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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 | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 21, 2009
Exploring the creation of brands > innovations strategy The initiation of my relationship with many brands has come on the locus of change. Fast change, in branding. Working with P&G, Nintendo and Nabisco started with innovation and acceleration programs. It... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jul 6, 2009
Voyages and patterns in style: Harajuku, Manga Jazz, Ivy League Preparatory — newly vitalized in the Japanese love of the brand. When I’d travel to Japan, I’d leave on Friday, so I’d get there on Saturday, to explore the Tokyo city that night,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Apr 27, 2009
The study of the Sixth Century Legacy of Hsieh Ho “Energy is eternal delight”. William Blake Earlier in my career, decades back, I was exposed to the study of classical Chinese art theory and its applications to art, architecture and spiritual principles.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Apr 20, 2009
Probing the hidden hints of mind, in brand, in experience. Martin Lindstrom is perhaps the most “branded” persona in branding. He’s young, unabashedly on a flame accelerant when it comes to fueling his ideas, research, and global traveling insights... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 21, 2008
I gave a commencement address, to a group of about one hundred graduating students and several hundred friends and family members at a design school here on Friday. I decided to improvise — live, at the event. But with this discipline, jotted on the way:... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Retail | Mar 18, 2008
I was favored with the opportunity to partner with the leadership of Yves Saint Laurent | North America in the development of a brand retail strategy for their flagship store, to be rolled out nationally. How done? We used Girvin’s proprietary BrandQuest®... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, Places | Aug 13, 2013
rAndom International at MOMA. Reinterpretations of cold digital design It’s been suggested by Random that their work isn’t about typical programmable environmental installations that are inherently “unfeeling” and cold, but rather interactively... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Scent | Jun 25, 2012
Trending scent strategies | the track to knowledgethe vocabulary of fragrances. Do you really know what you smell? I was in the subway, METRONYC with a colleague from GIRVIN | NYC — and, coming down to the running tracks, he says — “whoa, that smell... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail | Jun 4, 2012
Camper [soho] new shop | Brand storytelling — each store, and story, slightly different: a patterned retelling. Manifesting style in the legacy of invention, the Shigeru Ban addition. photograph above: Halley Tsai Camper’s international retail style is one... Read More
