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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Feb 18, 2011
Rockets, lubrication and the innovative force of personality in the leadership of John Barry WD-40. Personally, I love the scent. Nothing like jetfuel in the morning. Someone commented, “why is that you always are smelling things first?” This is a story... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Places | Feb 15, 2011
Smashingshare.com The metaphor of the mind, architectural design and the secret of dreams The Architect from the film Inception (Warner Brothers) From the film: Inception A conversation with the inceptor and the architect Cobb: You create the world of the dream. We... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands | Feb 11, 2011
“Making a dent in the universe” — the drawn gestures of innovation and design strategy. We have a winner! The 10 billionth app, Paper Glider, was downloaded by Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, in the UK. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s 10... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Feb 8, 2011
1.27.2011 Men Are Drawn to Competition-Based Pay Men were 94% more likely than women to apply for a job if its salary potential was described as being highly dependent on competition with other employees, according to John List of the University of Chicago. The online... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Feb 7, 2011
Girvin: Fontainebleau, Miami Beach Purchasing decisions: the link to distinctive attachment in biological analysis — and Lindstrom’s Buyology. The idea of the psychic space — brand brainpower and impressionability. Is reaction just that: re-acting?... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Feb 2, 2011
Testing and response, does the arcing circular form suggest greater accessibility? “I’m soft, touch me — more.” Curves: more human, more lovable? There’s a proposition (noted below) that the Asian populace relates more positively to curve... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Feb 1, 2011
Olivier Beauchesne at Science-Metrix The flow of innovations and the interplay of minds. There was an idea, an inspiration, and it was shared, and went from one to another, and another. Then the world knew. It’s interesting that the idea of genius — the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Incubation, Trends | Jan 31, 2011
The designed space of innovation, design labs, incubation works and architectural evolution. Over time, working around the world and linking into innovation environments, the idea of designing a working laboratory for innovation is something that ranges from raw... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Jan 28, 2011
Girvin | Delano, Miami Beach, Fl. A meditation on the concepts of speed and pace — in the relationship with anyone, anywhere, anyplace. Do you find yourself hurrying past the conversation that you’re having? Are you looking ahead, in passage against where... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jan 26, 2011
THE LONG REACH | Story Flow and Dispersal — the Nature of Influence and Connection: Crowd Panic Strategies Crowds, panic, flow, clustering and the flow of information — Brands, stories, communities — observations at the roadside. How does one story... Read More