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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Places, Trends | Mar 21, 2008
For a number of years, I’ve been exploring the idea of patterning in design. Patterning in brand, patterning in architecture, patterned treatments in art. That ranges from the idea of using layering — and pattern — as a kind of subdued code in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Retail | Mar 20, 2008
Gucci before, above — and now, Gucci anew: Been here: blog.girvin.com/?p=323 I’ve been studying, though not buying, the work of Frida Giannini. I’ve heard she’s an interesting person. I reached to her. Wrote about some ideas and never heard... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, General, Storytelling | Jan 11, 2008
I was thinking about the concept of enthrallment. It was something that was mentioned to me during an encounter with Diane Ackerman, the author and poet, who described herself, her life, in that manner. Life’s spinning, a series of enthrallments. And I like that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, General, Places | Dec 24, 2007
Design, in beauty — is where the application is all the more wondrous. Happiest, holidays — to you: tsg | nyc+seattle – Times Square, New York Before the ball drops in Times Square, the Big Apple turns on its holiday charm with the Christmas tree in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Luxury | Nov 25, 2007
Todd Heisler | The New York Times I’m wondering about the concept of attention. And the holding of things. How we hold something, how we hold attention. There’s something to memory and holding a concept in one’s mind. For many of us, for me, the idea... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Apr 15, 2014
Brandspirit and the building of spiritual and mystical brands What is the shadow brand, and what is the brand of light? For a long time, it’s been said — “you can’t use that word ‘spiritual’ around business people, it will scare... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 13, 2014
WHAT THAT COMES DOWN TO, IS WHAT TYPE, ARE YOU? When I interview people, prospective employees, client and team interviews, I watch for handwriting. How does a person sign their name, how do they take notes, how do they hold a pen? Everything tells a story. In... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Dec 19, 2013
As you explore the perimeter, you scout the range of the work. In our working experience, and in being a Scout and the magnetism of sensation, you need to get close in, first hand, to understand the nature of a brand, its people, its culture; it won’t be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Designers | Apr 17, 2013
The End that is the Beginning | Brands & Death It might be said that the idea of associating the creative essence of the late Alexander McQueen with a skull is a mistake — a slide off the backside of a brilliant man, who passed in the swirl of an... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Places, Storytelling | Feb 15, 2013
The patterning of time and the Creative Journey The timing of pattern, the layering of story, the weaving of ideas, a tapestry unfurled. The work of living — is a rippling — a stone, cast, water bound, rippling, outwards. As those waves reach a shore, the... Read More
