Search results for: metaphorical thinking
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Nov 4, 2009
Internet Advertising Winning Formulae Working as a strategist and designer in theatrical advertising and branding, there’s an approach that’s linked to sequence and revelation of motion picture content that’s showing some proven measure in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Feb 14, 2010
Global brand erection: the next position(ing) Okay, so it’s Valentine’s Day — some levity, please. I do have a curiosity about the marketing of sex and the relations therein. It’s a tough challenge, a complicated demographic positioning, albeit... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | May 12, 2010
The wave, the ripple, the droplet, the metaphor — exploring allegorical symbolism in brand and business strategy. The idea of water is a metaphor that has consistency to the notion of exploring how people connect with each other: touch, connectedness, stories... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Human brands | Jun 16, 2022
Brand naming As many know, there is a profession of nomenclature strategy—people who “name” things. It’s an intriguing meditation, given ancient character of the concept of the name, which as the tradition of antiquity proffers, speaks literally to the true nature of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 4, 2022
GIRVIN IDEATOR® NEW BRAND DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION AND NAMING. There are two sides to the issue of a name—one is “hey you, what’s your name?” Or, “my name is…” The other is, “I call your name…And I know your truth, you are mine.” One might say that the ancient strategy... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Sep 15, 2022
IN THE RING—THE STANCE, THE FOCUS, THE BALANCE AND THE SPEED. I tend to think about everything as a metaphorical expression—there’s a poem, everywhere; there’s a story behind everything; there is something which lies beneath—and it’s worth looking in, listening,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Oct 6, 2022
And the implications to brand, strategy and the target Image: Disney Marvel Studios In my history, working around brand space, there are inherently central points of business structure, key practices that boost the brand’s proposition—channel core offerings. The... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0 | Dec 6, 2023
Your name is your apex point of recognition—it’s the first thing that your audience sees and hears—it’s the hello: “my name is, here’s what I do. And here’s what I can do for you.” We know naming. GIRVIN has a quarter century of active naming experience, with a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Aug 16, 2016
ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM, METAPHOR AND CENTERING Walking a old, forested Buddhist compound outside of Tokyo, I was told that the temple site was a specially sacred site — and one that was anciently “magical.” The idea of spirit spaces, places that have special power,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Feb 2, 2008
The signature is a marking, a signing, that links the gesture of the hand, the fingertips, the wrist, the arm to the mind. It’s a kind of drawing of the mind — your signature is the reflection of your intelligence. That is, I suppose, the character of... Read More
