by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places | Nov 10, 2007
I had written to Eartha Kitt about her love of nests — and my fascination of nests and their building — hornets and wasps in particular. https://tim.girvin.com/?p=328 Interestingly, she wrote back. And my Mother had offered another note about the concept...
by Tim Girvin | General, Interior Design, Places | Oct 4, 2007
I spent time with the team at Johnson & Johnson — first, Skilling, out past Princeton; then at their original spaces on 26th, over by the river, in Chelsea, then in their new design labs. They’ve got the best section of the building, south facing,...
by Tim Girvin | General, Places, Storytelling | Oct 3, 2007
Luxury Retail design and brand patterning, Jakarta Seibu, Java, Indonesia I had the opportunity to partner yet again with Callison Architecture, Dawn Clark, AIA LEED and Andy Thaemert, Doug Shaw and team on the development of an expansion of the environmental design...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Places, Storytelling | Sep 9, 2007
When you look, you find. In working on a brand development project in eastern Washington, I was walking their vineyard to get, literally, the lay of the land. And, I’m looking for what lies beneath, what lies inside the brand story. And in any brand development,...
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places | Jul 17, 2007
7 | 9 | 07 The New York Times | explorations of the new edifice. I went to check out the New York Times new building. It’s not all theirs, of course. But, it’s new. The structure was created by Renzo Piano — I’ve long admired his work. Since...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Places, Storytelling | Jul 15, 2007
I had a chance to connect with friends Catherine Eaton Skinner, David Skinner and Tom Kundig at the official first public opening (at least that I was invited to) of her space on Capitol Hill, overlooking downtown Seattle. The generous studio opening was a gesture to...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Places | Jul 9, 2007
Edward Burtynsky | Manufactured Landscapes @ the Film Forum | NYC. Trailer and related content —- Beautiful ugliness. I’ve made some notes about the idea of beauty, in ugliness, before. Ugly beauty. You know that concept — the swirls of rainbowed oil...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, General, Places | May 25, 2007
Madison Park | NYC. 5.22.07 11.23pm People have asked me about the occasional address that I close mails with — TSG | madison park | NYC. What’s that, they say? Are you in a park? Well, sometimes yes. Girvin | NYC is located on 26th + Broadway, just off...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Luxury, Places, Retail | May 22, 2007
I’ve been tracking Tom Ford’s work closely, from before our YSL days. I loved that work, working with you…and it was great learning more about the man, the history ( all of them ) and the characters that emerged in the brand. Not sure where...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Places | May 17, 2007
Yesterday, I went to the open house of the architectural design group NBBJ. The point of the practice, rather uniquely — I might offer, is about collaboration and the celebration of ideas. Many practices are of course about doing the fundamental work of defining...
