Search results for: brand-instinct
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands, Retail | Aug 21, 2012
How did that happen? Love, love, love. The best brands in the world move past the nature of conventional commerce relationships, it’s far beyond mere exchange of cash and product; it’s emotional and exhilarated — they are, like other love brands,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Places, Retail, Trends | Sep 26, 2012
Sometimes the best restaurant concepts are the simplest, the most honest, the most direct. They go back to the heart of giving, exchanging and trading enterprise. Asking the core questions — Why [do we love this idea — devoting ourselves to it]? Where... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places, Retail | May 1, 2012
Travel, brand, retail, explorations: The 9th International Retail Congress Seminarium. The focused walking-study, explorations of design and human-place, place-making, retail storytelling, cultural impressions and insight in presence. Just got back, last week. [all... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Oct 4, 2011
Stories, myths, legends, tales — the link to humanity If there’s a story about a person, which might be a legacy, a family, a product — a brand — who’s telling it, and who cares? There are chains, coils, rings that sync and bridge the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Retail | Oct 17, 2010
Redesigning connections to community, experience design and retail food service “This incredible new store design represents our ongoing commitment and leadership in global store design and offers a new experience to the Capitol Hill neighborhood. You will have... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Jul 28, 2010
What happened with Michelle Obama, the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards and MAC Cosmetics? Sometime back, I’d sent a note to Kate + Laura, each with a painting on bark gathered from the high hills of Kaua’i, and a story to tell — that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Scent | Jul 26, 2010
EXPLORING THE PRESENCE: THE SENTIENT MIND OF SERGE LUTENS | SCENTEUR, ARTIST, DESIGNER, PERFUMER. Attention, craft, fascination and the making of an extraordinary career. Photo © Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido The concept of presence is about attention, capturing the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 11, 2010
A note from Ed Kelly: content, contentment, relevance, resonance What’s the story, who’s telling it, what’s it look like, and who cares? I’ve been an American Express cardholder for coming on 20 years. And I met Ed Kelly, CEO, American Express,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | May 17, 2010
Cinematic alignment, storytelling and brand recreation “Breathless” regains its inhalation. Fifty years after the film’s release in France, Rialto Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to a new 35 mm print of Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave groundbreaker, which... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures | Mar 10, 2010
The Character of the Alphabet and the Maze of Knowing, the Real and Uncertain. What’s real, anyway? And — to the question of “any way, which?” what is the right “reading”? There’s a mystery in the alphabet — one, ages... Read More