by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Sep 19, 2013
The metaphor of the Rod, the Ring, the Line, the Circle. I think symbolically: when I try to find the answer to a problem, I draw it out. And for me, it’s that: “drawing it out.” Like a string, a line, a movement. A dance. The idea of a stroke having...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Sep 10, 2013
The Craft of the Hand, the Story, the Image Over time, legends come into play. And if you work the craft, follow your inspirations, you can get to where you want to — the legends, the myths, the stories. But any quest won’t be without travails, challenges,...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Aug 24, 2009
Studying the context of intuition in branding When we’ve had the opportunity to explore the notions of testing — locally, nationally, internationally, even in micro-community and localized interceptions — it’s interesting to consider what is...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Designers, General | Oct 4, 2007
I believe that the story is the way that people connect with each other. I tell you a story about me, you learn something — there’s a possible magnetic link between us; we’ve made some opening range of a connection. And from there…what, where...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Human brands | Jun 6, 2007
There are brands; and there are brands behind brands. The rippling of connections between brands and supporting brand relationships vibrate inwards and outwardly. When there’s a story connected to a brand; it’s part of the legacy, there are connections...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | May 28, 2007
Randall Stross… Greetings! Nice, your work: Sunday | NYTimes | Bright ideas! | Digital Domain 5.27.07 (Randall Stross) I found your observations on Apple Store, as carefully and clinically precise in their analyses as they could hope to be, I suppose, to be...