Search results for: brand patterning
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Retail | Oct 17, 2010
Redesigning connections to community, experience design and retail food service “This incredible new store design represents our ongoing commitment and leadership in global store design and offers a new experience to the Capitol Hill neighborhood. You will have... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Jul 28, 2010
What happened with Michelle Obama, the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards and MAC Cosmetics? Sometime back, I’d sent a note to Kate + Laura, each with a painting on bark gathered from the high hills of Kaua’i, and a story to tell — that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 11, 2010
A note from Ed Kelly: content, contentment, relevance, resonance What’s the story, who’s telling it, what’s it look like, and who cares? I’ve been an American Express cardholder for coming on 20 years. And I met Ed Kelly, CEO, American Express,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | May 17, 2010
Cinematic alignment, storytelling and brand recreation “Breathless” regains its inhalation. Fifty years after the film’s release in France, Rialto Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to a new 35 mm print of Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave groundbreaker, which... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Dec 14, 2009
The analysis of Tweeter types: person to person, twitter profiles. It’s good to be clear about who you are. It’s interesting that there are emerging personality profiles, in users, that come into the webbed world of community in communications. And surely,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Aug 4, 2009
What is the brand of place? I’ve thought, long and hard, about the idea of brand in place. Moreso, the concept of the contained generosity, in sharing, and the nature of the host, the hostess, in creating a place of content — made; that is: if... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0 | Jun 20, 2009
Who do you trust? Facebook search engine results? Your friend’s a brand. Google has long been the apex of search mechanisms, beating out the rivals of Yahoo, and still, so too, emergent entity bing.com. But Google has its sights on the social space, such as... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0 | Jun 7, 2009
Thoughts on bing, the new search engine for Microsoft Just days ago, the kick off. According to the overview from Microsoft, “the idea behind ‘Manifesto’ is to elicit an emotional response about a concept that is decidedly not emotional.” And... Read More