by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | May 29, 2009
Ricardo L. Castro, 2005. Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery A passage — the journey built — the life’s journal in design I met Arthur here, at Robson Square, decades ago, in a building of his design, while I was speaking on design, to a group of...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | May 26, 2009
Jorge Colombo | cover illustration, the New Yorker, June 2009 Starting at the beginning, the mouse, the magic, the drawn and the digital. Of course, really, it all starts here, in drawing — the touch of the fingers, with insight, interpretation and meditation....
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Trends | May 26, 2009
Marketing sex, retail and the recession There’s been a dire downturn, underlining the bleakly obvious. And it’s been down for everyone — everything — everywhere. All markets — and each of us — everyone’s been affected,...
by Tim Girvin | Designers, General | May 25, 2009
A voyage of inspired imagination. When you are young, you recall points of connection that are unmistakably remarkable, they are life changing — dynamically shifting you from one point of view to another. Or, they might too suggest moments of new discovering...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | May 24, 2009
Knowledge work, navigated — the endless quest for answers. For decades, the work of Girvin really has been about the reorganization of information. That is, the re-forming of form, in the content of comprehension. All of these words are meaningful to me; and...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | May 23, 2009
Healing, storytelling and the wisdom of Aesculapius One would presume that physicians are storytellers — guiding patients in transitions that are gathered from layers of experience in the sphere of living, teaching, healing, and the practice of medicine. Many...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | May 11, 2009
Storytelling the birth of emergency care in Seattle — and the US. How many of us have been in an ambulance? How many in an accident? An emergency room? A trauma center? Personally, I’ve been in none — as a patient. But I’ve guided many to them....
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 11, 2009
Examining the concept of set design, visuals and production reflected in experience and branding: It took me a long time to determine whether this structure for the film Quantum of Solace was real, or a production design concept for the movie. As it was, the building...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | May 10, 2009
Scott Oki reaches to his roots in newly founding concepts of how learning benefits the advancement of our culture. My connection with Scott Oki is long running. And in every aspect of my relationship with him, it’s been a journey in learning. From him,...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | May 9, 2009
The examination of nature, replayed in Nature All of us sense the power of the natural, when we can — and when we have the minute to suddenly step out of the urban workworld, and settle into our place in the natural surroundings, which — now and again...
