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by Tim Girvin | Cool People | Sep 5, 2008
A sense of experience in design, vision, luxury: touchpoint management “Architecture has been…presumably practical, economic executions of so many square feet of floor with lots of machinery… very little for the whole human being – places where one... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jun 18, 2008
I was recently in München (May 2008) with my family visiting friends, and trying to decide where to go with our 8 month old after hitting all of the usual places. Our friends suggested the BMW Museum – and my first reaction was to suggest to Paul that he take... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Interior Design, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | May 11, 2008
Sometime back, after some midtown meetings, I’d been making my way back to the NYC Girvin office. And I came across this treatment for Chipotle, a McDonald’s concept investment. But the point is hardly about the opening collaboration in ownership (founded... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places | Jan 4, 2013
Retail Brand Language: The Layering of Patterning. The design language of brand patterning. Brand patterning, psychic patterning — the hidden and the obvious messaging of place-making and experience, designed. I was watching some people in a place, and watching... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 11, 2010
Wi-Fi ubiquity: Starbucks + new digital content. What if Starbucks created its own content for Wi-Fi users? Who cares? Concepts of wi-fi contrary concepts in New Dehli, India (Photo by Girvin, story) I say: no thanks. For years (going back a decade) the Cingular,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail, Storytelling | Jun 23, 2010
Photo by Dawn Clark Planning | Home is Where the Heart is Some time back, several years ago, I was talking with a friend of mine about the concepts of synaesthesia and brand — looking for ways to merge the context of brand experience to move guests into a more... 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
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General, Motion Pictures | Dec 19, 2009
Early counsel: the strategy on brand identity, for one of the best motion picture brand developers in the world. A number of years, back, I had the opportunity to work with James Cameron and his marketing team on the conception of the Abyss. That being, in particular,... Read More