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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People | Jan 5, 2009
Björk, the venture capital of the imagination. Björk “I will not be able to live with my own conscience when my grandchildren drive around Iceland and it’s just full of factories and smelters.” -Björk My first connection with Björk was through the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Dec 14, 2008
I’ve been looking for truth. I’m looking for truth in my self — what do I do, in practicing what I tell, preach, to others. And telling the truth in the reign of the firm — what we do, what we offer, and how we go about doing it, in finding the truth and the heart of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Nov 15, 2008
Remaking banking in retail community building and development How do you tell a story that’s not the same old? In visiting banks — and the brand presence of their sites (literally and online) — and studying the crises of the current banking scenario... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail | Feb 22, 2024
Emotional strategies in sensate brand integration Brands ask, “touch me more often, be my friend, speak to me, stay in touch.” Talking to an executive brand team, I reach-out in a simple question—“what’s the point here—what’s this workshop really about?” And the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Designers, General | Oct 4, 2007
I believe that the story is the way that people connect with each other. I tell you a story about me, you learn something — there’s a possible magnetic link between us; we’ve made some opening range of a connection. And from there…what, where... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Places, Storytelling | Jul 15, 2007
I had a chance to connect with friends Catherine Eaton Skinner, David Skinner and Tom Kundig at the official first public opening (at least that I was invited to) of her space on Capitol Hill, overlooking downtown Seattle. The generous studio opening was a gesture to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People | Jul 10, 2007
Kevin Roberts | CEO | Saatchi+Saatchi ww. | Bridget de Socio | creative ronin —- Monday, May 7, 2007 Inspirational People – Bridget de Socio One thing you can say about working at Saatchi & Saatchi is that it is never dull and it’s mostly fun. And the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Motion Pictures | Jul 8, 2007
Probably the wrong wave, I’d imagine. But that’s the point of the story to be told. And let’s tell that story. I’d propose that the notion of banning a film because of some ongoing promulgation by Tom Cruise, about his personal... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Places | Jul 9, 2007
Edward Burtynsky | Manufactured Landscapes @ the Film Forum | NYC. Trailer and related content —- Beautiful ugliness. I’ve made some notes about the idea of beauty, in ugliness, before. Ugly beauty. You know that concept — the swirls of rainbowed oil... Read More
