Search results for: authentic brands
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... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General, Storytelling | Jan 24, 2008
There is a mythic dimension in the character of storytelling; it’s an ancient tradition — it reaches to deep archetypes and cyclical patterns that show themselves repeating ways in which messages can be understood and shared — and how they can be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Trends | Dec 3, 2009
Examining the principle of integrated marketing, experience design, and the semblance of the sentient. I’d start with this poetic assemblage. Memories reach back. They are the string from the now, to the then. They link where we are, what we are, to what... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands | Jun 30, 2010
Imagery source Exploring meaningful enterprises, true stories and the people that have created them. I’m looking for true brands, brands that are seeking to represent themselves in the most authentic manner, have stories in play that are based on the profundity... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 20, 2015
LEGENDARY CULTURES AND BRANDING: LEGACY BRANDS WITH SOUL Brands with soul, brands that tell authentically-founded stories, true brands that people care about. Are they invented, built, restored, or managed as a legacy? All of these, and more. LEGEND BRANDING: What is... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Mar 3, 2011
Brands with soul, brands that tell stories, brands that people care about. Are they built, made, restored, or managed? All of these, and more. LEGEND BRANDING: What is the heart of legend, most? Legend is derived from reading – the heart of the word is about... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Jul 23, 2012
Stephen Kenn > Manly men brands | designing for them — building brand + personal stories about them Embracing the masculine spirit, design, thinking, story and truth in offering. Thinking about a man, and designing for men — it’s a challenging... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands | Jul 24, 2019
BRAND EMOTIONALISM V | SOUL BRANDS: The Quest For Heart And Holistic Experience In the deepest heart of brands: what lies within? Part V Brand and soul, some offer a key question: “what the..?” Finding the soul of the brand is something that many might immediately... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Trends | Apr 19, 2009
Twelve brands that will die: the beauty in transmigration, dissolution and carnage. There’s a metaphor that where there is smoke, there will be fire — and finally, in the fire, the smoke clears, and who will be there; what will be left? Fire is a kind of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Luxury, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Mar 29, 2010
Exploring the concept of a single brand article, captivating market share and perception There are a series of brands that found their legacy based on the proposition of a single product — and they can either build on that foundation, over time, or they become... Read More