by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Jan 9, 2014
The Layers of Intention and Storytelling in the Context of Message and Community As students of environmental design and signing, we’re endlessly studying typography and messaging, signing and fabrication — and, in the end — placement and meaning....
by Tim Girvin | Places, Retail | Dec 2, 2013
Designing Signing Message Strategies: the Beginning, and the Ending, of Storytelling. Every story has a beginning, and an ending — each of us has a story, that has one beginning, and another start, and another initiation — and perhaps an ending that we all...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Nov 26, 2013
Designing for, and in, The Soul of Place For some, it might be the light of a room; for another, it might be the scent, for another — it’s the touch. And still another, it’s the vibe, as if there is a Spirit in the room. People contribute to the...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Places | Oct 29, 2013
Small signs that tell a big story Environmental messages in place-making What if, when you came around the corner to a place in your office and there was a delicate message, reminding you of something, like: “Care”? “Do more, because you can.”...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Oct 17, 2013
The Acoustical Messages of Place In my study of experience narrative design and the experiencer in place — for me and for others — I ponder the notion of sound. As a designer of places to be, to tell stories, to share ideas and products, to evoke comfort,...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Places, Storytelling | Sep 3, 2013
Exploring Creative Place | Design, Teams, Innovation BIG ARCHITECTURE|DESIGN | NYC Traveling the world, as a designer, if one is so motivated, studying working environments, culture and vibe should be part of the practice of seeing into how design thinking happens....
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Aug 22, 2013
Studying the Face of People and the Buildings that they Make In the past, we’ve talked about the modeling of a brand relationships — the relating [the carrying, the holding and the retelling] of that content, product or story in a manner that it can be...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, Places | Aug 13, 2013
rAndom International at MOMA. Reinterpretations of cold digital design It’s been suggested by Random that their work isn’t about typical programmable environmental installations that are inherently “unfeeling” and cold, but rather interactively...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Aug 8, 2013
James Turrell, Designer in Light The Guggenheim | NYC We have a lot of history with the legacy of Turrell — and real history, in terms of what we’ve done for Seattle in introducing Seattle to his work. Only about 28 years ago. Deanna and I were taking a...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Jun 25, 2013
Designing storytelling, in brand experience and place-journey-making. Earlier in my career, I was studying the concept of signage design in the setting of Imperial Roman culture. From the 500 — 1500 years, BCE, to roughly 400 ACE the idea of cutting important...
