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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, General, Retail, Storytelling | Mar 4, 2008
Martin Lindstrom 3.4.08 Human branding, the brand: human. If ever there was a person that had created a brand presence around his very embodiment, it would surely have to be Martin Lindstrom. Still, given the experience — and the expertise — of his global... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Incubation | Jan 30, 2008
In a way, this story is about shifting brand visioning. And it’s early enough, for this story, this client — that I can’t really reference the brand name. But people ask, what is it like — what do you do? What happens? Brand development and the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, General | Jan 25, 2008
To the nature of the human brand — the story that lies in the character of the person and how that genetic quality extends outwardly — there is, perhaps, no better place in the designer’s world, than the realm of designed power and human... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Jan 25, 2008
I’m always looking back. But never staring. All ways looking. In all ways — exploring. Looking deeper. And in way, that’s something to the way the we work, we think. Look deep. Go further. Be in: their there. Where they are. What that means is doing... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Jan 17, 2008
I spoke to the Luxury Marketing Council about the concept of truth — authenticity — in the context of branding. It was more than that. It was also about the nature of the story, as part of the character of brand expression. It’s never just the story... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Dec 11, 2007
The issue of branding is more about gathering differentiation; it’s a way of telling a distinctive story that positions the company in a way that is discrete from the competitive fray. And it just might be that — a story. What do you really remember about... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Motion Pictures | Dec 12, 2007
As a developer of campaign theming, in direct marketing development, ranging from department stores to retail products, theatrical marketing to entertainment design, the soul of the direct marketing story can lie in the very heart of the conceptual visualization... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Luxury, Retail | Dec 13, 2007
I am looking for truth. Looking at finding truth. Looking for businesses — and people — that are about truth fullness. That the story that they tell is a robust expression of the inherent character of who they are. And in exploring that premise, I came... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Luxury, Scent | Nov 15, 2007
I had the chance to connect with Aerin Lauder, the 40th floor, the GM building, 5th Avenue and Central Park South — for a tour of her grandmother’s offices as the presentation forum — gallery, rather — for her personal collection of objects for... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, General, Luxury, Places, Retail | Nov 14, 2007
Consider this — three remarkable women, each dramatically challenged by trying health related experiences, each finding new truths in combining allopathic and naturopathic cures by exploring new models in healing — and creating a business around them. And... Read More