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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Places | Nov 12, 2007
The casino’s opened — and Robert Earl is back on the block. While he’s lost millions in the final daze of Planet Hollywood, in the earlier entertainment modeling — somehow he’s managed to bring back the glamor with a return to (and of)... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 4, 2013
The Stroke of the Idea, in Sound, Found. When I was in Seoul, looking at, and working on Korean retail design, I stopped and watched a street calligrapher, who was writing phrases on newspaper. In the midst of the noise and flurry of the streetscape, I stood and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General | Mar 10, 2012
the roots of making, by hand — Apple computer image above, tweet from HuffPst. In the beginnings, at Apple 70s, working for Steve, his driving curiosity was always about how to take the hand, into the computer — and mix/improve the outcomes — for... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Jul 12, 2011
WHAT FIRE COMES IN A HOSE? Watching fire, I see a channel, it’s a breathing entity — while there is wind, the fire inhales and there is a kind of beautiful translation. I can’t take my eyes off of the smolder, the coals, the roaring Anything that has... 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 | 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... Read More