Search results for: embracement
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Aug 1, 2014
The Strategy of Marks, Meaning, and the Transportation of Magic: Intentional Transformation In my history, and a string of blogs, I’ve commented on the notion of design, magic and their intertwinement. It’s been pointed out by some that such a discussion is infertile... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Storytelling | Nov 7, 2009
Strategies of brand patterning, collaborative design and Girvin evolutions Design is about the embrace of change. And any brand, over time, has to freshly attach to the conception of transition in continuously and resiliently responding to shifts in the market. The... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Nov 14, 2009
Exemplars of Apple Messaging and Brand Product Events: Theatricality and entertainment marketing strategy in the presentation of ideas. Being one whose livelihood is wholly built on the premise of relevant content, delivery and entertainment — the concept of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Jun 23, 2021
Working in Asia, as well as other parts of the planet, particularly in emerging economies, the notion of tinier living environments is well implemented—needfully so. Big living environments are—everywhere—far more costly and mostly less efficient than smaller... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Jun 15, 2021
SOMETIMES YOU GO BACKWARDS IN TIME TO GO FORWARDS TO THE FUTURE. AND THE SYMBOLISM OF THE INTERLOCKING CHAIN OF MANY STORIES FORMS THE TRAIL OF A TALE, A NARRATIVE THREAD—WHICH COULD BE FROM THE PAST, WHICH COMES TO THE PRESENT, WOVEN IN THE INTERLINKED... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Feb 8, 2010
Exploring the concept of storytelling, and the nature of attentive reception: brand, life and design. If you’re telling a story, brand related or otherwise, who’s paying attention? Returning from a design summit, in Florida, there was a series of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jun 17, 2020
WE MANAGED BRANDQUEST® SESSIONS —ALL VIRTUAL—THIS PAST WEEK, THEN OTHERS BEFORE THAT, A WEEK BEFORE— THEN THERE’S ANOTHER THINK-SHOPPING BRAND CHARRETTE EMERGING WEEK NEXT. ALL ONLINE, VIRTUAL. WE’RE THERE, BUT WE’RE NOT, WE’RE TOGETHER, BUT WE’RE THOUSANDS OF MILES... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 26, 2021
THE STRIDE THAT GOES FORWARD COULD BE FROM 4000 YEARS AGO. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE TEND TO RECALL MESSAGES IN THE CONTEXT OF POETIC ALLITERATIONS? I WRITE THAT WAY, THINK THAT WAY, IN THE STRINGING OF REPETITIVE CONSONANTS—IT IS A FRAMING FOR MESSAGES THAT FLOWS IN THE... Read More
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 | Cool People, General, Human brands, Luxury, Scent | Sep 9, 2011
What is the nature of the perfected marvel, in scent? Really — you smell marvelous? I got a note from Barneys New York. It was really about Byredo — I’d made some notes about them earlier. Y O U S M E L L M A R V E L ? Ben Gorham’s drawn up... Read More
