Search results for: metaphorical thinking
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General | Mar 29, 2007
I went to this screening the other night, and it was the (hi)story of a young man, and later, accomplished sound designer, who grew up in the Bronx. Or maybe Brooklyn. Queens? Anyway, his childhood was, in some words, a kind of incessant trial by fire. It was like... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General | Mar 26, 2007
Sometimes there’s a sense that we look at a brand one way, and there’s a potential for it to be tipped another way; and that can be a good thing. We need to be ready for that, mind full of tipping spaces that will transcend or evolve expression to a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Storytelling | Mar 23, 2007
What story is there when the tale is hardware and the phone set for kids? Couple that thinking with a slightly schizophrenic jumble and you’ve got brand: Kajeet. Jeet is the personality, safety — the reference, yet a gameworthy fun is woven in.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | Mar 8, 2007
There’s a great deal coming out of TED — the encounters, the explorations, the connections, the learnings. Incredible really. I don’t think I’ve ever been to anything quite like it. But the mix is increasingly world focused, on the big world... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General, Trends | Mar 8, 2007
Hi. A LOT of us write about the concepts of emotion in the context of the work that we do. We’d like to think that we know something about it. How you reach in there, capture that — illustrate some sensate connection by virtue of text, imagery. But what... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General | Mar 4, 2007
See this? I was thinking about you. And I thought about this idea. —— Remember this book? Harold and the Purple Crayon. I’ve had a dream about this idea – the notion of drawing something, that moves and comes to life in a breathed animation.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures | Feb 24, 2007
There’s another symbolic value to the O and the 1 beyond the nature of the digital translation of content and interpretation. O, the curved enclosure — is, in sequence etymologically — from Sanskrit — the sunya; Arabic, sifr; Medieval Latin,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General | Dec 29, 2006
12.29.06 This is the first day (and the first LIVE text) of the GIRVINVIRGIN blog @ girvin.com. Scroll over the GIRVIN brandmark, and there it will be. Soon. It’s not going to be the first entry (per se > chronologically) — and it’s really not on... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling, Trends | Jul 20, 2006
There are a couple of trends that I perceive, in working in this space of consumer communications and brand representations. First, it’s clear that there are continuously emerging “new brands”, which might be “repositioned” old brands.... Read More
