POWERPOLE
L E A D E R S H I P M A G N E T I S M In the modeling of a group of people, there is invariably a "power pole." Working with people, I look for that energized place of energy. Who's there? In the clustering of people, there is the layering of the rings of connections,...
ABRACADABRA | Alphabet Amulets
I got a note from some friends at the Oxford English Dictionary. It was about this word, "abracadabra" -- and perhaps you've got the same one, since you might have friends there too. Earlier in my life, studying the history of the word, the real key is linking...
The Alphabet | A History of Girvin Calligraphy
Early hand drawn explorations of the letter IMAGE: GIRVIN | hand made cut star alphabets in 12 languages –––––– There's a rhythm to the alphabet, drawing it, the forms can flow from one character to another. The story of their evolvement is a legacy of thousands of...
Faking Apple | Retail Conceptions
Workers at a fake Apple store with an iPad tablet in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Friday. Wong Campion / Reuters The Soul of the Brand Material In the emerging wild east of China, the idea of counterfeiting continues as the savaging of anything and everything...
Fast Casual Food Experience Design: The Place of Technology and Touch How Designed Does It Need To Be?
The context of designing places that are human, places that are not. In the principles of fast casual food / beverage design, a mid-priced, faster service experience proposition, the notion of the holistic character of guest presence has to do with a layering of...
ORDER, HERE
Sometimes, in our attempts to process and organize, we forget the beauty of the chaotic milieu -- where things aren't really as nicely laid out as we might have imagined. Projects seem to drift off into a differing continuum -- there are challenges in getting our...
KNOTWORK
(Girvin) Himalayan mountain protective talisman THE TALISMANIC STRING Coming into the office in Seattle, on one wall there is a string of talismans; they're arranged -- as a threading, running from the front of the office, the opening door, to the entry point, the...
DUST
The scent of dust. The perfume of the journey. The spice of the road. I am sorting through a collection of delicate, sacred books. They come from many places, but like a bundled sanctum, they are all together -- near by each other, in the darkness of a room that...
PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE ME: The 5 steps of mentorship
GOING BACK, I realize those that inspire me, those that have taught me all -- brought me into their fold. In where I am, I make real what I learned from them. Being here, now -- I am what I am. Listening to the filtration of time, the strata of learning -- I go back....
FIRE HOSE
WHAT FIRE COMES IN A HOSE? Watching fire, I see a channel, it's a breathing entity -- while there is wind, the fire inhales and there is a kind of beautiful translation. I can't take my eyes off of the smolder, the coals, the roaring Anything that has a color, becomes...