Search results for: momentum and moment
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Storytelling | Feb 6, 2023
L I S T E N T O T H E L I N K S I was talking to a client about music [brand experientiality]—the magnetic nature of the melodic narrative and, intimately, the human attribute of the swing of musical cadence, the ebullience of its expression in the context of human... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Scent, Storytelling | Jan 31, 2023
STORYTELLING PERFUME AND THE SENSATION OF PLACE THE WANDERING WONDERMENT: AN EXPLORATION OF MEMORY AND SCENT I’m walking the city, or the forest, or the beach— and what comes forth? “What’s that smell? It reminds me of…” Scent memory: it’s right in the front of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Retail, Storytelling | Jan 17, 2023
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A KEY POINT OF RESONANCE IN BRAND EXPERIENTIALITY* COMES DOWN TO THE HOLISM OF SENSATION. How does it feel? How unforgettable is the holism of your feelings— or your guests feelings—about it? For many of us, that would be what we see—but... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Storytelling | Dec 21, 2022
INSPIRATIONAL BRAND STRATEGY | EXPLICATING SOUL IN DESIGNING UNFORGETTABLE BRANDS VS THE QUEST FOR BRANDSOUL—DEEPENING BRANDSPIRIT®— EMPOWERING MEMORABLE BRAND STORYTELLING AND VISUALIZATIONS. VS What if the core proposition of a brand—surely not every brand—spoke to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Oct 27, 2022
Gunung Merapi, Java IN THE MYSTERY OF THE MIST OF FRAGRANCE Living where I live—here in the Pacific Northwest—I’m constantly ambling in the rain and mist; and I note that scent of place is invariably mist-borne. The ocean calls out many stories, carries many... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Places | Jul 13, 2022
THE ORDER OF PATHWAYS AND THE TOUCH OF THE MEMORABLE M A K E A M A Z E M E N T. As brand designers—as with any part of human creativity, “a making” or the construction of a visible object, the made art or the scribed breath of a poem—the point would be to answer this... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Places | Jun 10, 2022
M A K E Y O U R W A Y S BRAND SPACE—THE STRATEGY OF MAKING—STORYTELLING, PLACE-MAKING, THE PERSONAL JOURNEY OF THE WORK—WHAT YOU MAKE AND THE WAY YOU MAKE IT. Isn’t it so that our journey—as creatives, designers, wordsmiths, strategists—is a stride towards finding?... Read More
by GirvinIT | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jan 19, 2022
In our experience, brands are—and should be—on a perpetual move, never quiet, always exploring, evolving, tuning and turning to new relationships and communities. And most brands do—with forward thinking leadership, they’re thinking—“we’re missing something here, we... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 4, 2022
GIRVIN IDEATOR® NEW BRAND DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION AND NAMING. There are two sides to the issue of a name—one is “hey you, what’s your name?” Or, “my name is…” The other is, “I call your name…And I know your truth, you are mine.” One might say that the ancient strategy... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts | Nov 19, 2021
Every day, as much as I can, I like to get out there. It’s a mix between terror and joy, fear and exhilaration, exultation and trepidation. Don’t you just love that moment when the fearsome rears up at you and then, rising up on the crest of that momentous inquietude,... Read More