by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 12, 2019
Sienna, Italia Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Vīta brevis, ars longa, occāsiō praeceps, experīmentum perīculōsum,iūdicium difficile. Life is short, and art long, opportunity...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 5, 2019
THE WHORL OF IDEAS AND INSPIRATIONS. A brand is like a spiral—could be a channel, could be the opening of a drain, could be a spigot pouring forth—but in one way or another—it’s a channel: outflow, inflow. Its success will be the fluency of its convergence—the...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Cool People, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 24, 2019
BRAND MYSTICISM IN CINEMATIC STORYTELLING: working in the motion picture industry, you see patterning. Imagery above from LionsGate|Summit There are arcs of narrative lines, plot structures—character intercessions, ascensions and descensions of protagonist figures, as...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | May 9, 2019
THE STRATEGY OF EXCAVATION, BRAND ARCHÆOLOGY AND JOURNAL WORK CREATIVE MAPPING THE JOURNEY OF BRAND FUTURITY THERE’S WHERE YOU ARE. WHERE YOU’VE BEEN. AND WHERE YOU’D LIKE TO BE. HOW COULD YOU GET THERE— IGNITING THE FUTURE? WHEN WE’RE STUDYING A CHALLENGE,...
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Apr 24, 2019
GO DEEP IN THE QUEST[ION] ––––––––––––––– IN THE ADVENTURING FOR THE DEEPER INSIGHT: WHAT IS BEHIND, WHAT’S BENEATH? WHAT’S BELOW THE EASILY SEEN THREAD OF AN IDEA? WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING—HOW ARE YOU LOOKING? IN THE LEGACY OF EXPLORATION, LOOKING FOR INSIGHTS,...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism | Mar 20, 2019
THE PERSONALIZATION OF BRANDS, THEIR ASSETS AND PRESENCE. HOW DO YOU PRESENT? HOW DO YOU SHOW UP? HOW ARE YOU PRESENT? Has anyone ever spoken to you about showing up? That is—when you show up, what happens? How do you present? In a manner, it all comes down to that...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 13, 2019
A CLOUD OF MINDS, CROWDSOURCING IDEAS, INNOVATIONS AND DIRECTION: WHERE COULD YOU GO? AND HOW COULD YOU GET THERE? CUMULARITY AND MUSICALITY: THE THUNDERSTORM OF MINDS, A MUSICAL WHORLING TOWARDS THE NEW: NIMBUS NIMBLE, TORNADO TURNTABLE, STRATOS STRATEGY: I’ve...
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Mar 6, 2019
IN THE QUEST OF TRAVELING THE WORLD: EXPLORING SPELLS, BINDING AND BRAND MAGIC In an adventure of working around the world, one sees things differently in the layering and context of place. Different cultures approach brands in varying ways—to each, their own way of...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Places, Storytelling | Feb 27, 2019
DESIGNING PLACES: EXPLORING THE DEEP METAPHORS, SYMBOLS AND ARCHETYPES IN PLACES MADE RETHINKING EXPERIENCE STRATEGY In the journey of designing guest enchantment pathways, customer experience procession, there is one path to consider—step by step, what is the...
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...