Search results for: brand patterning
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Mar 6, 2019
IN THE QUEST OF TRAVELING THE WORLD: EXPLORING SPELLS, BINDING AND BRAND MAGIC In an adventure of working around the world, one sees things differently in the layering and context of place. Different cultures approach brands in varying ways—to each, their own way of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Designers, General, Places | Dec 16, 2007
I’ve offered some expression of the opening vision of 40 Bond and I’ve been watching the evolution of that project. I went back. I had a couple of meetings in that area, NOHO, I’m guessing. Kimberly Sheppard from Gabellini | Sheppard. And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM | May 24, 2018
I AM WALKING THE FOREST, EXPLORING THE DEEPER PLACE OF ARBOREALITY; THESE TREE TAPESTRIES ARE LONG-MADE, OLDER GROVES, THE ONES THAT HAVE DARKER PLACES ADMINISTERED BY THE OLDER AND BIGGER TREES. You might ask, what is the symbolism of the tree in the context of what... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Storytelling | May 11, 2023
Mýrdalshreppur, Iceland As a global wanderer—and a wonderer, in that wandering—I’m always thinking about that notion of the deeper side of the stride. And I ask: “what, to walking, what to the steps forward, what is the sense of the way ahead?” And when I think... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jun 17, 2020
WE MANAGED BRANDQUEST® SESSIONS —ALL VIRTUAL—THIS PAST WEEK, THEN OTHERS BEFORE THAT, A WEEK BEFORE— THEN THERE’S ANOTHER THINK-SHOPPING BRAND CHARRETTE EMERGING WEEK NEXT. ALL ONLINE, VIRTUAL. WE’RE THERE, BUT WE’RE NOT, WE’RE TOGETHER, BUT WE’RE THOUSANDS OF MILES... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 18, 2020
THERE’S A PRESUMPTION OF BRAND GATHERING—PEOPLE CLUSTER AROUND BRANDS THAT STAND FOR SOMETHING, THEY HAVE AN INTENTION THAT’S CLEAR—THEIR STANCE IS VISIBLE. That might come down to belief, “I believe in this brand because the story is true; look what they’re doing,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Human brands, Storytelling | Nov 7, 2018
DEFINING THE JOURNEY TO THE HIDDEN CENTER: THINGNESS [the it]: FINDING SOUL IN THE MYSTERY OF BRANDING: THE QUEST FOR THE HEART, THE UNCOVERING OF MEANING, THE FOUND MEMORY— THE MOMENT IN THE MOMENTUM. For a brand to survive, there needs to be a stance, a point of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 11, 2016
Brand core: what lies within? The idea of finding the soul of the brand is something that many might immediately chafe against, or laugh out loud — the sheer presumption: brand = soul. But I’m finding that this is increasingly the place in which Girvin works, as well... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands, Retail | Aug 2, 2016
Dream what you Will. Visioning brand futures. I walk back, and I walk forward — looking at threading and the sutra of brand feelingness and emotionality. A brand gets to a point because it’s dreamed — there is a passioned promise state of premise and being — like with... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Retail | Sep 22, 2008
Exploring the story, the man, the brand, Ralph Lauren I’ve met Ralph Lauren, but hardly to any degree that he’d recall. But I did have a connection with him, decades ago. Brief. And unforgettable, for me. Likely completely unknown to him. Why? I’d... Read More
