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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers | Aug 11, 2015
Qualia: Yves Klein International Blue, Beauty and States of Being. Examining Sensation[alism,] Perception, Beauty and the Story of The Brand — human, color and otherwise Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void); Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Oct 31, 2009
Better than a store, you can eat there: Microsoft Café Exploring a new conception from Microsoft, a café in Paris — to be short-lived, yet an interesting telling on the principles of relationship development. But, Windows 7? Imagery sources Like good... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 7, 2024
Seeing stories in Brands, Design and Gesture. As a leader of workshops, and team-related branding sessions, I tend to watch my teams very carefully. My last blog spoke to listening, and appreciative observation— how to study the evidences of emotion in the gestures of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Dec 11, 2019
Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void); Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves Klein Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 1960. THE SENSING OF COLOR. PANTONE’S BLUE 2020. “May all that emerges from me be beautiful.” Y V E S K L E I N I... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 25, 2017
STORYTELLING NINTENDO BRAND DESIGN FOR NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS, GAME BOY, SUPER NINTENDO, VIRTUAL BOY AND ULTRA64. OLDER, LEGACY GAMING SYSTEMS are becoming more popular, as in antiquated coolness, old hip as new, dope software. Even Atari shows up in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Designers, Luxury, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Nov 30, 2008
Saying goodbye at the Majorelle Gardens. I did gesture to good bye, at his passing, along with, of course, millions of others — June | 2008. And most of the designers of significance on the planet: http://www.wwd.com/au_revoir_yves And, that closing in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Feb 22, 2011
Can creativity be defined in a brief? What is a creative brief — and is there a point to being brief? No. Brands are inordinately complicated orchestrations. Being that they inherently involve relationships to humans, the idea of “briefness” is a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Nov 22, 2009
Girvin | Strategic Branding Research: Brand, personality, testing and global marketing initiatives What is the line that moves to the psychic space of a person? How do you find the heart of a relationship? Brand to person? Person as brand to community? During the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Places, Storytelling | Sep 16, 2015
What is home? The Pathway To Where You Were and Where You Might Need To Be I was talking to some athletes — baseball players, about their concept of home. Home Runs, Home plate. What is that, getting home? The metaphor of home, home runs, getting home, hitting a homer... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail | May 23, 2011
The singularity of purpose in extraordinary experience design Small FSR | Big Ambitions in Restaurant Design Strategy The real key is honesty — being simple, authentic, straight forward. People seem to get that. Meeting Danny Meyer, the legendary human brand... Read More