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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Sep 20, 2010
Photo by Dawn Clark, AIA LEED AP Every brand is made for humans. Every human could be a brand. What’s the story? I was a student at The Evergreen State College, and I was asked to offer a presentation at a networking event to support the school, as well as the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design | May 13, 2011
Books as objects in the design of interior experience I like books. I like being in places with books. Libraries draw me. Bookshelves captivate me. I love books. There’s something interesting to spaces that have books in them — books enrich place. If the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Scent | Dec 13, 2016
The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences. A BOLD QUERY TO MEMORY AND MOMENTS, PSYCHIC AND PHYSIC INTERMINGLING. UNFORGETTABLE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SCENT AND... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Storytelling | Oct 9, 2019
WHY WOULD YOU LOOK BACK, TO GO FORWARD? THE PATTERNING OF THE LONG TIME: WHAT IT MEANS FOR DESIGN, BRAND AND ENTERPRISE. As designers, our entire history is just that: going back, to go forward—in GIRVIN’s study of design, as a legacy, goes back 5000 years. As a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Storytelling | Jul 19, 2017
WANDERING, YOU GET OUT THERE — IN A STRAIGHT OR MEANDERING LINE — THERE ARE PLACES TO DISCOVER, MEMORIES TO BE MADE, FRIENDS TO FIND. AND YOU’RE FOLLOWING WHAT BEACON, MAP MADE, LINE TRACED? YOUR PLOTTED LINE, YOUR INSTINCT, THE SUN, A DREAM? DESTINY? Of course, as we... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Motion Pictures | Jan 15, 2010
The sense of time in brand: chronology, palaeography and theatrical accuracy. There are a grouping of writers that explore the concepts of typographic design and motion pictures. I’m one. While the notion of typographic precision, in design, is some what of a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0 | Aug 31, 2009
Brand identity, integration, story and truth. I’ve spoken about the reach to true brands. What are they, what resonation have they with audiences and who cares about the story that they promulgate? I’m looking for true brands; and, in my own work,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Human brands, Luxury, Retail | Jan 12, 2017
There is a time, in the momentum of a moment, when a cycle returns; there is a flash of discovery, and that patterning of illumination returns, when your journey, as experiencer cycles back to reveal itself again to the watchful — what goes around, comes around. But,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 27, 2013
The Scribing of Design Thinking The word scribe to script, as a verb, is a “scratching, a scribble, a marking.” Describe comes to mind, for in that scratching, definition and articulation of idea becomes manifest. It comes right back to the very nature of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, General | Feb 2, 2009
Exploring spirit and transition | the legacy of the Human Brand in passage Several years ago, Chie Masuyama and I were in Japan together, exploring brand development in that market, as well as meeting and presenting with Pierre Dinand, my partner in an alliance for... Read More