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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Apr 4, 2009
When presumptions of documentary hold, truth be told? All the world’s a stage, so inferred — As you like it. And, to that, we are all mere actors, exiting, staging, right, left? And finally, off the stage? Advertising, by its very positioning, is,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, General, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Mar 31, 2012
Howard Schultz: The spin of the human brand, foundations and visioning, too far flung? Starbucks | Store one The spirit of the impassioned leader or founder speaks from the heart, which can drive everything, top down. Spirit sparks spin — which isn’t just... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands | Jan 10, 2024
Brand Magic, the Succession of Time, and the Portals of Perception The very nature of brands is entirely wrapped around people—“who built the brand, and for whom did they build it?” Otherwise, to GIRVIN’s parlance:“what’s the story, who’s telling it, who’s listening,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Dec 13, 2023
The Interplay of Ideas, Visuals, Tiering and the lnterlacement of Branded Conceptions You might know, when you contemplate the sensation of brand experience, it’s not one element alone that is memorable, it lies in the layering of tiered, experiential moments that, in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Nov 16, 2023
Exploring Observations: Curiosity in Conversations. Asking Questions in the Quest for Creative Answers. I, like my brothers, Mom and Dad, like to ask questions of people—to learn more about who they are. Talking to an elder shopkeeper, learning from her as to where... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Motion Pictures | Oct 26, 2023
How to build brand storytelling for terrifying design narratives Clive Barker It was roughly 40 years ago that I read Clive Barker’s “Books of Blood,” which struck me as a remarkably distinctive turn on the horrifying—as expertly fear-inducing storytelling. Stephen... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Storytelling | Oct 12, 2023
With our coming into 50 years of continuous involvement in brand strategy and integrated design— and as coffee connoisseurs—we’ve savored this brewed beverage all over the world, from Seattle to NYC—Maui too, LA to Vancouver, Java and Bali. We’ve studied coffee... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Oct 4, 2023
GIRVIN’s 50 years old—speaking of finely-aged, so we have history, and it runs back to wines that we’ve produced ourselves, gifted wines and wine brands we’ve built for enterprises in the US, Asia and Canada. Wines are, as everyone knows, particularly challenging... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Human brands | Sep 21, 2023
Talking about you—Personal Journeys, Discovery, Creativity and Making It’s about the work—the work that you’re doing, and what you’re thinking about the work that you’re doing. As a practitioner of brand thinking, strategy and design since 1973, I’ve been thinking... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Marketing 2.0 | Aug 31, 2023
The quest for deep storytelling, brand narratives and customer relationships. For about 50 years since—and during—my college and early working days, I’ve given talks, workshops, team presentations to explore some lines of thinking around what we think about brands,... Read More
