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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Nov 20, 2018
WHAT I LEARNED FROM STAN LEE. AND OTHER UPSTART BRANDING LESSONS FROM STEVE JOBS AND THE WACHOWSKI SIBLINGS. Isn’t it so that, in any journey forward, you go back, to find the points where your heart first opened? And in any journey to know, you must go— out there,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 13, 2018
A LEGACY AND LETTERFORM LANDMARK FOR RAINBOW MAGAZINE CALLIGRAPHY AS MAGIC When it comes up to it, the making of marks is an inherently magical proposition; that is: magic is definable as a insight and plane changer. It transforms perception and meaning in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 18, 2017
THE SECRET HAND SHAKE, THE CARD WELL PLAYED, THE CONVERSATIONAL ALLUSION? MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME EARLY TO WATCH WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY SPEAK. In fact, we used to walk together and she’d say — “what do you think they’re saying?” “See those people over there, what are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 5, 2017
AS A DESIGNER, A BRAND PERSON — A CREATIVE, A STRATEGIST, A MARKETER — YOU WORK IN THREADING ALIGNMENTS OF CREATIVITY. THAT COMES TO THIS PARALLELISM: THE SYNCHRONY OF HOW YOU THINK, WHAT YOU’VE WORKED ON AND WITH, AS WELL AS WHERE YOU’VE BEEN. IT COMES DOWN TO: WHAT... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Trends | Jul 12, 2017
THE RISING CURL OF A WAVE STARTS AS A QUIETING PEBBLE DROP — THEN IT WHISPERS, RIPPLES OUT — ONWARDS. MURMURING, THERE IS A TREMOR — AND NOW IT’S A WAVE. TREND ON — TSUNAMI UPLIFT. Waves curl as a spectacular metaphor — just in their very movement, analogous to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 29, 2017
YOU COULD FIND A WAY OUT, THAT COULD BE A WAY IN. I was first struck by this sign that I found in an antiques shop [above.] W A Y O U T When we think of way out, that could be an experience of layered and expansive experience. “Way out, man!” But, the way out, to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Dec 6, 2016
AT THE HEART OF THE EARTH, FINDING THE SOUL OF SCENT. When I think about perfume, I invariably go dark, deep, underground, forested root and wood-bound, roughshod and animalic — the low notes, the bass, the lower boom of perfume. Even as a teenager, some decades back,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 15, 2016
The Deepest Cut: The Brand Allegory of the Cutting Edge In the journey of brand strategy, storytelling and design, a number of allegories constantly emerge. There is the journey, the road less traveled and the search for the pathway there are brand symbols of shining... Read More