by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Jul 19, 2023
Business Strategies in Expressive Enterprises GIRVIN’s BrandQuest® Any brand is, of course, an human-focused enterprise—the point being that any brand is made by humans and made for humans and their kin—even in the construct of naturality: nature-made products—their...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling | May 31, 2023
Yesterday, NYC, I had a meeting with a friend, client and global consultant to shopping and retail design trends. She and I worked together on her brand, client relationships, and have spoken together in panels for various summits around the US as well as France....
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Storytelling | May 11, 2023
Mýrdalshreppur, Iceland As a global wanderer—and a wonderer, in that wandering—I’m always thinking about that notion of the deeper side of the stride. And I ask: “what, to walking, what to the steps forward, what is the sense of the way ahead?” And when I think...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Human brands, Storytelling | Mar 8, 2023
In the quest for finding the soulful intention of human-built enterprises—first there has to be an underpinning of knowledge about these brand systems and their architecture. Their seeds, their planting, the foliation and the nodality of their evolutions. And finally,...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Storytelling | Dec 21, 2022
INSPIRATIONAL BRAND STRATEGY | EXPLICATING SOUL IN DESIGNING UNFORGETTABLE BRANDS VS THE QUEST FOR BRANDSOUL—DEEPENING BRANDSPIRIT®— EMPOWERING MEMORABLE BRAND STORYTELLING AND VISUALIZATIONS. VS What if the core proposition of a brand—surely not every brand—spoke to...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Dec 14, 2022
THE QUEST FOR DEEP METAPHORS IN SYMBOLIC PATTERNING, BRAND VISUAL LINGUISTICS In Paris, the above plaque was an installed signage in a small studio’s shopfront off the Seine, Rive Gauche. It was a place that I shared with Pierre Dinand, as a working collaborative lab,...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Designers, Interior Design | Nov 30, 2022
THE INTERIOR PATTERNED DESIGN LANGUAGE OF TALISMANIKA™ GIRVIN’S SYMBOLIC DESIGN SEQUENCING FOR INTERIORS, FURNITURE AND GRAPHICAL LANGUAGE IN PLACEMAKING. Any designer knows that a simple plane, an empty piece of paper, a coverless book, an empty package or the...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Retail | Nov 16, 2022
YOU MAKE YOUR WAY—IT’S YOUR MAPPING, YOU MARK THE WAY FORWARDS— A PATHWAY THAT YOU TAKE, AND YOU ACTIVATE YOUR FIRST STRIDE FORWARD. To get somewhere, it’s up to you to take the first step. That, of course, speaks to your life— the journey you’re on, what you’re...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands | Sep 21, 2022
In the history of any branding work, it’s invariably about the person—the creator or creatrix, and the team that follows that visioning. Someone has to be out front—the fire starter, the leader who’s there with the dream. and that person should stay there. In how many...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Sep 15, 2022
IN THE RING—THE STANCE, THE FOCUS, THE BALANCE AND THE SPEED. I tend to think about everything as a metaphorical expression—there’s a poem, everywhere; there’s a story behind everything; there is something which lies beneath—and it’s worth looking in, listening,...
