Search results for: brand storytelling
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Scent | May 21, 2010
Synaesthetic brand experience design. A friend of mine, Tracy Pepe, a scent strategist and consultant, founder of Nose Knows Consulting, posited this YouTube video. And she was exploring impressions — “what’s your take?” The sequence goes like... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Storytelling | Nov 2, 2008
This is the first in a series on Human Brand | defining the inextricable link between people, founding vision and the brands that they produce. You’ve got to find what you love. Steve Jobs There’s passion here for me. Because I can personally relate to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Oct 22, 2008
The heart of the genuine: exploring the concepts of authenticity, history, brands and the place of luxury. I’d open with the meaning — and the combinational character of the idea of truth fullness — and its apparent luxury in telling — are true... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Human brands, Incubation, Places, Scent, Storytelling | Aug 24, 2011
Starbucks, Pike Place Market — the beginnings of a branded world. A brand becomes a world: (tenet, intention, cult and culture, community and audience: engagement + embracement = enchantment). This world, built and evolving — founded on the inspiration of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | May 12, 2010
The wave, the ripple, the droplet, the metaphor — exploring allegorical symbolism in brand and business strategy. The idea of water is a metaphor that has consistency to the notion of exploring how people connect with each other: touch, connectedness, stories... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Apr 19, 2017
BRANDISH — THE WAVE AND FLOURISH OF BRAND The OED: “brandish” — Brand as fire. Notes on the Place of being. Considering meaning and etymology, reflections on distinction and memory of meaningful experience. I had a conversation with a friend of mine, Dawn A. Clark.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People | Sep 18, 2009
The Duke Study on brand, imagination and the impression of self. It’s been pointed out that seeing Apple’s cool logo makes you feel more creative and smarter. And it’s not only about that — how you feel — but how you act. That’s an... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 17, 2015
The Nature of Interlinking, Knotmaking, Braiding and the Entwinement of Storytelling. As a journeyer in brand, and the fire making of its fluency in community, I find myself in the study of the under-layments of how it works. As noted long back, it’s a storytelling... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts | Feb 24, 2022
THE SIGILLIC SOLUTION In the journey of brand design and identity, there is the high road, the first summit, the easier vista—the outreach of an accessible view and foundational story: “it’s beautiful, so this must be a beautiful brand.” And then there are the deeper... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands | Jul 17, 2019
THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING | PART FOUR Exploring the emotionality of strategy, the humanity of brand, untethered creativity and the tactics of design management. EXAMINING CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE We’ve got history in the balance between the concept of the... Read More
