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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Mar 10, 2015
Contexts of Nomenclature and Meaning. According to the Greeks, “the etymon is the name of the true thing.” Etymos=true. What that means is that a name is a deep name, and that the truth would be told. Etymon — comes from the Greek for “truth” — and powerful names for... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Human brands, Places, Storytelling | Feb 12, 2015
The Deep Sprint: If you’re going someplace, how are you paying attention? Brand journeys and explorations. I can remember a time — especially when my children were younger — that traveling was a cumbersome burden. Now, my children are onto their own lives, and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Scent | Jan 15, 2015
Experience Design, Sensationalism and the Layering of Sensuality You’re a…sensualist? You = sybarite? –––– This from an emailing from the lexicographical modeling of Visual Thesaurus below, a word cartographic tool that plays to motion-mapping the interrelationships... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Scent | Jul 18, 2008
The Carthusian Monastery, Capri, Italia I’m looking at time, and the heart of things — brands and story, discovery and myth, truth and relationships. There are brands that are fresh — closely originated in recent time — a story that speaks to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Luxury, Retail, Trends | Apr 7, 2008
Exploring the principles of art, craft, making and the philosophical vision: Brooklyn Museum: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/murakami/ What about Takashi Murakami? “the difference inherent in Japanese and Western artistic practices, and the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Retail | Mar 20, 2008
Gucci before, above — and now, Gucci anew: Been here: blog.girvin.com/?p=323 I’ve been studying, though not buying, the work of Frida Giannini. I’ve heard she’s an interesting person. I reached to her. Wrote about some ideas and never heard... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Human brands | Jul 9, 2013
Designing the Hand-made Letter Craft of a Human Brand What the person is, show shall his signature tell his story. The signature is a graphical amalgam of emotion, traits and experiences that craft the character of the hand, the gesticulation of time, the musculature... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jun 27, 2013
Writing out the Telling of Brand Character When you meet someone — impressions emerge, tellings happen, characterizations frame themselves. I’ve always believed in the idea of listening, and writing it out. When I ask a question I’m looking for an... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Apr 15, 2013
Building brand identity around story, environment and experience The design of a gaming world is a multiple year commitment, and a spectacular investment — especially when the notion of a gaming world coincides with the conception. Some never make it, fueling... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling, Trends | Apr 8, 2013
Seeking the Wisdom of The Sage, the Leader of the Brand In any journey, you’ll go further if you go to the heart, the center, the fire of the leadership chamber — it is about the path to knowledge. When you work on, or inside, a brand, when you take a... Read More
