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 | 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 | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | May 13, 2015
Love Brands: Relationships, Commitments and Storytelling. I did this installation, out on a cliff, away from everything, looking out — the deep blue sea. And the sun. And I was “looking through L O V E,” thinking about that ancient question: “who do you... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Storytelling, Trends | Sep 25, 2009
Exploring exchange, love, cultural branding. We’ve been exploring this idea of brand, love, warmth and community; and we all know that any enterprise relationship will center on several things — the notion of relevance (“it’s something that I... Read More
