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by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 11, 2013
REAL SERIOUS — AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? Someone said, “this is real serious” and I contemplated that, the meaning. Looking at words, I wonder, what does that really mean? Seriously. What it comes back to, etymologically, is... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Sep 21, 2012
The heart and soul of Crows, People, Cityscape and Poetry: Tokyo Waka | A film KRISTINE SAMUELSON + JOHN HAPTAS image from Waka The Kaw-Call of the Crow | Tokyo. Who couldn’t forget this call? Tokyo CROWCALL: Wakaaaa! The character of Waka might relate more to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Trends | Mar 15, 2012
Sometimes the best path Is the slow and watchful. Sometimes in the planning of strategy, for your life, brands and other enterprises, striking out the mapping of the path — moving forward: slow down and study the surroundings as you move forward. Pay close... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Dec 27, 2011
Those that own the brands, own the story to hold the brand — and in offering that, carry forward their own story. Setting style, imagination, art and the making of scene, scent sent. “She is one of the – if not the – most stylish women living.” Designer and film... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Oct 28, 2011
FINDING THE HOT LINE, TO STORY AND SOUL I was walking the street, and came upon the asphalt and tar, street laying truck — with a sign that said: “POTHOLE HOTLINE.” If you find a pothole — call them, and they’ll fix it. I was more... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Uncategorized | Oct 17, 2011
NASA the second of two observations | brand, metaphor, retail Designing a strategy of creative intelligence: the unconscious design, design thinking and the mystery of myth 2010, Dawn Clark AIA, LEED AP and I’d visualized the idea of building an Amazon retail... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General, Retail, Trends | Aug 18, 2011
Thinking Craft, Materials Cutting and Computation I’ve been working on a series of journals. Recently, I’d been drawing from a iPad — and learning to craft formats and visuals that cross from photographic gatherings — and scribed, live,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Feb 8, 2011
1.27.2011 Men Are Drawn to Competition-Based Pay Men were 94% more likely than women to apply for a job if its salary potential was described as being highly dependent on competition with other employees, according to John List of the University of Chicago. The online... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Feb 2, 2011
Testing and response, does the arcing circular form suggest greater accessibility? “I’m soft, touch me — more.” Curves: more human, more lovable? There’s a proposition (noted below) that the Asian populace relates more positively to curve... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Feb 1, 2011
Olivier Beauchesne at Science-Metrix The flow of innovations and the interplay of minds. There was an idea, an inspiration, and it was shared, and went from one to another, and another. Then the world knew. It’s interesting that the idea of genius — the... Read More