by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, General | Jun 6, 2009
Photograph Peter Haley ©2009 The creation of sound, in place, made Decades ago, I was both a student, then instructor at Fort Worden. There were some amazing encounters — George Tsutakawa, Karen Guzak, Mary Ann Peters, Barbara Schwartz, Elaine DeKooning, Sam...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | May 9, 2009
The examination of nature, replayed in Nature All of us sense the power of the natural, when we can — and when we have the minute to suddenly step out of the urban workworld, and settle into our place in the natural surroundings, which — now and again...
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...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, General, Storytelling | Mar 23, 2009
Art Wolfe | Wikipedia imagery file The brand that is a living, loving being. Art Wolfe and I go way back — decades; but my personal relationship with him goes back further — into the recesses of my younger years, being in the ramshackle melange otherwise...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Luxury, Storytelling | Jan 6, 2009
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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People | Jan 5, 2009
Björk, the venture capital of the imagination. Björk “I will not be able to live with my own conscience when my grandchildren drive around Iceland and it’s just full of factories and smelters.” -Björk My first connection with Björk was through the...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, General | Dec 14, 2008
This is the third in a series on Human Brand | defining the inextricable link between people, founding vision and the brands that they produce. “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Designers, Luxury, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Nov 30, 2008
Saying goodbye at the Majorelle Gardens. I did gesture to good bye, at his passing, along with, of course, millions of others — June | 2008. And most of the designers of significance on the planet: http://www.wwd.com/au_revoir_yves And, that closing in...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers, Retail, Storytelling | Nov 16, 2008
This is the second in a series on Human Brand | defining the inextricable link between people, founding vision and the brands that they produce. “As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Nov 2, 2008
Martha Holmes | Jackson Pollock Time©1949 Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers: exploring concepts of the visual language of creativity, music, madness — and the warmth of humanity in redemption. “Madness is the salt that keeps good sense from rotting.”...