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by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures | Jul 10, 2023
Creative input from motion picture leadership Out—looking in. In—looking out. Exploring questions, questing for answers. In the history of our efforts in motion picture design, advertising brand design packages for films, it’s not infrequent that there is a direct... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts, Trends | Mar 25, 2020
INSTINCTUAL RESPONSE AND BRAND STRATEGY—THE SENSATION OF INTUITION. THERE’S A QUESTION, HOW DOES THE ANSWER FEEL? IN THE RANGES OF RESEARCH, ONLINE, INTERCEPTIONS, FOCUS AND DEMOGRAPHIC QUAL/QUAN/QUERY—HOW OFTEN DOES THE RESULT PLAY TO “I HAD A FEELING…” O P E N?... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Feb 19, 2020
In the journey of brand strategy—trying to define brand direction and orientation—there is an alignment between stance, intention, personality and direction: future visioning. It’s a synchronism of story—which invariably involves humans and their build-out of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 31, 2016
Working from Scratch: Customized Type Face Design, Font Development and Motion Picture Design The presumption is — design by hand and the work is better. Is that right? In the study of aligning idea to shining, brand to epiphany, inspiration to magic — there is the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts | Mar 15, 2016
Strategic Magic, Designed Mysticism, Metamagical Thematics. It’s been said that illustration, the real meaning of the word is a shining — to illustrate is “making bright.” But also — to purify. The image above, a sigil of the Heptameron Arbatel, Peter de Abano, 1575.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 25, 2015
Design as a Transportive Tool ––––––– We’ve talked about sigils. Most of you might know about the sigil as a House Seal in the Game of Thrones. And I’ve written long about them — the sigil, the signal, the signature, the signing. I reach back to my childhood for the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Scent | Jul 6, 2008
Studying the world of Brian Eno: scent, strategy, music and environment in experience design and contemplation. Image Copyright, Apple Computer, Inc., © 2008, all rights reserved. “Humans are capable of a unique trick: creating realities by first imagining them,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Retail | Mar 20, 2008
Gucci before, above — and now, Gucci anew: Been here: blog.girvin.com/?p=323 I’ve been studying, though not buying, the work of Frida Giannini. I’ve heard she’s an interesting person. I reached to her. Wrote about some ideas and never heard... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers, General | Mar 3, 2008
Saul Bass Saul Bass with Alfred Hitchcock on the set of “Psycho”. I gave a talk for the Arizona Advertising and Marketing Association some time back, and during that presentation — it was actually a conference — Saul Bass was one of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Scent | Aug 27, 2013
A Journey into the Craft and Mystery of Making Perfume. Some years back I’d read Mandy Aftel’s book, I was struck then by her link to the presumptions of aligning alchemy and the making of perfume. Theoretically, it works — but, in her application,... Read More
