by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0 | Jun 29, 2010
Exploring the word, the history, the meaning of infectious content. It’s interesting to me to look into the context of the framing of language; and it’s not an infrequent comment to me – “is that a real word?” I will confess to sometimes...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Motion Pictures, Retail | Mar 30, 2010
Image © Warner Brothers Cinematic brand alignments, at the end of the world. I’ve worn Oakley glasses for a long time. In fact, at the last adventure, I lost my last pair — which have probably been around the world at least twice. To the end of considering...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Storytelling | Jul 8, 2009
Rock my world, make me different, knock me out, make me beautiful — take me someplace else. Creating strategic campaign positioning signatures: premise, promise, expectations and outcomes. There is a presumption that everything is greener, someplace other than...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General | Mar 29, 2007
I went to this screening the other night, and it was the (hi)story of a young man, and later, accomplished sound designer, who grew up in the Bronx. Or maybe Brooklyn. Queens? Anyway, his childhood was, in some words, a kind of incessant trial by fire. It was like...
