by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts, Storytelling | Jul 15, 2026
Istanbul signage Following on an expanded range from my blog from last week, which you might’ve read—“A Life Of Crime”— and GIRVIN’s history designing logos and design systems for police agencies, entertainment and narratives on international crime-fighting. This...
by GirvinIT | Brand Mysticism, Brands | Jul 1, 2026
Stories, myths, legends, tales—the link to humanity If there’s a story about a person, which might be a legacy, as in a family. It could be a product—a brand—and the perennial GIRVIN question would be: what’s the story, who’s telling it, who is this story for, what’s...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Apr 22, 2026
Feelingness in the realm of design thinking, sensation and brand. Speaking of the sensate place of feelingness, making some-thing—as above—I took some old Italian handmade paper, folded-it, tore it with a bone folder, punched a hole in the head of the strip, and...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Apr 18, 2025
The GIRVIN | Strategic Branding & Design team have a long history in creating pathways to humanize the strategic impressions— and tactical outcomes, in technology brand experience—for enterprise employees, community relationships and customers. In a legacy of...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 19, 2024
How Bright the Future? Could a Creative Brief be…Brief? Not really. Brevity isn’t the point, it’s the concision of the document. This is a talk that I was asked to offer at P&G, then later again at Mark Anthony Brands—the beverage group in Vancouver, BC., then...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Oct 30, 2024
The Nine Gates of Brand Intelligence In the long watch of the brand shepherd, steward and sentinel— it’s important to consider a 360º surveillance of territories. In a kind of mirrored language, it shall be called outlook and look out. If you visualize your brand as a...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Nov 5, 2021
TOUCH ME MORE OFTEN. When you circulate, out exploring things—places, brands, natural experiences in the outdoors—what do you do? How do you explore? Me? I’m a touchy-feely kind of a person—I like to touch things, which is inherent in the character of my work, since I...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | May 19, 2020
THINKSHOPPING BRAND CHANGE | GIRVIN’S BRANDSCAPING CHANGE MANAGEMENT, ENTERPRISE EVOLUTIONS AND ACCELERATED BRAND TRANSITIONING EVERYTHING CHANGES: IT’S THE ONE CONSTANT TO EXPECT—BETTER TO BE READY TO MOVE AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE. In your constant study of the rising...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts, Trends | Mar 25, 2020
INSTINCTUAL RESPONSE AND BRAND STRATEGY—THE SENSATION OF INTUITION. THERE’S A QUESTION, HOW DOES THE ANSWER FEEL? IN THE RANGES OF RESEARCH, ONLINE, INTERCEPTIONS, FOCUS AND DEMOGRAPHIC QUAL/QUAN/QUERY—HOW OFTEN DOES THE RESULT PLAY TO “I HAD A FEELING…” O P E N?...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Interior Design | Aug 7, 2019
Experientiality. A quick scan of the dictionary shows nothing, just words that are “around” this spelling—experience and experientially. I thought when I first used it that I’d made it up. But there is more to it—from two sides: one]—from the Latin, experiri—which is...
