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by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures | Jun 13, 2011
Palaeography, design, historical context and the imagination Theatrical identity design We didn’t work on the movie Thor. In about twenty years of working for Paramount Studios and Warner Brothers, in particular, we’ve worked on literally hundreds of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Scent | Mar 18, 2011
Girvin The dark tars of wood, fire, ash and burning. Scents as evocations — the voice of the object and the emanation of its story. I contemplate the splitting wood — cracking open the fragrances with an old axe. Burning the wood in my studio stove, I can... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 1, 2011
The evolving legacy of type design — the honor of the MOMA typographic collection Customized type design: the big screen, the building, the book. “Typefaces — the building blocks of information printed or displayed onscreen—are design in and of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Dec 15, 2010
What lies beneath: the nature of the x, the cross road, the crossing guard, the mark of the x and the magic of the nexus. Girvin imagery | screen or site shot from handheld The symbolic allegory of the x mark. When I was in Bali, I was surprised by the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Dec 5, 2010
Search and Data visualizations: hunt, gather, search and recognition. WikiLeaks and the storm of misuse of content — and how they look. The visualization of search, the quest for answers and gathered content — are you happy now? WBPaley.com The Map of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Scent, Trends | Nov 29, 2010
Experience design, recollection, fragrance and holistic presentation “When Cleopatra first travelled to meet Mark Antony, her arrival was announced by the pungent perfumes before her barge was in sight.” The History of Perfumes What counts in the mind and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Retail, Scent | Nov 22, 2010
Aman | Bali, Indonesia (Girvin) THE HEART OF FRAGRANCE IN HOTELS AND RESORTS Is it a designed scent, the perfume that is gathered into a perfume fusion that signals the messaging of the opening experience in entering a space? Or is it more holistic, the bigger... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Human brands, Scent | Oct 11, 2010
Bertrand Duchaufour at Madison Avenue L’Artisan (photo Tim Girvin) Exploring the context of experience and the interpretation of place — in scent. It’s interesting, the idea of thinking about working in smell and place — exploring the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 6, 2010
Drawn from the heart: simple design prototypes from the 30s: design strategy and clarity of intention The heart of creative: drawing, sketching, roughs, comprehensives made by hand, brush and simplistic inspiration. A friend of mine in Santa Monica, composer Stuart... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Aug 25, 2010
Seeking beauty, active focus, and contemplative strategy in remote locations: working someplace other than where you’re supposed to be. Found in the dirt, as a reminder of something special, recalled in a remote place of work. I’ve thought about —... Read More
