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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Jun 28, 2016
The Naming of Things THE MYSTICAL ROOTS OF THE DESIGNING AND VOICING OF NAMES. When you think about it, telling someone your name is either comfortable or proves an uneasiness. And sometimes, you might ask for the name of a person, and there is a pregnant moment of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Feb 24, 2012
Brand experiences that are designed to holistically speak product strategy, merchandising & manifestation Apple comes to mind. We have commented. It might be projected that some brands offer merchandise, particularly in the fashion retail experience, that are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Feb 12, 2009
Thinking about how things are seen, scene… scene, this — ? the seen, the seeing, the scene? right? Visualizing Twitter as Barack Obama Became the 44th President tableau, go. I was studying this modeling, and collided with, again, Tableau. When I go back,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jan 26, 2011
THE LONG REACH | Story Flow and Dispersal — the Nature of Influence and Connection: Crowd Panic Strategies Crowds, panic, flow, clustering and the flow of information — Brands, stories, communities — observations at the roadside. How does one story... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Trends | Nov 19, 2010
Harry Potter 7 (Warner Brothers) Round glasses, hipness and the legacy of a design theory from the Middle Ages. Image from New York Carver Today’s the day that the ending begins for Harry Potter. And if you’re one that’s studied this phenomenon from... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Nov 8, 2010
Harvard Business Review’s observations: cool. I found it interesting that the Harvard Business Review would be identifying the tattoo as a point of relevance to analyzing trend. But of course, it — the trend content — really comes from a hiring... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands | Sep 21, 2022
In the history of any branding work, it’s invariably about the person—the creator or creatrix, and the team that follows that visioning. Someone has to be out front—the fire starter, the leader who’s there with the dream. and that person should stay there. In how many... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 25, 2022
VISUALIZING INFORMATION AS A STORY In a recent grouping of discussions, with a late 19th century-influenced designer, innovator and color theorist, we talked strategy and the tiering of information—in her brand-building around the presumptions of color gravity: the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Jul 1, 2019
LAYERING MESSAGES AND IMAGERY IN BRAND WORKSHOPPING. THE CARTOGRAPHY OF BRANDSCAPE (Digital Brush work) MAPPING BRAND THINKING | Part two THE DOODLING OF IDEAS, PATHWAYS OF EXPLORATION SCRIBBLED, BRAND MAPPING AND DOCUMENTATION: Brandquesting®, brand navigation and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 10, 2015
Capturing Ideas and Design Journeys iPad: Drafting creativity | Brand Cartography (iPhoneZenBrush) DIGITAL NOTEMAKING: THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING Doodles, scribbles, mapping and documentation: Brandquesting®, brand navigation and creative brand business... Read More