Search results for: myth and legend
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Trends | Jan 17, 2017
Design as a Transportive Tool ––––––– We’ve talked about sigils. Most of you might know about the sigil as a House Seal in the Game of Thrones. And I’ve written long about them — the sigil, the signal, the signature, the signing. The seal and the signet. I reach back... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Scent | Dec 13, 2016
The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences. A BOLD QUERY TO MEMORY AND MOMENTS, PSYCHIC AND PHYSIC INTERMINGLING. UNFORGETTABLE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SCENT AND... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 1, 2016
THE MYSTICISM OF CALLIGRAPHY — DESIGNING TALISMANIC ALPHABETS In the journey of the work, there comes a point where you might be pondering, “is there more to that which I make, what I’m doing, this thing that I spend all this time with?” Is is just work? Or is there... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 15, 2016
The Deepest Cut: The Brand Allegory of the Cutting Edge In the journey of brand strategy, storytelling and design, a number of allegories constantly emerge. There is the journey, the road less traveled and the search for the pathway there are brand symbols of shining... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 20, 2016
The Icon of You — The Journey into The Other Those of us that have been around — out there, walking the woods, listening and looking, know the corvid clan…crows, rooks, ravens, jays, magpies and jackdaws. How could you miss them? They’re noisy. They have a point of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Human brands, Storytelling | Jul 19, 2016
Will meaningful brands empower the strategy of business direction: the future? Could business stand for more than just bizzy-ness and commerce? Surely. And many do. In these days, exploring the soul of brand in the human enterprise, we find the quest for meaning to be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Trends | Jun 30, 2016
Exploring the branding of hyper-caffeinated power drinks; what image is presented — what story found? And yes, why do I drink them? Montages by R.Bird In the last 20 years, I’ve had plenty of experience exploring drinking in Asia.From Tokyo to Seoul, from Bangkok to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Jun 28, 2016
The Naming of Things THE MYSTICAL ROOTS OF THE DESIGNING AND VOICING OF NAMES. When you think about it, telling someone your name is either comfortable or proves an uneasiness. And sometimes, you might ask for the name of a person, and there is a pregnant moment of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Luxury, Storytelling | May 12, 2016
THE LUXURY OF AUTHENTIC BRANDS Love counts in the practice of making true. The heart of the genuine: exploring the concepts of authenticity, history, brands and the place of luxury. I’d open with the meaning — and the combinational character of the idea of truth and... 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