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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0 | Jan 14, 2011
BMW and the physiology of branding the eyes with flash effect. What about the idea of using image flashing to imprint the retinal curvature of the inner eye thereby burning the image into their sight? This year will surely be about change. And innovation. And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Marketing 2.0 | Dec 22, 2010
What is the nature of compelling giving? What are the tools to build a brand story that has soul, connectedness and impact to emerging audiences? Dig in. Go deep. Reach far. Finding time, reaching to the giving community in building humanitarian brand and charities... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Dec 15, 2010
What lies beneath: the nature of the x, the cross road, the crossing guard, the mark of the x and the magic of the nexus. Girvin imagery | screen or site shot from handheld The symbolic allegory of the x mark. When I was in Bali, I was surprised by the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent, Storytelling | Jul 20, 2010
Smoke, scent, perfume — the etymology of the mist of fragrance; examining the legacy of aroma, the waft of fire, in the history of language. The inspiration of smoke, scent and magic One might offer that, as a designer, I’ve spent a lot of time examining... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jun 7, 2010
Technology, attunement to content, the iPad and new modeling of computing place. I started writing this missive a couple of weeks back, and it would appear to becoming a reference of increasing topicality. Even today, a detailed overview of the challenges of an... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Mar 19, 2010
Image reference The White House Brand, Desirée Rogers and Barack Obama brand management The concept of the alignment of the principles of human branding and political figures isn’t new, but it might be suggested that the strategic launch of Barack Obama was more... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Feb 17, 2010
Steve Jobs, iPad and the persona of innovation. In the past, I’ve explored the idea of the human brand, a persona driven organization type that focuses on the character of central leadership in defining brand approaches to enterprise and marketing expression.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0 | Jun 7, 2009
Thoughts on bing, the new search engine for Microsoft Just days ago, the kick off. According to the overview from Microsoft, “the idea behind ‘Manifesto’ is to elicit an emotional response about a concept that is decidedly not emotional.” And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | Jun 18, 2007
Happy Monday. I’m sure you know all about Brian Eno. But I wonder if you’ve seen one of his installations? I think that I talked to you about sound in environment. How people can experience space in the context of sound. Maybe I’d mentioned seeing... Read More
