Matto | Bar & Pizzeria – design
Matto: A New mix in Shanghai Pizza, made eclectic -- divergent materiality and message Matto Bar & Pizzeria: Imagery from Matto | Press section TSG | QUEEN ANNE STUDIOS ….. G I R V I N | RETELLING RETAIL DESIGNING THE STRATEGY OF SELLING : BRAND STORYTELLING...
Bringing Simplicity To Product Packaging
I was thinking about that idea -- the fluff of package -- really, is there a meaningful story there [all those carefully conceived messages, do people really pay attention?] When we talk about epiphany, are people really looking? Studying? Reaching -- to new light?...
THE ALLEGORY OF THE OCEAN
Returning to the Mother Seeking and Exploring the Metaphor of Ideas, Nature, Your Work A Love of the Ocean, the Sea of allegory -- the original maker, the storyteller of us all When I was a child, growing up, Eastern Washington, in Spokane -- sometimes [not always] my...
The greatest designer of the last 100 years
Apple I was talking to a group of Japanese design students yesterday at the GIRVIN | Seattle offices, about the idea of the heart of design -- and the signature, the personal signing, that any designer will bring to any challenge. The signature is all you. And it's...
The Shock of Beauty
The shock of the new, the spectacle of surprise Tim Girvin | Spain I like the idea of standing out -- something that's a surprise -- it's a shock. Then again, you probably know that surprise -- etymologically, is the prize beyond, it's the sur-prise; "pried" from the...
MySpace Interface
The Interspace: the new MySpace UI Wide Open -- Inner Space -- Interface It's interesting to study the migrations of MySpace, in the challenges of their past failing and flailing attempts to maintain a respectable share of the social online communities. A new logo...
Could it be old, then new, and beautiful?
RETHINKING ANCIENT DESIGN -- REMADE NOW, NEW. I'm interested in the idea of old [even ancient] design strategies rethought, to new principles of action. My own history is about scouring and memorizing 2,500 years of alphabetic history, and dreaming new utility in the...
Fear of Missing Out — The FOMO instinct
Could it be that FOMO is really tribal disconnection? Ever been proud that you didn't know what was going on? Been happy that you had no clue about the newest big deal in your community? Pleased that you had no word on the hottest gossip? For some, the idea of not...
Simple is beautiful | Food Service & Experience Branding
Sometimes the best restaurant concepts are the simplest, the most honest, the most direct. They go back to the heart of giving, exchanging and trading enterprise. Asking the core questions -- Why [do we love this idea -- devoting ourselves to it]? Where [will we be...
Working with Tony Scott
The Genius of Invention, the Infection of Enthusiasm Weeks later, I've been thinking. I was shocked to read about Tony Scott's passage, in the manner of his so-called choosing -- and more critically, not knowing the truth in, about, any of it. Who does, who will:...