Search results for: brand patterning
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Nov 8, 2010
Harvard Business Review’s observations: cool. I found it interesting that the Harvard Business Review would be identifying the tattoo as a point of relevance to analyzing trend. But of course, it — the trend content — really comes from a hiring... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Oct 4, 2008
Panelists Anthony Battaglia, Claudia Cividino, Dawn Clark, Paul Terlizzi at Fashion Group International, NYC I’ve been looking at, and looking for, working on, true brands. Brands that are true. True brands can’t be invented, they must be made in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Apr 17, 2010
Exploring brand dissolution in Japan: heritage, brand storytelling and emotional resonance in community Working as a designer in Japan in the 80s, then the 90s, lead me to some extraordinary explorations, from the height of Japanese corporate design and the supremely... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Dec 27, 2011
Those that own the brands, own the story to hold the brand — and in offering that, carry forward their own story. Setting style, imagination, art and the making of scene, scent sent. “She is one of the – if not the – most stylish women living.” Designer and film... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Apr 11, 2024
Designing brands for consumer profiles in only one geography. Most brand shops have experience in developing brands that are global in nature, they start in one area—likely the geographic origination of the brand creation, then they expand to other regions in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Oct 11, 2009
Brand strategy exploration: Yves Saint Laurent | Girvin: 2007 For a presentation on entrepreneurship, branding and emotional content to the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore GIRVIN’S FOCUS has been directed to the concept of brand development and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Storytelling | Oct 12, 2023
With our coming into 50 years of continuous involvement in brand strategy and integrated design— and as coffee connoisseurs—we’ve savored this brewed beverage all over the world, from Seattle to NYC—Maui too, LA to Vancouver, Java and Bali. We’ve studied coffee... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Apr 20, 2009
Probing the hidden hints of mind, in brand, in experience. Martin Lindstrom is perhaps the most “branded” persona in branding. He’s young, unabashedly on a flame accelerant when it comes to fueling his ideas, research, and global traveling insights... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Aug 18, 2008
Any brand is human. A brand fire is started by a person. It comes from a human spirit and mind: it’s made for humans. Human brand. Interestingly enough, this simple equation is sometimes forgotten. People focus on transactions, engineering commerce — and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0 | Dec 10, 2007
The brand story as a communications tool, in brand management and experience design. What is brand, what is story, what is message, what is experience? What changes are emerging in the concept of branding, storytelling, community and communications? What direction, if... Read More