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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 9, 2016
The Beauty of Rust Antiquity, Utility, Wabi Sabi and Beauty In one person’s eyes, as an object gets older, it cracks, it discolors — and it might rust. Okay, one approach — toss it out. Get rid of it. And contrary to that — another more classical line of thinking:... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 7, 2016
DESIGNING THE SHADOW WORLD What Have You Seen of the Shadow World? In any journey, the question is never just what is on the surface, but what lies behind and beneath. It’s never about what you see in clarity alone, but what lies behind the Light. And what the Light... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 3, 2016
The hand with heart holds more I was wandering, looking down old alleys, plazas and ancient streets. And I spied an old friend. The Hamsa. خمسة | חַמְסָה The Five. I used to wear one of these in college, during another phase of talismanic connection. I lost it... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 8, 2016
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY Celebrating the Mysteries of The Mother In my journey thus far, I’ve studied the hand-making of things, the creative molding process as a person driven and bidden by the magic spell of making. But that making is a deeper realm, held in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Apr 12, 2016
THE STROKES, THE GRID AND THE CURVES OF MAGIC Mark off the grid of proportion, reach for meaning, touch the reed, learn the language, lean in and listen to the ancient tales. That is where the alphabet comes from: the mists of time and mythic meaning, the archetypes... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 16, 2016
The Scribble Book | The Journal as Magic Markings I have some books, journals that I’ve made, that only contain scribbles. Scratching. Scarring. Scripting. What I think is: that the scratching and scribble of antiquity, the ancient sound of drawing, the scripting of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Designers, Luxury, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Nov 30, 2008
Saying goodbye at the Majorelle Gardens. I did gesture to good bye, at his passing, along with, of course, millions of others — June | 2008. And most of the designers of significance on the planet: http://www.wwd.com/au_revoir_yves And, that closing in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Feb 17, 2008
What is the way, found? I was thinking about this. In the context of the work that you do. And what I do. I’ve wondered about that, the character of being lost, being found. Finding your way. And there’s a part of the work that we do that is just about... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 4, 2016
WHICH WAY, GO YOU? THE TURNING PATH THE PATH THAT TURNS, AND TURNS AGAIN. EVERY TIME, BACK TO A PLACE. SNOW IS FALLING. A DEEPER COLD EMERGES. And, in the blinding snow, the sun is so bright that the trees are lit from beneath, it’s a brilliant day. Light filled. Out... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 26, 2016
THE ALLEGORY OF LIGHT — AND THE SHINING WITHIN —- Aren’t we all looking for light, looking into the light? Seems that way. I look in the light and I look into the dark. I live in both of those presences. That which illuminates, and that which darkens — for they are... Read More
