Search results for: human brands
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Trends | Feb 10, 2022
MEDITATIONS ON REMOTE WORK. THE SEARCH FOR MEANINGFUL BEAUTY, THE QUEST FOR ACTIVE FOCUS IN ATTENTION AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE STRATEGY OF WORKING IN REMOTE LOCATIONS—SO-CALLED: WORKING SOMEPLACE YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. An old scrap of handmade paper, hanging in a... 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 | Brand Mysticism, Brands | Jul 10, 2019
THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING | Part Three Building the strategies for brand engagement thinking, creative intelligence workshops and tactical layouts for innovation sessions. Working on a project for the planning of a market design program for an emerging... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Storytelling | Jul 19, 2017
WANDERING, YOU GET OUT THERE — IN A STRAIGHT OR MEANDERING LINE — THERE ARE PLACES TO DISCOVER, MEMORIES TO BE MADE, FRIENDS TO FIND. AND YOU’RE FOLLOWING WHAT BEACON, MAP MADE, LINE TRACED? YOUR PLOTTED LINE, YOUR INSTINCT, THE SUN, A DREAM? DESTINY? Of course, as we... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jun 28, 2017
CONCEPTIONS AND EXPLORATIONS OF INTIMACY: BRAND LOVE-MAKING? What’s the path for engagement? How does a brand move from enchantment, to engagement, to the interlacing of embracement? What is the way that people hold on to the storytelling of a brand in a manner that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Apr 19, 2017
BRANDISH — THE WAVE AND FLOURISH OF BRAND The OED: “brandish” — Brand as fire. Notes on the Place of being. Considering meaning and etymology, reflections on distinction and memory of meaningful experience. I had a conversation with a friend of mine, Dawn A. Clark.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Dec 22, 2016
SIGNING A BRAND: BRAND SIGNATURES, HUMAN HANDWRITING AND ATTRIBUTION Examining the idea of brand, signature and personality I was thinking about the idea of hand-writing and the character of the person. By a typical extrapolation, I’d liken the brand to the human — in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Storytelling | Feb 3, 2015
Make something. Use your hands. What’s coming back to me is the realm of the personal — that which is made by a person, from that person, to me. As we’ve moved GIRVIN from downtown Seattle [they’re demolishing our building] to the bottom of West Queen Anne, we’ve all... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Interior Design, Places, Storytelling | Nov 14, 2008
Exploring brand storytelling for restaurant experiences, notations and process. I’d met Antonio Corsano on a recommendation, or a referral, from Paul Bertolli. I’ve talked about this marvelous person in the past. The work with Paul, of course, was building... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Mar 8, 2008
The OED: “brandish” — Brand as fire. Notes on the Place of being. Considering meaning and etymology, reflections on distinction and memory of meaningful experience. I had a conversation with a friend of mine, Paula Rees. She’s a placemaker. Her... Read More
