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by Tim Girvin | Uncategorized | Feb 6, 2008
Illustration by Adi Granov (1963) Anthony Edward “Tony” Stark is the man in disambiguation — confused on one front, solid as iron, in another. His metal clad skin covers a soul that is torn and sheared in seething pain. Iron, clasps heart. And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 14, 2023
The symbolism of the forest as a figural message cartography. To each of us, there is a moment in our reflections on our work that emerges as a contemplation. And in this instance, it’s a meditation of the tree as a tool to organize a communications mapping of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Designers, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 27, 2021
When you think about a place— what aspects are the most memorable? From my view: patterns, there are patterns that intertwine in the experience of a place that become distinctly memorable. That can speak to unique uses of materials—as in the gnarly grizzle of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jun 30, 2021
IS IT THAT THE GREAT IDEA IS A LIGHTNING STRIKE? OR IS IT A BURGEONING STORM? THE BRILLIANT, SCINTILLANT IDEA EMERGES AS A BREEZE—A SOFT TELLING, THEN THAT SHALL BECOME A WIND-RIVEN ROAR. There’s a question—the how of inspired idea[l]s—which could come as a lightning... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts | Apr 14, 2021
WHEN I CONTEMPLATE BRANDS, THEIR RECOGNITION, IT’S MOSTLY ABOUT EMOTION AND MEMORY: “I KNOW THAT BRAND, IT’S RED.” OR IT’S BLUE, VERMILION, OR YELLOW. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT’S UNFORGETTABLE. COLOR, OF COURSE, IS A KEY MNEMONIC. Working with a team recently, we were... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 24, 2020
The soulful pathway, brand journeying—studying the modeling of the deep space of branding, metaphors, storytelling and innovations in a time of change. Everything’s changing, as well we all know. Life speed—living accelerates and complicates, death speed—death and end... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Interior Design, Places, Retail, Trends | Jan 29, 2020
BRANDCODING® EXPERIENCE DESIGN Designing environments with brand language and patterning built into the experience design strategy. What if there was an intention to create a pattern language that could guide consumers, renovate places and simplify guest movement and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Cool People | Dec 18, 2019
SURPRISE: BRAND TRANSITIONING, SPECTACLE AT SHELF AND EPIPHANIC REDISCOVERY ––––––––––––– We were talking to a team of people about “epiphany at shelf.” Goes like: “there’s a product that I know. It’s familiar—I’ve heard something about it, I’ve seen some... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands | Jul 17, 2019
THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING | PART FOUR 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... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Cool People, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 24, 2019
BRAND MYSTICISM IN CINEMATIC STORYTELLING: working in the motion picture industry, you see patterning. Imagery above from LionsGate|Summit There are arcs of narrative lines, plot structures—character intercessions, ascensions and descensions of protagonist figures, as... Read More
