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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Human brands | Aug 14, 2012
The last days of the Olympics | London 2012 The gift of the games, “the Soul of the Olympics.” When you think about it, hasn’t the Olympics, London 2012 been about the unbridled power, the spirit of the people who came: phenomenal? From small story... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 11, 2012
The word, the work, that optimizes Working in NYC, I was rifling through my wallet, heading downtown to the office, I pulled my subway card — which I’d noted in an earlier overview. Optimism, the MTA card There’s a word, that word — placed... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Mar 30, 2009
“I did. I do what I do because I want to do it, because I want to explore, go looking for things.” ~Luc Besson A directorial style, branded, explorations of cinéma du look. I met Luc Besson in Paris, a number of years back, when I was working in Paris. And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Scent | Mar 23, 2007
There was all ways the myth of the beginning in her, that was un-named and known as force of making, Matrix and in that mystery, found, burdened, measured then lost in the fool that was man. The scent of the beginning drifted away, yet remains [ p e r f u m e ] in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Feb 15, 2024
A Wanderer’s Journey, Sensing the Heart, in Memory—From Afar In a bitterly cold subway channel, during a time when the ice was hanging stalactitic from the ceiling girders of the NYC Metro—and wind whipped so cold up the railed canyons of the running lines that eyes... 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 | Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 30, 2019
THE BRANDQUEST® FOR AMAZEMENT Isn’t it so that we’re all looking for wonderment—that state of surprise and amazement? I was talking to my father about my work—“why are you still doing it?” He retired one year before the age that I am now. I told him that “I’m looking... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Sep 22, 2016
Looking at the dark side of brand, their strategies and their stories. In the work of finding the heart and soul space of a team of entrepreneurs, their creation, a brand and the story of their founding, their making, and the follow-on telling — community and... Read More
