Category Archives: Human brands
April 24, 2013
Tom Ford, the Creativity of Babyhood
How are Designers, Creative Minds, Changed by Babies? Having met Tom Ford, albeit in a short quasi-interview and completely unscheduled encounter at a WWD | BEAUTY + FASHION CEO SUMMIT; I’ll admit that I was afraid [of him.] When I … Continue reading
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April 8, 2013
Seeking the Wisdom of The Sage, the Leader of the Brand In any journey, you’ll go further if you go to the heart, the center, the fire of the leadership chamber – it is about the path to knowledge. When … Continue reading
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February 15, 2013
The patterning of time and the Creative Journey The timing of pattern, the layering of story, the weaving of ideas, a tapestry unfurled. The work of living — is a rippling — a stone, cast, water bound, rippling, outwards. As … Continue reading
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February 8, 2013
Macklemore | Layers of the story
There’s a story in the story, there’s a poem in the poem, there is a place within the place. [image: girvin | Seattle, 2012] In the realm of any study, the student realizes that there are layers to comprehension – … Continue reading
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December 26, 2012
When I was in Bhutan, high in the misted Himalayan mountains, I’d spied a remote monastery and spoke to my guide, Tsewang Nidup about “getting up there.” We did get up there, like nearly every other lonely vista we aspired … Continue reading
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December 17, 2012
Richard Meier and Massimo Vignelli [above] video | Nowness
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October 24, 2012
The Mulleavy spirit At Girvin, we’ve been following, writing about, the Mulleavy sisters for a couple of years. We’ve also studied, and written about Starbucks. Even Howard knows about our blogs. What is compelling about the sisters Mulleavy is the … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail
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October 6, 2012
The greatest designer of the last 100 years
Apple I was talking to a group of Japanese design students yesterday at the GIRVIN | Seattle offices, about the idea of the heart of design — and the signature, the personal signing, that any designer will bring to any … Continue reading
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August 21, 2012
Apple is the most valuable company in history
How did that happen? Love, love, love. The best brands in the world move past the nature of conventional commerce relationships, it’s far beyond mere exchange of cash and product; it’s emotional and exhilarated — they are, like other love … Continue reading
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