Search results for: brand storytelling
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Oct 1, 2013
WHAT IF YOU’RE THE BRAND? We’ve written a lot about the brand of you. The truth of the brand will lie in the journey; in exploring any brand, our path is journey — what route has it been, what telling to the past, the present, the future? That goes... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Scent | Feb 13, 2010
An emerging positioning: be a man, smell good. During an earlier brand development and product innovation program at P&G, Girvin created a product that was designed to speak to young men — and those just following behind, the tweens, to explore and build on... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | Jun 1, 2007
Tom Peters made some sequence of offerings wrapped around the space of human branding. That is the idea that you are a brand, worth telling your story, and that people will be paying attention to you. And surely there are plenty of people worth paying attention to.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Apr 24, 2008
Last Wednesday I attended the Seattle chapter of the Executive Women’s International forum http://ewiseattle.org/ at the Columbia Tower (with a spectacular view from the 75th floor). The guest speaker was Ted Simmons, advertising guru and previous CEO of Arnold... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Luxury, Storytelling | Jan 6, 2009
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by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands | Jan 10, 2024
Brand Magic, the Succession of Time, and the Portals of Perception The very nature of brands is entirely wrapped around people—“who built the brand, and for whom did they build it?” Otherwise, to GIRVIN’s parlance:“what’s the story, who’s telling it, who’s listening,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Motion Pictures | Oct 26, 2023
How to build brand storytelling for terrifying design narratives Clive Barker It was roughly 40 years ago that I read Clive Barker’s “Books of Blood,” which struck me as a remarkably distinctive turn on the horrifying—as expertly fear-inducing storytelling. Stephen... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Retail, Storytelling | Jan 17, 2023
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A KEY POINT OF RESONANCE IN BRAND EXPERIENTIALITY* COMES DOWN TO THE HOLISM OF SENSATION. How does it feel? How unforgettable is the holism of your feelings— or your guests feelings—about it? For many of us, that would be what we see—but... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Jan 12, 2023
DESIGNING LOGO ART IN THE CONSTRUCT OF PALÆOGRAPHY AND LETTERFORM CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE. GIRVIN MOVIE LOGOS In a string of presentations in LA, as well as other parts of the country, I’ve spent time walking our process to motion picture studios, advertising agencies... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Jun 22, 2022
THE STRIKE OF THE TWIN LIGHTNING BOLTS THE EVIDENCE OF LEGACY | TOM CRUISE AND TOP GUN Titling Design Trailer In my history as a designer of theatrical branding, I’d already been on the run for about 10 years [since Apocalypse Now] of working on motion picture and... Read More
