. [Image By @DacArc, Copalis, WA] ONE WOULD PRESUME THAT THE MOVEMENT OF A WAVE, WHETHER WATER-RIVEN OR SONIC BLAST—LIGHT, FOR THAT MATTER—WOULD SIMPLY GO ON FOREVER AND EVER. ONCE IT STARTS, IT JUST GOES— IT’S OUT...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Apr 22, 2020
IN THE LAST BLOG, WE TALKED ABOUT IDENTITY AS A PURSUIT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF COHERED SAMENESS—THAT EVERY ATTRIBUTE OF A BRAND IS REFLECTIVE OF A CORE PREMISE: EVERYTHING TILTS BACK, POINTS TO CENTER, LEANS TOWARD A KEY PROMISE, VALUE AND ATTRIBUTION OF DESIGN...