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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Jul 1, 2019
LAYERING MESSAGES AND IMAGERY IN BRAND WORKSHOPPING. THE CARTOGRAPHY OF BRANDSCAPE (Digital Brush work) MAPPING BRAND THINKING | Part two THE DOODLING OF IDEAS, PATHWAYS OF EXPLORATION SCRIBBLED, BRAND MAPPING AND DOCUMENTATION: Brandquesting®, brand navigation and... 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, General, Marketing 2.0, Motion Pictures, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 30, 2009
Exploring the fashionability of the preternatural (brand) Lina Leandersson | “Let the Right One In” Magnet Releasing I’ve made some observations in the past, about the patterning of doom — the idea that in the midst, or in the emergence of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 20, 2008
I’ve been looking for truth. I’m looking for truth in my self — what do I do, in practicing what I tell, preach, to others. And telling the truth in the reign of the firm — what we do, what we offer, and how we go about doing it, in finding the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, General, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Apr 14, 2008
Some notes on the spiritual branding of the principles of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama — and what that means for business, brand development and human capital in culture. Firms of Endearment. I’ve spent the last couple of days walking around the edge of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People | Dec 2, 2007
I first met James Turrell in the 70s. Maybe early 80s. And back then, along with Jim Olson, Carol Fuller, and the COCA board, which was just a little group of us, we’d conceived the idea of bringing James Turrell to Seattle to do an installation. And that he... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Designers, Interior Design | Dec 12, 2012
Innovations in retail place-making strategies When I first heard about the idea of a new shipping container shop for Starbucks, I’d presumed that it might be the new modeling for the Evolution Fresh shop that was masterminded by Arthur Rubinfeld. But it’s... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Interior Design, Places | Nov 28, 2012
The sense of place, design, imagination and spectacle. The seeing eye, touching place, designed inspiration of Robert Irwin Earlier in my life, I was on the COCA team that ideated bringing James Turrell to Seattle — decades before, “seeing the light... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Dec 20, 2011
Bergdorf Goodman designing the street — where legendary windows own the sidewalks. I reached to former CEO, Dawn Mello — the retail legend, a friend in NYC. And my other “Dawn” pal. Dawn is a rare breed — a kind of perfected myth of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Storytelling | Oct 26, 2011
EXPLORING BROADCAST IDENTITY DESIGN IN THE CONTEXT OF POLITICS, KELSEY GRAMMER AND STARZ NEWEST SERIES: BOSS EARLIER IN THE YEAR (2011) OUR TEAM was asked to build identity treatments for “Boss.” This was the first time we’d connected with Starz, for... Read More
