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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Apr 21, 2016
The Quest for Soulful Places As a designer, I find that the work on converting spaces to more meaningful places, which more often than not has to do with the very journey of what soul is supposed to be. Soul is a ancient seed sound — a voicing — for sea, and the point... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jun 5, 2014
I was trying to connect with what I thought was an open resource — a brand, an enterprise, a place, a team of people. Nope. What if you were closed all the time? [Image: a door on 30th Street | off Madison, NYC]. I tried to sync up with the team, the brand, the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | May 13, 2014
The Context of Holistic Branding, Experience Design and the Person Earlier, in NYC, I was talking to an Aikido master about sensation — and the sphere of awareness. It might be suggested that Aikido — a “way of ki,” is more about finding the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Motion Pictures | May 10, 2012
Stanley Kubrick + Douglas Trumbull > Monoliths on Mars Seeing the imagery of a so-called “monolith” [alá 2001, A Space Odyssey from NASA on Space.com reminded me of a string of experiences — working in Hollywood. During the development of a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail, Storytelling | Aug 18, 2010
Brand storytelling that goes back 130 years, and pitched as a marketing strategy for merchandising sales at Barney’s. Notes on selling old brands as something newly hip. Buy, here: I’m looking for True Brands. What I seek is: A story. A person. An offering.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Retail | Mar 18, 2008
I was favored with the opportunity to partner with the leadership of Yves Saint Laurent | North America in the development of a brand retail strategy for their flagship store, to be rolled out nationally. How done? We used Girvin’s proprietary BrandQuest®... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers | Aug 11, 2015
Qualia: Yves Klein International Blue, Beauty and States of Being. Examining Sensation[alism,] Perception, Beauty and the Story of The Brand — human, color and otherwise Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void); Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 17, 2015
THE THREADING OF IDEAS: THE WEFT, WARP, AND LOOM OF DESIGN As a designer, there can’t be a metaphor more powerful than weaving — the ultimate layering of storytelling — the fantastic pattern-maker and emblem of discovery. In our work, we persistently speak to the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Dec 9, 2014
The Use of Writing as a Talismanic Device in Architecture When GIRVIN had an office in NYC, off 26th and Broadway, I used to walk around, looking in on shops and restaurants. I found a little curiosity shop, a dealer in ancient antiquities and I spied some familiar... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Nov 18, 2014
Brands that come from nowhere that surprise, alarm, and boom on the scene as spectacle. Or breeze in, quiet as the fog, a shadow of revelation. What have you seen that came on you as a surprise — out-of-the-blue, amazing, extraordinary, marvel-making and wonderment?... Read More
