by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Feb 14, 2012
love me, do; and I will love you — and indeed — shall love:love All days. TO THE LOVE OF WORDS, THEIR MEANINGS AND MANNER, LOVE DOUGLAS HARPER Love daze. Any day should be about love. Love found, love newly discovered, long savored. It is the holding, the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling, Trends | Jan 1, 2010
Is it really about love, or it is about the affection effect? Branding and marketing strategies with love as the focus. Some thoughts: It’s been proffered that there’s an emerging phrasing of love in advertising and marketing promotion. I don’t think... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Feb 13, 2025
Workshopping allegories and brand soul I was thinking about the question of inquiry and exploration, the search—reaching in(to people)—listening to them, learning from them, and gathering their impressions and ideas. Search for it, listen to them, what does that look... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 29, 2010
Exploring brand metaphors and soul: charting strategic pathways and innovation I was thinking about search — reaching in(to people) — listening to them, learning from them, and gathering their impressions and ideas. Search for it, listen to them, what does... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Feb 14, 2019
BUILDING BEAUTIFUL BRANDS: CAUSE MARKETING, HUMANITARIAN BRAND-BUILDING AND CHARITABLE PROMOTIONS. I REALIZED, SOME TIME BACK, WORKING FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE, THAT BUILDING BEAUTIFUL BRANDS, HOLISTICALLY RICH, ROBUST AND BEAUTIFUL, VISUAL AND TEXTUALLY ARTICULATED... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jun 28, 2017
CONCEPTIONS AND EXPLORATIONS OF INTIMACY: BRAND LOVE-MAKING? What’s the path for engagement? How does a brand move from enchantment, to engagement, to the interlacing of embracement? What is the way that people hold on to the storytelling of a brand in a manner that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 5, 2009
Merchandising, adventure, love of work. Some might call it flow, the idea of doing something that you really love, all the time. There are people like that that I’ve met — they just flow, in the happiness of the practice. What I wonder about is the concept... 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 | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | Aug 20, 2009
Exploring the conceptions of love, commitment to vision, work and the life long pursuit of something meaning full. In acknowledgment of my Mother’s birthday, today, at 80 times around the sun. I’ve been working on a human brand study of Richard Avedon;... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places | Jun 11, 2025
Designing a hand drawn stamp for the United States Post Office Everyone knows that I’m moving; I’ve been in—and out—of the Northwest Industrial Buildings at the foot of Queen Anne Hill, crossed in the nexus of Denny and Western, for 30 years. I was actually here, as... Read More
