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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Dec 23, 2014
HOW ATTENTIVE ARE YOU? As you think about design, and the creation of designed experiences, the point might go two ways: how attentive are you? and how attentively will your experiences be received? People come into a place in the construct of impressionistic... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Sep 8, 2023
In case you’ve missed it, check out “talking about you” from last week’s entry. This blog is built out of one of a series of talks I’ve given on equating brand, enterprise strategy and human-based characteristics. It’s a pretty simple premise. Brands are made by... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Aug 16, 2023
It’s Not So Much About What’s There, or What’s Not There—It’s the Intention of the Movement; the Imprint That it Makes. And What the Viewer Holds Forever. As designers, we think about the statement of our design solutions—and the impact and memorability of the work.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 30, 2022
DESIGN STRATEGIES, DEEP BRANDING, METAPHORICAL NARRATIVES Of course, we have a different way of thinking about the alphabet—as designers, as brand fire starters, letter crafters and identity theorists. If you’re thinking about a letter—what’s your favorite? Me? X. As... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Jun 15, 2021
SOMETIMES YOU GO BACKWARDS IN TIME TO GO FORWARDS TO THE FUTURE. AND THE SYMBOLISM OF THE INTERLOCKING CHAIN OF MANY STORIES FORMS THE TRAIL OF A TALE, A NARRATIVE THREAD—WHICH COULD BE FROM THE PAST, WHICH COMES TO THE PRESENT, WOVEN IN THE INTERLINKED... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 9, 2020
IN THE JOURNEY OF BRANDING—AND THE VISUALS AND MESSAGES THAT ARE PART OF ANY BRANDING INITIATIVE—THERE IS, INVARIABLY, A MESSAGE INSIDE THE MESSAGE. THERE’S A STORY IN THE STORY, THERE’S A TELLING INSIDE THE NARRATIVE. I believe that I first experienced this in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | May 6, 2020
YOU ARE A LONE JOURNEYER? YOU ARE ALL ONE. YOU ARE THE ONE: THE ONLY, THE LONELY, THE ONE OF MANY. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– There’s a one—you, the only of your kind; there is the one of your group—the group of one, one’s group. There is your clan—there’s only... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Dec 4, 2019
BRAND SENSATIONALISM: HOLISTIC BRANDING AND SPHERICAL EXPERIENCE STRATEGY As in many studies of business, the notion of samurai strategy is most commonly evinced in “The Book of Five Rings,” written by warrior artist Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, c. 1584 – June 13, 1645)... Read More
