Search results for: celebrity-branding
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Jan 30, 2010
A series on Human Brand | defining the inextricable link between people, founding vision and the brands that they produce. I’ve swung in and out of Vogue, with minimal amounts of work to do — precisely from a professional standpoint — with the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Retail | Feb 5, 2010
Attitude, growth, solutions, strategy, design, charisma, trend leadership and responsiveness. Brands that live and brands that die. There’s a curious challenge in the realm of celebrity brand development. Some evolve happily, growing, selling up, selling out and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Nov 20, 2009
Exploring design, art and imagination: motion picture branding, Tim Burton, and the legacy of Girvin identity and cinematic brand design. Tim Burton, MoMa, what a nice idea. As a designer for Tim Burton, I will offer that I never had the chance to meet him, work with... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Scent, Storytelling | May 27, 2011
Perfume Environments: The Scent Visioning of Christopher Brosius Window display, Brosius I’d tried to link to Brosius live, but couldn’t since he was working on project, one that he was focusing on. I did see him at his shop, but held my tongue in reaching... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Jul 28, 2010
What happened with Michelle Obama, the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards and MAC Cosmetics? Sometime back, I’d sent a note to Kate + Laura, each with a painting on bark gathered from the high hills of Kaua’i, and a story to tell — that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Nov 29, 2016
The Question of Belief lies in its etymology, for to believe is to “be love.” Brands and love, in a foundational strategy, suggest and intertwinement of passion, enchantment and embracement. There is love and passion in the making and the makers of brands — and so... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 25, 2017
STORYTELLING NINTENDO BRAND DESIGN FOR NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS, GAME BOY, SUPER NINTENDO, VIRTUAL BOY AND ULTRA64. OLDER, LEGACY GAMING SYSTEMS are becoming more popular, as in antiquated coolness, old hip as new, dope software. Even Atari shows up in... 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, Scent | Nov 17, 2011
ROUGH TRADE #2 The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter (The second of two essays on unusual scent strategies) The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences It’s been said that perfume is the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, General | Feb 2, 2009
Exploring spirit and transition | the legacy of the Human Brand in passage Several years ago, Chie Masuyama and I were in Japan together, exploring brand development in that market, as well as meeting and presenting with Pierre Dinand, my partner in an alliance for... Read More
