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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | May 31, 2017
The Quest for Meaningful Relationships and Memorable Commitments, Magnetic Brands. Strategies of change, impermanence and content: collaborative design and GIRVIN evolutions. I was talking to someone about history — my history — now four decades of continuous practice... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | May 17, 2017
LOOK OUT, THERE — YOU’RE SENSING THE HORIZON LINE — SEE IN: THE ART OF SURVEILLANCE. THERE IS A LOOKOUT, THERE — THE ROLES OF SENTIENCE, THE SENTINEL AND THE SCOUT. AND IN THE BRAND — WHAT MIGHT YOU BE WATCHING FOR? SENTINEL FOR THE BRANDFIRE Looking out in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Retail | May 24, 2017
Thinking processes for experience design strategy and deployment During the 1990-early 2000s, I spent time working with the Disney Imagineers and Park Strategists at Disneyland — designing experiences, brands and their integrated strategies in Orlando and Anaheim. As... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | May 3, 2017
Once you begin your walk into the working world of perfume, you’ll find that there is a place for you. There is a vale that holds scented secrets that are just for you, that just reach into your heart and the most profoundly happy memories of your life as a human,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Apr 19, 2017
BRANDISH — THE WAVE AND FLOURISH OF BRAND The OED: “brandish” — Brand as fire. Notes on the Place of being. Considering meaning and etymology, reflections on distinction and memory of meaningful experience. I had a conversation with a friend of mine, Dawn A. Clark.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Uncategorized | Apr 12, 2017
CELEBRATING THE UNSEEN Into The Mist: Time ticks as you walk in the dark, emerging or failing light — and you realize that your true reliable momentum measure is the sound of your heels — moment to moment: pavement, gravel, pea, grass, chipped woods, snow and ice.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Designers | Mar 8, 2017
The Scribbling of Design Theorems — Drafting With Navigational Instruments The word scribe to script, as a verb, is a “scratching, a scribble, a marking.” Describe comes to mind, for in that scratching, definition and articulation of idea becomes manifest — and in a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Trends | Jan 17, 2017
Design as a Transportive Tool ––––––– We’ve talked about sigils. Most of you might know about the sigil as a House Seal in the Game of Thrones. And I’ve written long about them — the sigil, the signal, the signature, the signing. The seal and the signet. I reach back... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Scent | Dec 13, 2016
The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences. A BOLD QUERY TO MEMORY AND MOMENTS, PSYCHIC AND PHYSIC INTERMINGLING. UNFORGETTABLE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SCENT AND... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 1, 2016
THE MYSTICISM OF CALLIGRAPHY — DESIGNING TALISMANIC ALPHABETS In the journey of the work, there comes a point where you might be pondering, “is there more to that which I make, what I’m doing, this thing that I spend all this time with?” Is is just work? Or is there... Read More