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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0, Motion Pictures, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 30, 2009
Exploring the fashionability of the preternatural (brand) Lina Leandersson | “Let the Right One In” Magnet Releasing I’ve made some observations in the past, about the patterning of doom — the idea that in the midst, or in the emergence of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Retail, Storytelling | Nov 11, 2014
The Script of The Multi-Stroke Brush Lettering Old-style Grocery Signage Script When I began my career [1975,] I was a lettering artist, a sign-writer. I wasn’t a designer, I was more to a kind of tradesman. I had no idea about what design was, per se — I knew about... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail, Trends | Sep 30, 2014
Brands, Logos, Communities Being in the business of design, and with a long history of work in the translation of the storytelling of brands into graphical interpretations, the logotype is at the center of brand style. And while there might be many layers of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places, Scent, Storytelling | Mar 13, 2014
A TOUCHING BOOK, CONTEMPLATING 360º IN BRAND AND EXPERIENCE A VISUAL MEDITATION EXPLORING THE JOURNEY; A LEGACY OF THE SENSATE. The human stance of holism. Every journey is a storytelling of sensuality — how you sense and experience the grand sphere of your... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Interior Design | Feb 8, 2007
Good morning — I’m not sure if you’ve been here, Material ConneXion, but given your interests — just in case — I’m passing this along. I’ve got a client that is being represented by this group, and wanted to know more —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Designers, Interior Design | Nov 30, 2022
THE INTERIOR PATTERNED DESIGN LANGUAGE OF TALISMANIKA™ GIRVIN’S SYMBOLIC DESIGN SEQUENCING FOR INTERIORS, FURNITURE AND GRAPHICAL LANGUAGE IN PLACEMAKING. Any designer knows that a simple plane, an empty piece of paper, a coverless book, an empty package or the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Places | Jul 13, 2022
THE ORDER OF PATHWAYS AND THE TOUCH OF THE MEMORABLE M A K E A M A Z E M E N T. As brand designers—as with any part of human creativity, “a making” or the construction of a visible object, the made art or the scribed breath of a poem—the point would be to answer this... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Storytelling | Oct 28, 2020
BRANDS ARE, IN ACTUALITY, WORLDS. THEY ARE WORLD VIEWS, THEY ARE PLACES AND ENVIRONMENTS, DIGITAL REALMS; THEY ARE SPARKS OF IMAGININGS; AND THEY ARE THE QUANTIFIED AND ACTUALIZED DREAMS OF FOUNDERS AND FOUNDRESSES. THEY ARE THE RISK AND COMMITMENT OF SWEAT: \LOVE,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Feb 5, 2020
MAKE FAST THE FUTURE | HOW TO DEFINE CREATIVE DIRECTION FOR BRAND DEVELOPMENT | WRITE A CREATIVE BRIEF. LIGHT THAT FIRE: Could that be brief creativity? Unlikely? Or could creativity be defined—let alone contained—in a brief? What is a creative brief—and is there a... Read More
