What’s OK? Keep At It.
Being a teacher, there's the line in the sand -- the pass: it's okay; the fail: it's not. It is the yes, the no -- it's alright; it's not. Being a strategist, a designer, a writer, plying the work of creative intelligence -- the yes, the no, is always on the line. (A)...
ENERGIZE
Energy, focus, attention, connection -- what is the energy that's set, on the context of driving forward; uncovering the new? That is personal. That's brand. That is human; that's enterprise. "energy is eternal delight" -- it is the captivation of attention and...
MEDITATIONS ON PLACE | NYC: SEPTEMBER, 2001
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...
You Smell Marvelous
What is the nature of the perfected marvel, in scent? Really -- you smell marvelous? I got a note from Barneys New York. It was really about Byredo -- I'd made some notes about them earlier. Y O U S M E L L M A R V E L ? Ben Gorham's drawn up the scent sequencing...
Ma | Drawing nothingness
The concept of the interval: the use of space in design I think about what is presence. And I consider, what is absence? What is here -- easily seen; and what is next? What is the interval? What converts moment to momentum? One wind driven day, I was painting with...
Mercy, Merci: Catchable Resonance | Merchandising Enthusiasm
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 working in, and...
CASTING
WORKING IN IRON, AND HAMMERING IT, OR POURING IT MOLTEN INTO THE CRUCIBLE, ONE LIQUID BECOMES HARD AND FAST -- LASTING FOREVER. BUT THERE IS MORE. I'm thinking about the cast in two ways -- one, the molding itself, and by the form, what is poured into it. But what is...
RADIATION
RADIATION Z O N E D What of radiant ideas? What of ideas so powerful they spread round the world? What of innovations that embody the radiation of human imagination and commitment -- a passion drive to emerge to new platforms of contribution? We've been working in a...
Steve Jobs | the Fire of the Human Brand
Leadership passion -- the commitment of crazy brand love in powering the direction of business There are plenty of stories about CEOs that are so crazy in love with the premise of their work that they simply can't disconnect from the evolving contribution to building...
THE HEART OF THE BRAND | STORE ONE
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 its...