by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 25, 2011
THE STATE OF WOWNESS* IF I’M THINKING ABOUT THE WAY, THE WALKING ROUTE — IT’S LIKE A LONG STRIDE TO THE SOMETHING THAT LIES AT THE END. THERE’S A RHYTHM, A SEQUENCING OF PILLARS THAT MARK THE TIME. STEP BY STEP. LOOKING UP, IT’S STEEP,...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places | Nov 21, 2011
LOOK UP, LOOK OUT | PRINCIPLES OF ABOVENESS | GALLERY III THE STATE OF WOWNESS* IN THE NATURE OF SEEING, THERE ARE DIRECTIONS – THE VECTORING OF PLACE AND SITE, SIGHT SEEN AND UNSEEN. BUT IT DOES COME DOWN TO THE LOOKING – AND THE LISTENING IN THE LOOK. AS...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 16, 2011
THE STATE OF WOWNESS In the exploration of design, organizing information, considering presentations and context, emotional relatedness, there are two elements that I look for in the conjunction of creative intelligence and communications to community. Content and...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 15, 2011
THE STATE OF WOWNESS This is the first in a series of impressions — a gathering of images exploring interpretations of place, way-finding, presence and historical context; none of these images are raw — rather, each one has been tuned to emotional...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Oct 28, 2011
FINDING THE HOT LINE, TO STORY AND SOUL I was walking the street, and came upon the asphalt and tar, street laying truck — with a sign that said: “POTHOLE HOTLINE.” If you find a pothole — call them, and they’ll fix it. I was more...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places, Retail | Oct 19, 2011
EXPLORING RETAIL DESIGN / PLACEMAKING EXPERIMENTS IN STORE STRATEGY AND CHARITABLE CAUSES Notations with the iPad | Journal Making + Site Explorations TRAVELING We’re always looking. With Girvin’s connection to Nordstrom, we went to explore more —...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Sep 24, 2011
Meanings and signing. A Signing — Meaning. Signs that Mean. By Meaning, the Signing. Signage as the wayfinding of furniture. –––– A friend sent me a string of images — no reference to who, where, what, from. I apologize for not having the complete credits,...
by Tim Girvin | Places, Scent, Storytelling | Sep 11, 2011
2001 | Girvin photo journal, September: NYC MEDITATIONS ON PLACE AND THE PROFUNDITY OF SENSE | NYC: SEPTEMBER, 2001 ––––––––––––– The sight of scene unknowing and the scented perfume of dissolution It was a couple of weeks after 9.11.2001 that I, along with a Girvin...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Interior Design, Luxury, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Sep 1, 2011
WORKING IN PARIS, I’VE BEEN STRUCK BY THE CHARISMA OF PARISIAN RETAIL DESIGN, STORY, PASSION. THERE IS A SENSE OF LIVELY EXPERIENCE IN EXPERIMENT. EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIENCE — how can you build a retail concept that might be simply built in a place, and...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Human brands, Incubation, Places, Scent, Storytelling | Aug 24, 2011
Starbucks, Pike Place Market — the beginnings of a branded world. A brand becomes a world: (tenet, intention, cult and culture, community and audience: engagement + embracement = enchantment). This world, built and evolving — founded on the inspiration of...
