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by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Storytelling | Oct 9, 2019
WHY WOULD YOU LOOK BACK, TO GO FORWARD? THE PATTERNING OF THE LONG TIME: WHAT IT MEANS FOR DESIGN, BRAND AND ENTERPRISE. As designers, our entire history is just that: going back, to go forward—in GIRVIN’s study of design, as a legacy, goes back 5000 years. As a... Read More
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, Designers, Interior Design, Storytelling, Trends | Nov 14, 2018
DESIGNING FURNITURE THAT PROTECTS THE USER. As a designer, I’m frequently talking about the core power of markings. In fact, at Mark Anderson’s futurist, high tech conference—this year in ParkCity, Utah, I was doing just that—talking about the symbolism of the mark... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts | Jun 27, 2018
THE JOURNEY OF SPACING-IN AND THE ART OF DOING NOTHINGNESS. I was in a meditation chamber and we were sitting, quiet—as I settled in, quieting down—I watched others getting to the nothingness of mindlessness. Nothing there, quiet in here. And in that, it does come... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Mar 14, 2017
THE LEGENDARY SYMBOLISM OF THE HATCH MARK, THE HASH TAG, HATCHING STROKES AND THE UBIQUITOUS # DESIGN THINKING, ARCHETYPES AND ALLEGORY. In a manner, this speaks to the symbolism of place, that was just my journey this past week in Boise, ID — talking then to the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Aug 9, 2016
THE STRATEGY OF THE HUMAN BRAND | PEOPLE, PASSION AND THEIR BUSINESSES? EXPLORING THE ALIGNMENTS BETWEEN PERSONAL BRANDING AND ENTERPRISE: WHAT LIES BENEATH? Photo by Dawn Clark, AIA LEED AP Every brand is made by and for humans. Every human could be a brand. What’s... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jul 26, 2016
In the Quest for Light, Being Beauty and the Carrying of Story Reach in and ponder. Wander. And gather up what might be otherwise undiscovered. I recall a couple of years back, in the mountains of the Himalaya, visiting a remote monastery, I met a tertön. Treasure... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 9, 2016
The Beauty of Rust Antiquity, Utility, Wabi Sabi and Beauty In one person’s eyes, as an object gets older, it cracks, it discolors — and it might rust. Okay, one approach — toss it out. Get rid of it. And contrary to that — another more classical line of thinking:... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 8, 2016
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY Celebrating the Mysteries of The Mother In my journey thus far, I’ve studied the hand-making of things, the creative molding process as a person driven and bidden by the magic spell of making. But that making is a deeper realm, held in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Scent, Storytelling | Jun 17, 2014
Anytime? In the work of brand, are you ever off, or always on? I was walking this remote road, and I found this sign in the middle of anywhere, no where — “ANYTIME.” When I find signs like this, I’m prone to ponder their meaning — as if... Read More
