Search results for: metaphorical thinking
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Scent, Storytelling | Jun 17, 2014
Anytime? In the work of brand, are you ever off, or always on? I was walking this remote road, and I found this sign in the middle of anywhere, no where — “ANYTIME.” When I find signs like this, I’m prone to ponder their meaning — as if... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | May 13, 2014
The Context of Holistic Branding, Experience Design and the Person Earlier, in NYC, I was talking to an Aikido master about sensation — and the sphere of awareness. It might be suggested that Aikido — a “way of ki,” is more about finding the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Motion Pictures | Jul 1, 2011
Exploring the legacy of a typographic design, embedded in the minds of millions. The above image, from Tintin, comes from the current site / launch of Spielberg and Jackson’s pre-launch strategy of the storytelling of Tintin. Working with Nancy Goliger, former... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 3, 2011
Girvin | Rodarte The story on the story in the story — human | brand layering: passion, fire, color, sensation, context and meaning. There is the seen surface; and there is what lies beneath — in shadow, use, care, overlay and redrawing. Palimpsest... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Apr 27, 2011
The spiral of brand experience design: Girvin’s red thread of connective analyses The Analysis of the Concept of Place Making and Food Design Working for years on the propositions of food experience — from luxury dining to kiosk service, fast casual to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Feb 22, 2011
Can creativity be defined in a brief? What is a creative brief — and is there a point to being brief? No. Brands are inordinately complicated orchestrations. Being that they inherently involve relationships to humans, the idea of “briefness” is a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Dec 27, 2010
Passage, relevance and the scent of time. Brand re-invention, dissolution and reclamation. The pink bar of soap: 84 years of Camay. Photograph by Dan Neville. What happens when a brand disappears? Girvin brand backgrounder Working as brand strategists for Procter... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Human brands, Luxury, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 19, 2010
Forging Authentic Brand stories: Examples, Challenges and Directions If telling the truth becomes questioned in a branding proposition, then how to right the equation? With Louis Vuitton (LVMH) as a client, we’ve spent a lot of time studying the brand — in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0 | Jun 29, 2010
Exploring the word, the history, the meaning of infectious content. It’s interesting to me to look into the context of the framing of language; and it’s not an infrequent comment to me – “is that a real word?” I will confess to sometimes... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jun 14, 2010
Exploring the detailed visioning of leadership in brand management. This article appeared in the June issue of Arcade | Architecture and Design in the Northwest. Fire. BRANDFIRE | A culture of passion What lies beneath I think we need to be thinking about our... Read More