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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Aug 16, 2007
When someone gets something — understands a message, how is it gathered, how is it understood? The lay of the alphabet, the geometries therein, speak to the message of the mind, laid bare, in the character of the black on the white, the message — missive... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 11, 2010
A note from Ed Kelly: content, contentment, relevance, resonance What’s the story, who’s telling it, what’s it look like, and who cares? I’ve been an American Express cardholder for coming on 20 years. And I met Ed Kelly, CEO, American Express,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 17, 2009
Exploring the origin, development and renewed applications of the word. Brand storytelling, animated in humanized beauty — mind, thought, hand, expression. Calligraphy is beauty and writing, combined. And it’s long been seen as a kind of remote and obscure... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Storytelling | Aug 8, 2011
WHAT LANGUAGE: YOUR MESSAGE? WHAT CALL: YOUR PLEA? WHAT TONE: YOUR HOPE? HOW LOUD: YOUR REACH? Sometimes I’m asking for help. But I’m not asking for help in the right way. One calls out, but the call falls on deafness. The point might be that the call is... 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 | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 5, 2018
THERE IS A WORD AND A STRING OF LETTERFORMS; AND IN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE TWO, THERE IS MEANING IN THEIR BEING. CONTEXT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR A DESIGNER, A BRAND AND AN EXPERIENCER. [Above] Tim Girvin shooting words, textures, materials | photo Dawn A. Clark IN THE... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers | Apr 19, 2016
Branding Buildings | Building Brands — Aligning Typefaces With Architecture In my earlier years I lived in a neighborhood laden with architects — like when I was 12 years old, in Spokane, Washington. I lived in a MidCenturyModern house [the one at 42nd & Perry]... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling, Trends | Jan 1, 2010
Is it really about love, or it is about the affection effect? Branding and marketing strategies with love as the focus. Some thoughts: It’s been proffered that there’s an emerging phrasing of love in advertising and marketing promotion. I don’t think... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Oct 4, 2008
Panelists Anthony Battaglia, Claudia Cividino, Dawn Clark, Paul Terlizzi at Fashion Group International, NYC I’ve been looking at, and looking for, working on, true brands. Brands that are true. True brands can’t be invented, they must be made in the... Read More
