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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places, Scent, Storytelling | Aug 2, 2011
THE TOUCHPOINTS OF FRAGRANCED PLACE: MIND, MEMORY AND THE SENSATE AMALGAM In working with gardeners, I note that they are different people. There’s something about them, that suggests the touch of plantlife — that growing content and contact means... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts | Oct 15, 2010
Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void); Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves Klein Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 1960. When the experiencer comes to the sensing of color, even brand color, what is the grasp, the embracement of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Aug 2, 2010
ACE HOTEL | NYC: MARTIAL DESIGN BRAND STRATEGIES – Story, visuals, environmental graphics, tactical executions. Military graphic for a hotel (just blocks from GIRVIN | NYC.) And coincidentally, ACE began in Seattle (just blocks away from GIRVIN | Seattle.) Good... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Human brands, Interior Design | Jun 7, 2010
Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre Considering a design inspiration based on mid-20th century industrial aesthetic In studying the design ethos of Starbucks retail design, I came into learning more about their strategy in a series of meetings working with another... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Dec 11, 2019
Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void); Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves Klein Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 1960. THE SENSING OF COLOR. PANTONE’S BLUE 2020. “May all that emerges from me be beautiful.” Y V E S K L E I N I... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Nov 13, 2019
DESIGNING THE ALPHABET AS A TOOL OF BRAND EXPRESSION IMAGE: GIRVIN for Bloomingdale’s | digitally-incised dimensional ornamental star alphabets in 12 languages –––––– What about typography— what it looks like, the form of language, visualized? What about this... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Feb 14, 2019
BUILDING BEAUTIFUL BRANDS: CAUSE MARKETING, HUMANITARIAN BRAND-BUILDING AND CHARITABLE PROMOTIONS. I REALIZED, SOME TIME BACK, WORKING FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE, THAT BUILDING BEAUTIFUL BRANDS, HOLISTICALLY RICH, ROBUST AND BEAUTIFUL, VISUAL AND TEXTUALLY ARTICULATED... 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 | Concepts | Aug 7, 2008
8*8*8*8 — weaving numbers & ideas, energy & good fortune, art & architecture. Reflections on the design of Herzog & DeMeuron and the Asian Basket collection at Girvin | Seattle. I’ve made some notes in the past on the concept of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Oct 19, 2012
The scent, the mist, the water. Morning crossing, Fidalgo Straits. (Photo credits ©Tim Girvin, 2010) Exploring the mist of scent, place and recollections Reaching back, in history and memory — a series of notations and reflections, about the heart of experience... Read More