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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Motion Pictures, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 11, 2011
Working the World: Innovations and Revelations, the Future Reclaimed I N N O V A T I O N C H A N N E L S Working in varying parts of the world, depending on the culture, your relationships there invariably offer to show you the newest and the coolest in town. Being... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | May 20, 2011
The cartography of brandfire: the story of highest road, the path of the middle story told, and the cumulus of the multiple tales — the grounding I’d offer a theory of the narrative cloud — the stories that surround the power of an enterprise... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Mar 25, 2011
Scents that celebrate urban experiences: the innovations of Comme des Garçons (and others) in fragrance concoction; there are fumes that might be called poisonous to some, others that live in the interpretation of city scents, industrially composed and material... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jun 14, 2010
Exploring the detailed visioning of leadership in brand management. This article appeared in the June issue of Arcade | Architecture and Design in the Northwest. Fire. BRANDFIRE | A culture of passion What lies beneath I think we need to be thinking about our... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 21, 2009
Exploring the creation of brands > innovations strategy The initiation of my relationship with many brands has come on the locus of change. Fast change, in branding. Working with P&G, Nintendo and Nabisco started with innovation and acceleration programs. It... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Retail | Mar 27, 2009
A return to the spirit of store one. I’ve worked in the Seattle coffee brewing experience for several decades. And all the while, I’ve been a lover of coffee — and the coffee sensate experience. There are two favorites for me. One, coffee made,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Dec 15, 2015
BRANDFIRE | Conceptions of Passionate Brand Leadership Exploring the detailed visioning of leadership in brand management. This article appeared in the June issue of Arcade | Architecture and Design in the Northwest. Fire. BRANDFIRE | A culture of passion What lies... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Nov 3, 2015
Getting to the soul of things. What is a thing? I’ve wondered about that. A thing. thing I look into the place of where words go, where they have been, and what stories they tell: O.E.D: “meeting, assembly,” later “entity, being, matter” (subject of deliberation in an... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Sep 21, 2015
As a designer, a brand person, a journeyer, a wanderer, what know you of fear? I contemplate: metus | fear. Things are arranged; then they are rearranged. Things are stable, then they are unstable. What do you hold to: that which is arranged, that which is not? Is... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Feb 26, 2015
The Quest for Heart and Soul in Branding While it’s been suggested by some that “brands can’t have a soul,” it might be proffered that the inherent intimacy of branding to humanity imparts that they have a character that is imbued with a soul-like intentionality —... Read More
