by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Feb 28, 2011
The spirit of the cowboy, evinced in brand identity. The notion of identity speaks to a holistic rendition of story — graphically drawn: sensately experienced. Brand identity is the nature of defining visually — as a start — then fully unfolding the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Feb 1, 2011
Olivier Beauchesne at Science-Metrix The flow of innovations and the interplay of minds. There was an idea, an inspiration, and it was shared, and went from one to another, and another. Then the world knew. It’s interesting that the idea of genius — the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Jan 28, 2011
Girvin | Delano, Miami Beach, Fl. A meditation on the concepts of speed and pace — in the relationship with anyone, anywhere, anyplace. Do you find yourself hurrying past the conversation that you’re having? Are you looking ahead, in passage against where...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Jan 25, 2011
Design, community, embracement, love — how does the crowd gather round? And when they do, what is the story that they tell? It is about truth, telling, holding, relationship. Talking today, about the early days (several years back) reviewing the transitioning of...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Jan 4, 2011
Examining the shopfronts, façades and skins of South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida. Signing design: strategies of visualization as an emotional storytelling. The evocations of deco. Take me someplace that feels right. There are levels to signing. On the one front, signs...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 29, 2010
Exploring brand metaphors and soul: charting strategic pathways and innovation I was thinking about search — reaching in(to people) — listening to them, learning from them, and gathering their impressions and ideas. Search for it, listen to them, what does...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Nov 21, 2010
All Saints Spitalfields | Soho (video from allsaints.com) Brand legacy, place, story, music Ever since All Saints Spitalfields launched in New York City, I was curious about the strategy of design. What’s the story? There is one, a part, here: It starts here,...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Places, Storytelling | Oct 26, 2010
Women are the world; art, archetype, anonymity and the TED prize 2011. Portrait of JR. Courtesy © Christopher Shay If you don’t have time, just watch this. I’m sure you’re on the list, the TED list, and you get their mailings. If not, you should....
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Human brands, Luxury, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 19, 2010
Forging Authentic Brand stories: Examples, Challenges and Directions If telling the truth becomes questioned in a branding proposition, then how to right the equation? With Louis Vuitton (LVMH) as a client, we’ve spent a lot of time studying the brand — in...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 6, 2010
Drawn from the heart: simple design prototypes from the 30s: design strategy and clarity of intention The heart of creative: drawing, sketching, roughs, comprehensives made by hand, brush and simplistic inspiration. A friend of mine in Santa Monica, composer Stuart...
