by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Jun 27, 2012
I was talking to a girl. As I listened — she told me a story, it was about her life. And I told an other — a story, about her story, to another. And then another, that came from the one story, became another story. I was talking to a girl. As I listened...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 18, 2012
These Days, People Work Anywhere; and Brands, Their Stories, Can Live Anywhere. But they can’t be nowhere. Everything needs a place. The nature of the seamless world, presumes an osmotic fluency — content, storytelling, wonderment, spectacle and experience...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Jun 13, 2012
A KEY START, TO ANY DEFINITION OF SELF, BRAND, ENTERPRISE, DIRECTION. The Quest for brand stance and conditioning. In my office, at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Stewart, Seattle — on the wall, a sign poses the simplistically profound question: “Who are...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Jun 11, 2012
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN | Archetypes in storytelling, repetitive patterning in the mythic dimension The question and the quest for the lineage of story patterning. (in-theatre screen, street and subway shots / girvin) There is a story, in a story, in a story...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places, Retail, Storytelling | May 21, 2012
Atelier Mecanic Crank, or Drink up? At Atelier Mechanic, there’s not much about this concept that’s actually “mechanical” — it’s more to artful and highly personalized assembly — a gallery of the personal experience. Soul...
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 | Concepts, Storytelling | May 16, 2012
So — do I have to listen? The sentiments on the power of storytelling continue to emerge. Point is, who cares to listen? These days, dozens of friends, colleagues and client send along snippets to the power of the story, well told. The image above comes from our...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 11, 2012
The word, the work, that optimizes Working in NYC, I was rifling through my wallet, heading downtown to the office, I pulled my subway card — which I’d noted in an earlier overview. Optimism, the MTA card There’s a word, that word — placed...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 20, 2012
YOU ARE THE ONE The focus of distinguishment – the one, the only, the you. I was at Seminarium, in Lima, Perú, over the course of the last couple of days — the focus: retail strategy. This connection started with a link, and an link — that goes back...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling | Apr 16, 2012
Time ticks as you walk in the dark, emerging or failing light — and you realize that your true reliable momentum measure is the sound of your heels — moment to moment: pavement, gravel, pea, grass, chipped woods, snow and ice. Each, a rhythm, a story. Here...
