Search results for: Truth
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Jun 11, 2012
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN | Archetypes in storytelling, repetitive patterning in the mythic dimension The question and the quest for the lineage of story patterning. (in-theatre screen, street and subway shots / girvin) There is a story, in a story, in a story... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Jun 13, 2012
A KEY START, TO ANY DEFINITION OF SELF, BRAND, ENTERPRISE, DIRECTION. The Quest for brand stance and conditioning. In my office, at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Stewart, Seattle — on the wall, a sign poses the simplistically profound question: “Who are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands | Jun 8, 2012
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TRUE Real people, real brands, enterprises that are true. Have you been with someone, a person, a brand, that’s untrue — to you? You had an impression, then you went to “meet” them, work with them, buy from them —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 24, 2012
the creative hunger, the force of passionate making raven, verb i"m thinking about the hunger that is beneath the hunger. I’m talking less about food and more about the notion of the food beneath food — that is, what drives the hunger itself?... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Trends | Aug 4, 2011
Studying the nature of surveillance | the lookout, the sentinel, the scout (and the brand). S E N T I N E L F O R T H E B R A N D Looking out: over the shifting world, there is what is flowing out — the push; and what is flowing in — the pull. The... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jul 25, 2011
Workers at a fake Apple store with an iPad tablet in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Friday. Wong Campion / Reuters The Soul of the Brand Material In the emerging wild east of China, the idea of counterfeiting continues as the savaging of anything and everything... 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 | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Jan 12, 2011
The Way: The Song of the Soul | Human Brand Storytelling and the Path to Connection To every message about the human character, and the warmth within, the human brand evocation is the statement of the truth of the soul that lies at the heart of being. There are stars.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands | Oct 29, 2010
EXPLORING HONOR, TRIBUTE, CARE IN THE MAKING OF BRANDS. Rethinking difference in the re-making of Apple principles. “Marketing is about values. This is a very complicated world, it’s a very noisy world. And we’re not going to have a chance for people... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail | Feb 18, 2010
Authentic brand simplicity: Frisbee, an American classic The Frisbee was one of those progressively personal, explored brand creations — enthrallments that went from basic object, a toy for a kid; elementary school student, and an obsession of flinging skills;... Read More
