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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Sep 22, 2010
Image: iPhone Defender As the world gets trickier, let’s think about products as self defense strategies. I’d written a while back, only days ago, about the idea of design strategy — DESIGN THINKING AT APPLE. Actually, I’ve no clue as to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Scent, Storytelling | Sep 17, 2010
The classic buoy-shaped original bottle: Old Spice BRAND HISTORY, EVOLUTION, EXPANSION: THE LEGACY FROM SHULTON TO P&G. THIS blog is about scent. And brand. And story. And song… Play the Jingle! Speaking with a friend of mine, years back, Global Brand... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Sep 14, 2010
Seeing better, the sharp-eyed, or the old ones of the forest? What’s the patterning? Ravens, eyes, Tom Ford and now Dermalogica? Just a note, but what’s the thread of the archetype — Tom Ford eyewear and now eye recovery, with Dermalogica? More to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Retail | Jul 13, 2010
Speaking with colleagues, people have asked — “you seem to know something about what’s going on at Starbucks; but really, who’s doing the work?” I just talk to people — being the perpetually curious type. And I ask questions.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | May 18, 2010
Tim Girvin and Jack Larsen, at his Park Avenue Studio A fashion archetype, reconsidered. I was relieved to hear that the bow tie is coming back. Somewhere around ten years back I’d moved past that detail — the suit, the oxford shirt, the bow tie. That was... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Feb 16, 2010
Paramount Studios Are you telling the truth – do you smell right? The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time . . . and bear unfaltering, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection. (Proust, 1913/1928,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jan 2, 2010
Visioning mission, promise, proposal, proposition and the inculcation of values, notations on design thinking and strategic attention. “Vision can be written, it’s scribing a dream; it’s a designed evocation — a voicing. Mission is that act... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General, Motion Pictures | Dec 19, 2009
Early counsel: the strategy on brand identity, for one of the best motion picture brand developers in the world. A number of years, back, I had the opportunity to work with James Cameron and his marketing team on the conception of the Abyss. That being, in particular,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, General | Sep 20, 2009
Creativity, Dance, Business and You An event, benefiting the Seattle Dance Project Group, The Ruins, Seattle. 9/27/09 1.00pm-4.00pm. There’s a distinct alignment between the spiritual principles of dance and the living life of brand development. If we quickly... 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