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by Tim Girvin | News | Oct 9, 2023
From Nation’s Restaurant News, learn more from CEO Scott Snyder, Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii that your business should sell its brand merchandise—boosting sales. We’ve always believed—design a great logo, add to the bottom line: product sales. Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Storytelling | May 11, 2023
Mýrdalshreppur, Iceland As a global wanderer—and a wonderer, in that wandering—I’m always thinking about that notion of the deeper side of the stride. And I ask: “what, to walking, what to the steps forward, what is the sense of the way ahead?” And when I think... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 5, 2023
Positioning a brand with the just right phrasing. In studying the architecture of brands—first off, there’s a need to reach-in, right to the center of the proposition—soul placement. Where does the heart live? What’s the offer of the brand, what does the brand stand... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Human brands | Mar 21, 2023
We’re all looking for the right answer, and the better outlook after the challenging sequences of the last couple of years. We’re looking for yes. Anytime you have an answer, there was a question before. And any question is a quest— it’s a journey, from one... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | Mar 14, 2023
You’re thinking about it: the meaning of the work, what is it you’re doing, what you’ve done, what you could be doing—and what you’re dreaming about: the future. In my history, I’ve taught all manner of workshops. When I was a student at New College, as well as The... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 14, 2023
The symbolism of the forest as a figural message cartography. To each of us, there is a moment in our reflections on our work that emerges as a contemplation. And in this instance, it’s a meditation of the tree as a tool to organize a communications mapping of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 20, 2022
INSPIRATIONS FOR CREATIVE ACTION, MESSAGING AND DESIGN | THE DEEP STORYTELLING OF THE SEA When I was a child, growing up in Spokane, there would be the occasional parental inquiry—“it’s time for the Opera—a vacation, and where would you like to go?” I had an answer,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Sep 30, 2022
DURING THE QUEST FOR ANSWERS AND THE CLARITY OF A CERTIFIED PATHWAY, THE SEARCH FOR DIRECTIONS AND OUTCOMES, IT COULD BE SOMETHING OF A MEANDER—A WANDER. Creativity is rarely straight, but not all that wander are lost. Speaking to a client about their product delivery... Read More