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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | May 17, 2010
Cinematic alignment, storytelling and brand recreation “Breathless” regains its inhalation. Fifty years after the film’s release in France, Rialto Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to a new 35 mm print of Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave groundbreaker, which... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures | Nov 16, 2009
What’s the connection to the notion of world-ending sagas? Why? I’d venture that there’s a fascination with the idea of the end of the world — people are attracted to it — and the question might be: why? Why would the world end —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Incubation, Storytelling | Oct 12, 2009
Brand strategy in cause related marketing Every brand begins with a human, and that sense of the “human-ness” is aligned with intentionality. Humanitarian brands — those which espouse the notion of aid for other human beings — are intentionally... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Trends | Mar 24, 2009
Boxed and cartoned water, newly watered solutions? What freight, now? When I was working in Paris, I came in contact, as a consultant, with an intriguing group: Suez. Interestingly enough, this group was founded on the building of the Suez Canal — this 19th... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Dec 11, 2007
The issue of branding is more about gathering differentiation; it’s a way of telling a distinctive story that positions the company in a way that is discrete from the competitive fray. And it just might be that — a story. What do you really remember about... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands, Retail | Sep 3, 2010
The raven as the icon of black beauty, primordial intelligence, mystery and the old ones. RAVENS AS THE DARK STORYTELLER, THE MYTHIC BLACK RAINBOW. Is the etymology of corvid derived from the ancient Proto-Indo European seed sound kos, for shout? That would seem... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Marketing 2.0 | Dec 31, 2009
$12 Billion gone and running. What next, for Tiger Woods? “He is something supernatural.” – Tom Watson I’ve been fascinated by the dynamics of leadership. What happens in the center, emanates. The longest shadow falls from the top.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, General | Sep 20, 2009
Creativity, Dance, Business and You An event, benefiting the Seattle Dance Project Group, The Ruins, Seattle. 9/27/09 1.00pm-4.00pm. There’s a distinct alignment between the spiritual principles of dance and the living life of brand development. If we quickly... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, General | Dec 17, 2007
http://www.kenrock.com/ I’d met Ken Rock, sitting on the sidewalk. That’s what he does, part of the time. Sit on the side walk and hammer away. Looking from further down the block, I’d wondered what that person was doing. It was nightfall. And it was... Read More