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by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 20, 2022
INSPIRATIONS FOR CREATIVE ACTION, MESSAGING AND DESIGN | THE DEEP STORYTELLING OF THE SEA When I was a child, growing up in Spokane, there would be the occasional parental inquiry—“it’s time for the Opera—a vacation, and where would you like to go?” I had an answer,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Sep 1, 2022
IN THE HISTORY OF GIRVIN’S THEATRICAL BRANDING, THERE’S A STORY IN A STORY, A DESIGN INSIDE A DESIGN, A LAYERING OF INTENTIONS INSIDE THE OUTREACH. Working around the notion of illustrating a certain trail of cinematic storytelling, as a theatrical branding design... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0 | May 18, 2022
IS EVERYTHING SLOWER NOW? In the purported aftermath of the Covidularity—[right, invented,] it’s been a persistent experience for me for things to be slowing down. Items of the trade that we’re in, strategy, design and production—paper, for example—hard to find, some... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Apr 27, 2022
Obviously, the question of beauty doesn’t propound solely a complicated design— instead, it could be profoundly simple—so delicately balanced and restrained that it catalyzes disciplined elegance. But when one calculates the etymology—in reverse—of beautiful graphics,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 18, 2022
BACK IN SPOKANE, I FOUND THIS PANEL THAT I DREW FOR MY PARENTS; STILL THERE, NEXT TO THE PIANO. THE MEDITATION ON THE ANSWER OF UPLIFT—YES! I went to Spokane to see my family—my Mother and Father, for a check in—both in their 90s, there has been a health-related... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 9, 2020
IN THE JOURNEY OF BRANDING—AND THE VISUALS AND MESSAGES THAT ARE PART OF ANY BRANDING INITIATIVE—THERE IS, INVARIABLY, A MESSAGE INSIDE THE MESSAGE. THERE’S A STORY IN THE STORY, THERE’S A TELLING INSIDE THE NARRATIVE. I believe that I first experienced this in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jun 17, 2020
WE MANAGED BRANDQUEST® SESSIONS —ALL VIRTUAL—THIS PAST WEEK, THEN OTHERS BEFORE THAT, A WEEK BEFORE— THEN THERE’S ANOTHER THINK-SHOPPING BRAND CHARRETTE EMERGING WEEK NEXT. ALL ONLINE, VIRTUAL. WE’RE THERE, BUT WE’RE NOT, WE’RE TOGETHER, BUT WE’RE THOUSANDS OF MILES... 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 | Concepts, Storytelling | Jan 22, 2020
THE EXAMINATION OF INTENTION, PASSAGE AND MEANING— THE BRAND, THE STRATEGY, THE JOURNEY. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO FIND THE DEEPER SIDE OF BRANDS, WHAT ARE THE RITES OF PASSAGE—GETTING THERE: CLOSER TO SOUL, HEART, INTENTION, DIRECTION? CAN BRANDS LIVE—could they be alive?... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jan 8, 2020
NOT EVERYTHING IS OBVIOUS; SOME ARE MISTED; THEY ARE OCCULT, CONCEALED FROM PRESENCE. SOUL-FINDING, THE DESIGN OF CREATIVITY AND THE PATHWAY TO SOLUTIONS. It can take a quest to find what can’t be known from the surface. What we find—in our BrandQuest®-ing, this... Read More
