Search results for: brand storytelling
by Tim Girvin | Artists, BRAND MYSTICISM, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Nov 28, 2018
CONCEPTIONS OF ITINERANT LEARNING—EXPLORING THE “GO THERE, GET OUT OF HERE” MODELING OF EDUCATION. “YOU COULD LEARN MORE IF YOU ACTUALLY WENT THERE.” I was talking to an LA team on my traveling, vagrant-based approach to learning—leaning-in to learn by... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 26, 2018
WE DRAW A LETTER AND PRESUME THAT THERE IS A GRASPED MEANING, BY ALL. ISN’T IT POSSIBLE THAT EVERY MARK HAS MEANING? IT’S SIMPLY GRASPING THAT LEGIBILITY; IT’S THAT YOU [MUST] KNOW HOW TO READ [THEM]. OR THAT YOU NEED TO LEARN THIS NEW LANGUAGE AND THE FORMS THAT... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, BRAND MYSTICISM, Cool People, Designers, Interior Design | May 31, 2018
THE HYPERREALITY OF SYNAESTHETIC DESIGN THINKING [images from Clodagh] It’s been suggested by many that designing holistically is really the tasking of design towards a sextet of responsive and sensational layers for beings and their experiences in wandering places... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Storytelling | Jan 17, 2018
Signs are symbols of storytelling, of legend and legacy, of badges that reach out as cards of narrative fortune. There are clues in the cultural rendition of the larger messages of enterprise in the form of signs — and as placards, they offer a storytelling of color,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 1, 2017
THINK COSMIC: ARCHITECTURE AS A PLACE-MAKING MAP OF THE UNIVERSE: THE CIRCLE OF HEAVEN AND THE SQUARE OF EARTH – DESIGNING PLACES OF DEEPER SYMBOLISM. It’s true that every place has a symbolic value — every place has a sensation of personalized relevance,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 11, 2017
THE HORNET’S NEST OF INSPIRATIONS When I was young, till now, I have a profound fascination with insects. Really, arthropoda—insecta, arachnida and crustacea. That’s insects, spiders and crab-like creatures. Those hard-shelled creatures of earth, air and water. I... 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 | Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 24, 2016
A MEDITATION OF THANKFULNESS: PASSAGES AND CHAOS: 2016 | KEEP DEATH BEFORE YOU Why skulls, someone asked? Take a minute. Thursday, 11.24.2016. 2016 has been, and is, a very difficult year. Not done yet. No, there’s no economic [re] or collapse, but there’s been a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Scent | Nov 4, 2016
A TOUCHING BOOK, CONTEMPLATING 360º IN BRAND AND EXPERIENCE A VISUAL MEDITATION EXPLORING THE JOURNEY; A LEGACY OF THE SENSATE. The human stance of holism. Every journey is a storytelling of sensuality — how you sense and experience the grand sphere of your... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail, Trends | Sep 13, 2016
ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLOGY AND THE DESIGN OF PLACE Design thinking and the exploration of deep metaphors When I was working as a brand / design strategist on Procter & Gamble, on brand innovation, I’d partnered with a closely-aligned and roving colleague there, Iain... Read More
