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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People | Jan 5, 2018
OUR NATIONAL ART TREASURES | LAMENTING THE PASSAGE OF HAROLD BALAZS. ISN’T IT SO THAT EACH OF US HAS A PERSONAL FLOWERING THAT COULD HAVE SPROUTED FROM A SINGLE LUMINOUS POINT OF INSPIRATION? JUST THINK OF IT: YOUR LIFE CHANGES, MOMENTS OF IGNITION, ILLUMINATIVE... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 11, 2017
THE HORNET’S NEST OF INSPIRATIONS When I was young, till now, I have a profound fascination with insects. Really, arthropoda—insecta, arachnida and crustacea. That’s insects, spiders and crab-like creatures. Those hard-shelled creatures of earth, air and water. I... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Designers | Mar 8, 2017
The Scribbling of Design Theorems — Drafting With Navigational Instruments The word scribe to script, as a verb, is a “scratching, a scribble, a marking.” Describe comes to mind, for in that scratching, definition and articulation of idea becomes manifest — and in a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 28, 2023
THE INTEGRATION OF MESSAGE: GRAPHICAL EXPRESSIONS IN A SCALABLE SOLUTION. TINY CAN BE GIGANTIC, SMALLER CAN BE EMULATED IN A TIERING OF ENLARGEABLE OR REDUCIBLE DESIGN TREATMENTS, NOT MERELY AS DESIGN THINKING—BUT AS A DIRECT LINK THE GENETICS OF THE DESIGN. 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 | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Human brands, Storytelling | Nov 7, 2018
DEFINING THE JOURNEY TO THE HIDDEN CENTER: THINGNESS [the it]: FINDING SOUL IN THE MYSTERY OF BRANDING: THE QUEST FOR THE HEART, THE UNCOVERING OF MEANING, THE FOUND MEMORY— THE MOMENT IN THE MOMENTUM. For a brand to survive, there needs to be a stance, a point of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 27, 2020
IN A LEGACY OF DECADES OF COLLABORATION, THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT SPEAK LOUDER THAN OTHERS, LIKE THE WORDS THAT MESSAGE FIRST-OFF, TO A READING BRAND EXPERIENCER. THE HOLLYWOOD MOTION PICTURE PRESENTATIONS. In the brand journey of forty five years of exploration of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Nov 22, 2016
There is a legend, and there was once a mere story, about the Old American West — one that has transfixed the world. Who’s not compelled to admire some part of that storytelling? Or know some rawhide narrative, that has been shared — campfire round, out on the Range,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Aug 22, 2013
Studying the Face of People and the Buildings that they Make In the past, we’ve talked about the modeling of a brand relationships — the relating [the carrying, the holding and the retelling] of that content, product or story in a manner that it can be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Dec 4, 2019
BRAND SENSATIONALISM: HOLISTIC BRANDING AND SPHERICAL EXPERIENCE STRATEGY As in many studies of business, the notion of samurai strategy is most commonly evinced in “The Book of Five Rings,” written by warrior artist Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, c. 1584 – June 13, 1645)... Read More
