Blogs By Tim Girvin
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The Pursuit of Designed Magic
The Letter form and the Design of Talismans Over the past several months, I've been talking to a younger person about the idea of the place of magic in a sub-current of popular culture [Supernatural;] in a manner, the interest in magic is an ever-popular sentiment of...
Brand story, the layering of content
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...
THE PREMISE OF DESIGN THINKING
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 well as...
The Alphabet | A History of Girvin Calligraphy
Early hand drawn explorations of the letter IMAGE: GIRVIN | hand made cut star alphabets in 12 languages –––––– There's a rhythm to the alphabet, drawing it, the forms can flow from one character to another. The story of their evolvement is a legacy of thousands of...
Enchantment, engagement and embracement in the layering of brand messaging, visualization and experience design
What do you know? The mystery of mind, message and meaning. I was thinking about that question -- someone asked me: "well, what'cha know?" And I contemplated the depth of the question. It's just as powerful as "what's your story?" I thought about it: "really, what do...
The Symbolism of the X
What lies beneath: the nature of the X, the cross road, the crossing guard, the mark of the x and the magic of the nexus. The symbolic allegory of the x mark. When I was in Bali, I surprised by the villagers attention to the white flagged pieces of paper that hanged...
BRANDFIRE | Conceptions of Passionate Brand Leadership
Exploring the detailed visioning of leadership in brand management. This article appeared in the June 2010 issue of Arcade | Architecture and Design in the Northwest. Fire. BRANDFIRE | A culture of passion What lies beneath I think we need to be thinking about our...
BrandQuest® Innovations and New Brand Development at Girvin | Strategic Branding
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 internationally, working on the edge of innovation, I've...
Brand Psyche | Examining brand relationships and human personality profiling
GIRVIN’s Strategic and anthropological brand research in global enterprise, personality, and profile testing. What is the line that moves towards marketing to the psychic space of a person? How do you find the heart of a relationship? Brand to person? Person as brand...
Brand, storytelling, presentation and spectacle: Steve Jobs
"Steve Jobs 1955-2011" by segagman is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Exemplars of Apple Messaging and Brand Product Events: Theatricality and entertainment marketing strategy in the presentation of ideas. Being one whose livelihood is wholly built on the premise of relevant...