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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Trends | Dec 20, 2009
I CAN RECALL THAT IDEA, LAUNCHING, THE FIRST REVELATION OF VICE, THE MAGAZINE. A decade + back. It was my eldest daughter that discovered it, in a book shop — she said: “Dad, here’s something, you’d probably like this.” And it’s not... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Trends | Dec 3, 2009
Examining the principle of integrated marketing, experience design, and the semblance of the sentient. I’d start with this poetic assemblage. Memories reach back. They are the string from the now, to the then. They link where we are, what we are, to what... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 15, 2009
Notes on the choreography of experience: brandstories, the art of dance, life and business entwined. A long and complex titling, that is; but it’s the title for an exploration on the alignment between dance and fire, and movement, and life, and love, and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Nov 6, 2009
The red seeing eye of the Droid: exploring brand differentiation for telephone hardware First off, since this blog is about brand messaging and imagery strategy, it would be good to explore that as a opener, so there’s some ground to the accusations. The basic... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Nov 4, 2009
Internet Advertising Winning Formulae Working as a strategist and designer in theatrical advertising and branding, there’s an approach that’s linked to sequence and revelation of motion picture content that’s showing some proven measure in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Oct 31, 2009
Better than a store, you can eat there: Microsoft Café Exploring a new conception from Microsoft, a café in Paris — to be short-lived, yet an interesting telling on the principles of relationship development. But, Windows 7? Imagery sources Like good... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Oct 23, 2009
Image from TechFlash Taking pictures of Microsoft’s opening retail with iPhones. Sometime back, a friend of mine offered to introduce me to the new leader of Microsoft retail. I won’t mention either name, since it’s pointless now — I never... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Oct 20, 2009
Exploring brand, story, reconnection in community 10 | 1909 > 10 | 2009 There are a variety of moves, to the motion | notion of celebration in the anniversary of actions in legacy. An anniversary can be a month, a half year, a year, or two, five, ten, twenty five,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling | Oct 19, 2009
The string of imagination — never underestimate the connectivity of the right telling The concept of the story relates to the string; and that string can be a brand sequence just as well. The point is that the imagining of the telling really doesn’t need... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Incubation, Storytelling | Oct 12, 2009
Brand strategy in cause related marketing Every brand begins with a human, and that sense of the “human-ness” is aligned with intentionality. Humanitarian brands — those which espouse the notion of aid for other human beings — are intentionally... Read More