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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail, Storytelling | Sep 19, 2008
Tom Barbitta is a friend of mine. A friend, as a client — a friend as an fellow explorer of story. A brand explorer. He believes in the power of story as a link to building relationships with people. Brand, in story, is solely about that — linking people... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Incubation | Jan 30, 2008
In a way, this story is about shifting brand visioning. And it’s early enough, for this story, this client — that I can’t really reference the brand name. But people ask, what is it like — what do you do? What happens? Brand development and the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Luxury, Trends | Aug 15, 2010
LOGO DESIGNERS OUT OF BUSINESS? EXPLORING THE NEW TREND, LOGO-LESS MERCHANDISE? DOES THAT MEAN BRANDERS ARE OUT OF BUSINESS? HARDLY SO, UNLESS THE PREMISE OF BRANDING IS DESIGNING LOGOS. But there’s more. Off and on, over the years, the idea of logo on, logo... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 7, 2009
Designing the brand as an excursion into the extraordinary: imagination and digital place-making in adventure. Girvin has thrived — and designed — for decades in the extraordinary, the enchanted, imagined environment as a place of design marvelment; since... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail | Feb 22, 2024
Emotional strategies in sensate brand integration Brands ask, “touch me more often, be my friend, speak to me, stay in touch.” Talking to an executive brand team, I reach-out in a simple question—“what’s the point here—what’s this workshop really about?” And the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Dec 5, 2024
Of course, as a brand person, a place-maker—as you are—we’re thinking: “if you’re not here, and not over there, then where are you? Do you know where you are? Or are you nowhere?” I’ve been talking A LOT about placemaking—and planning spaces, making places—since I’m... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Sep 12, 2024
I was working in a team-collaborative session, a BrandQuest, Soul Summit—an innovation forum, and we were discussing the implications of attraction. As brand strategists and designers, you know about the implications of product attraction. As we put it, first there... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism | Nov 22, 2024
Anyone can think symbolically—and likely, we all do. You see something and think, “that reminds me of a…” Living in a creative space, the memory palace of explorations, memories and meaning—the imagination swerves to new pathways, neural leaps to stringing ideas... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Marketing 2.0 | Oct 7, 2011
THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING | Part one Building the strategies for brand engagement thinking, creative intelligence workshops and tactical layouts for innovation sessions. Working on a project for the planning of a market design program for an emerging brand,... Read More