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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Trends | Jun 25, 2010
The collaboration of the crowd, inspiration in community, creativity and sharing. As a strategist, as a storyteller, a designer, I’ve been working and circulating the world for 35 years +. But of course, I’ve been living some 20 years beyond that. In the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Human brands, Interior Design | Jun 7, 2010
Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre Considering a design inspiration based on mid-20th century industrial aesthetic In studying the design ethos of Starbucks retail design, I came into learning more about their strategy in a series of meetings working with another... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | Aug 20, 2009
Exploring the conceptions of love, commitment to vision, work and the life long pursuit of something meaning full. In acknowledgment of my Mother’s birthday, today, at 80 times around the sun. I’ve been working on a human brand study of Richard Avedon;... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | May 23, 2009
Healing, storytelling and the wisdom of Aesculapius One would presume that physicians are storytellers — guiding patients in transitions that are gathered from layers of experience in the sphere of living, teaching, healing, and the practice of medicine. Many... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Mar 30, 2009
“I did. I do what I do because I want to do it, because I want to explore, go looking for things.” ~Luc Besson A directorial style, branded, explorations of cinéma du look. I met Luc Besson in Paris, a number of years back, when I was working in Paris. And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Retail, Scent, Storytelling | Nov 24, 2008
Exploring the heart of the premise — what promise told, in retelling retail in the ancient markets of the world? What story, better — once spoken, twice told, thrice sold? I’ve been wandering the streets, the souks, the markets and the old sections... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People | Jul 24, 2007
Matt Groening & Tim Girvin: Cartooned life Meditations on careers, creative and titles. I met Matt Groening first at TED, 2007. More often than not, people have said that the big connection that I have with college is cartooning. “Hey, you’re from the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | May 23, 2024
When we study “design thinking, it comes back to a sequence of thoughtful evaluations and engagement with analysis—but too, an exploration of the context of emotion—as tactics are framed to capture feelingness, which flow into the humanity of brand, untethered... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Human brands | Sep 21, 2023
Talking about you—Personal Journeys, Discovery, Creativity and Making It’s about the work—the work that you’re doing, and what you’re thinking about the work that you’re doing. As a practitioner of brand thinking, strategy and design since 1973, I’ve been thinking... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 11, 2022
TIERING MESSAGING AND LAYERING OF INTENTION IN BRAND NARRATIVES AND STORYTELLING In my earlier work as a calligrapher and lettersmith, I explored—and still study in our work—the idea of layering messages. I see this as a kind of palimpsest—letters on one tier, a... Read More
