by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 11, 2016
Brand core: what lies within? The idea of finding the soul of the brand is something that many might immediately chafe against, or laugh out loud — the sheer presumption: brand = soul. But I’m finding that this is increasingly the place in which Girvin works, as well...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Jul 21, 2016
BRANDQUEST® INNOVATIONS AND NEW BRAND DEVELOPMENT Engaging leadership brand champions: studying the patterning of innovation, the struggle of the paradigm and the modeling of breaking brands free. As a business person, a planner, and a student of enterprise...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jul 7, 2016
And the Layering of Marketing Focus in SINGULARITY, ATTENTIONALITY, INTENTIONALITY | THEIR STRATEGIES IN BRAND DEVELOPMENT Resonance, Relevance, Relationships — the three indices of connection and community Brands have to matter to be unforgettable. Given the flooding...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Dec 8, 2015
Human Brand Strategies | Exploring the Ignition Between Personal Brands, Soulfulness in Action and Enterprise: What Lies within? And What Lies beneath? Photo by Dawn Clark, AIA LEED AP Every Brand is Made for Humans. Every Human Could be a Brand. What’s the Story?...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 17, 2015
THE THREADING OF IDEAS: THE WEFT, WARP, AND LOOM OF DESIGN As a designer, there can’t be a metaphor more powerful than weaving — the ultimate layering of storytelling — the fantastic pattern-maker and emblem of discovery. In our work, we persistently speak to the...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Dec 11, 2014
3M: Memory, Mental and Meaning. Sometimes we push a proposition in our work on brandspace that fails to take into consideration the bridging to a human scenario of mindfulness, meaning and the context of memory. All are — as would be obvious — aligned. But the notion...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Aug 6, 2013
Designed Magic, Magic Designed. It’s been said that illustration, the real meaning of the word is a shining — to illustrate is “making bright.” But also — to purify. In a manner, thinking about illustration as a craft of communication...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, General, Storytelling | May 17, 2012
Layering content, the palimpsest of meaning A calligraphic broadside, a gift, for speakers and presenting participants at The Evergreen State College 40th Anniversary. When I was a student, library adviser, workshop instructor and finally, faculty member [graduate...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 22, 2011
Exploring the emotionality of strategy, the humanity of brand, untethered creativity and the tactics of design management. EXAMINING CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE We’ve got history in the balance between the concept of the crossroads of creativity and intelligence, as...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | May 4, 2011
Girvin These are the days of experiments: everywhere, everytime. And great ideas, inspirations, and answers — coupled with the wisdom of experience — can click in an instant. See something, react to inception, go forward. Sensing is big — yet what is...