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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Apr 26, 2023
The mythological patterning of legend-building—cinematic narrative and ancient thematics—BabaYaga, the BogeyMan and the Hero of 1000 Faces. As any creative would tell you, story-working is a layering of patterns—there are the arcs of plots, the intertwinement of time,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Dec 14, 2022
THE QUEST FOR DEEP METAPHORS IN SYMBOLIC PATTERNING, BRAND VISUAL LINGUISTICS In Paris, the above plaque was an installed signage in a small studio’s shopfront off the Seine, Rive Gauche. It was a place that I shared with Pierre Dinand, as a working collaborative lab,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Oct 31, 2021
MOTION PICTURE BRAND DESIGN | MACABRE, MONSTROUS, HORRIFIC | STRATEGIC DESIGN FOR THE TWINGE OF TERROR According to a high school buddy, now a Emmy-winning screen writer, horror is the new “it”—at least to his take, that’s what he’s focusing on. He writes with a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Incubation, Marketing 2.0, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Jun 2, 2021
TACTICAL INSIGHTS FOR REMOTE PRESENTATIONS TALKING TO A STRING OF FRIENDS—SALES PEOPLE–ABOUT PRESENTING REMOTELY, IT IGNITED SOME MEDITATIONS ON AN EARLIER PROJECT, “SUSPECT ZERO.” We’re all living in a time of “remote viewing,” that optimistically will soon be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Mar 6, 2019
IN THE QUEST OF TRAVELING THE WORLD: EXPLORING SPELLS, BINDING AND BRAND MAGIC In an adventure of working around the world, one sees things differently in the layering and context of place. Different cultures approach brands in varying ways—to each, their own way of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Storytelling | Dec 12, 2017
WRANGLER®, BADLANDERS AND COWBOY SPIRIT. DESIGNING BRANDS AROUND AMERICAN COWBOY ETHOS. I noted the Wrangler event in Vegas [now running] and it reminded me of my journeys into farm-work, bull riders and cowboy culture — here and abroad. We have deep history in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Places, Storytelling | Jul 15, 2014
The Journey of Storytelling in the Context of Space, Made Narrative Place. In the past, we’ve written about the idea of cinematic production design — and individual designers and directors — their interplay, and how interpretations of context are made. Interestingly,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Places | Jun 1, 2008
Exploring form language, art and brand. Miro Kuzmanovic | Reuters My first large-scale awareness of Anish Kapoor, live exposure, was in October 2006, at Rockefeller Center, NYC. But I’d studied his work, off and on, for about 15 years:... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, General, Luxury, Retail, Trends | Apr 2, 2008
Exploring the concept of an emerging dark luster in design, it might be more so about the exhausting confusion and difficulties of the present market — and the swirling chaos of the near future. What’s happening now? Is the end nigh? Or night, near? What... Read More
