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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Jul 13, 2011
GOING BACK, I realize those that inspire me, those that have taught me all — brought me into their fold. In where I am, I make real what I learned from them. Being here, now — I am what I am. Listening to the filtration of time, the strata of learning... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Designers, General, Human brands | Oct 1, 2010
YSL, American Eagle, New Era Customization and the Interpretations of the Crowd. What about brands that are your brand? Make your own world: Working at Yves Saint Laurent, I can recall a conversation about either oui or non — the idea of more big YSL logo... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | May 14, 2010
And me. A week back someone said, “why are you always writing about Steve Jobs, I mean, really — what’s the connection?” Calligraphy The connection goes back to Stanford. And the Stanford Conference on Design. Back then, I would go to these... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Mar 22, 2010
Reaching into the soul of scent. The experience of studying scent is something that can go on for a lifetime. For me, it begins there — going back to the elemental memories of scents that simply struck a chord, early in my life, that taught the power of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail, Trends | Feb 1, 2010
The sentience of reading experience: Kindle vs. iPad, an exploration of dimensionality. This from GadgetLab: “But some die-hard e-reader fans like Len Edgerly, who hosts the weekly Kindle Chronicles podcast, say pretty e-books aren’t as big a draw as some would... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Aug 26, 2009
Exploring the construct of brand, community, enterprise and the work that we do. I’ve been a designer for a long time; and working in the creative space is in my blood. My mother was a painter, an artist in every sense of the world, the word. My father is a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Jun 8, 2009
What brands face, in Facebook? Many, if their culture is robust enough… In the metaphor of communing, there are layers — circles — of connections that we have with each other and our friends. A drop, ripples. Stories are told — they are shared,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Luxury | Aug 11, 2006
Let’s start at the beginning point of our earlier conversations; branding is about people. It’s not merely about the growth figures; there’s no growth if people don’t get the story. The real point, however, is about what luxury means; yes –... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts, Places, Retail | Feb 8, 2024
I gave a talk at Procter & Gamble’s hall at Building One, downtown Cincinnati. This talk was about spherical thinking, brands and storytelling, a way of looking at the narrative of brands as narrative concatenations—knots and threads of woven tellings, that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts | Jul 25, 2024
The Person, the expression of Presence and the Brand Every time that you’re working on an enterprise, the proposition of brand, it’s always about people; it’s the people that built it, those that work in and around it, and finally, the community that is in thrall to... Read More