by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Places | Apr 22, 2011
Core Values | Sweden — could they be designed? THE QUESTION IS, CAN THE VALUES OF A COUNTRY BE COALESCED INTO AN EFFECTIVE BRAND STRATEGY, THAT THE ENTIRE MARKETING ENTERPRISE — AS WELL AS TOURISTIC AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES — ADHERE TO COLLECTIVELY?...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Places | Feb 15, 2011
Smashingshare.com The metaphor of the mind, architectural design and the secret of dreams The Architect from the film Inception (Warner Brothers) From the film: Inception A conversation with the inceptor and the architect Cobb: You create the world of the dream. We...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Jan 4, 2011
Examining the shopfronts, façades and skins of South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida. Signing design: strategies of visualization as an emotional storytelling. The evocations of deco. Take me someplace that feels right. There are levels to signing. On the one front, signs...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, Places | Dec 1, 2010
Image: Matthew Donaldson | Nowness collection The combination of strategy, designed experience, architecture, the holistic label of loving the story of wine. Over time, it’s been possible for Girvin to work on dozens of wine brands, as consultants in story,...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Places | Nov 15, 2010
Flag image: Wesleytb Number one in the world It’s interesting to examine the idea of Sweden being exceptional. Having worked there, I can tell you that it’s truly unique. The people. The brands, the efforts of their enterprises and the quality of their...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Places, Storytelling | Oct 26, 2010
Women are the world; art, archetype, anonymity and the TED prize 2011. Portrait of JR. Courtesy © Christopher Shay If you don’t have time, just watch this. I’m sure you’re on the list, the TED list, and you get their mailings. If not, you should....
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Oct 13, 2010
Mapping concepts of gaming procession and built design: exterior brand experience storytelling (what’s this place about?); entry into the gaming world; sequencing gaming technology (red circles) for luck perceptions; creating visible targets for more hospitality...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 6, 2010
Drawn from the heart: simple design prototypes from the 30s: design strategy and clarity of intention The heart of creative: drawing, sketching, roughs, comprehensives made by hand, brush and simplistic inspiration. A friend of mine in Santa Monica, composer Stuart...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Aug 2, 2010
ACE HOTEL | NYC: MARTIAL DESIGN BRAND STRATEGIES – Story, visuals, environmental graphics, tactical executions. Military graphic for a hotel (just blocks from GIRVIN | NYC.) And coincidentally, ACE began in Seattle (just blocks away from GIRVIN | Seattle.) Good...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, General, Places | Jul 20, 2010
EXPERIENCE NOMAD: EVENT HORIZON | I WAS THINKING ABOUT ANTONY GORMLEY’S INSTALLATIONS. AND THE FIGURE IN SURVEILLANCE. I was thinking about the watcher, the sentinel. And the sentient. In NYC, we live — Girvin’s offices, are — in the...