by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Places, Retail, Trends | Sep 26, 2012
Sometimes the best restaurant concepts are the simplest, the most honest, the most direct. They go back to the heart of giving, exchanging and trading enterprise. Asking the core questions — Why [do we love this idea — devoting ourselves to it]? Where...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Motion Pictures | Sep 24, 2012
The Genius of Invention, the Infection of Enthusiasm Weeks later, I’ve been thinking. I was shocked to read about Tony Scott’s passage, in the manner of his so-called choosing — and more critically, not knowing the truth in, about, any of it. Who...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Sep 21, 2012
The heart and soul of Crows, People, Cityscape and Poetry: Tokyo Waka | A film KRISTINE SAMUELSON + JOHN HAPTAS image from Waka The Kaw-Call of the Crow | Tokyo. Who couldn’t forget this call? Tokyo CROWCALL: Wakaaaa! The character of Waka might relate more to...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Motion Pictures | Sep 19, 2012
Meeting M I L L A Market Restaurant | Paris THE STREAM FLOWS — BUT WHICH WAY, THE CURRENT? I was thinking about the idea of current flow — watching leaves in a river, idling — breeze and river flow moving the leaves along. And in that state, what is...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Sep 17, 2012
Patterning brand & brand patterning – – developing typologies, morphologies of brand experiences | Graffiti Café, Varna, Bulgaria The nature of experiences, pattern language, visualizing layers of patterned context in place, message and ideology....
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Retail, Storytelling | Sep 13, 2012
I was thinking about the bridge between shelf presence, art and content. Earlier in my life, I made a connection with a collective of people that related — gathered round — the work, the inspirations, of a man named Ben Shahn. Mr. Shahn was very famous,...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Interior Design, Places | Sep 11, 2012
Brand, story, patterning in placemaking design strategies in hospitality and destinations IF THERE’S A STORY TO BE TOLD, COULD THAT STORY BE A PAINTING? THE GRAPHICAL PAINTING OF EMOTION, PATTERNING IN PLACE — designing the destiny of destinations. What is...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail | Sep 7, 2012
These days, the idea of an anniversary is the search for legacy — and there are many that are searching for legacies, threads, reaching back to the soul of earlier years, when another degree of artfulness, more robust storytelling, a new flavoring of history...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Sep 6, 2012
Amazon retail, a theory [Girvin]– bricks and mortar? Brand, retail, retelling, retooling, rethinking. Retail and community, brand storytelling as a reflective sharing — the story of place, of culture, of wonder, embracement and connectivity. There is a...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Trends | Sep 4, 2012
Old Coolness | Logo history Image credit: StockLogos In the past, countless logos show the character of the original brand personality. Does modernization take away the soul of their launching propositions? In some instances, we think — “yes!” How...
