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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Jul 21, 2011
The context of designing places that are human, places that are not. In the principles of fast casual food / beverage design, a mid-priced, faster service experience proposition, the notion of the holistic character of guest presence has to do with a layering of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | May 9, 2011
Girvin The drawn stroke of fragrance, scratched into the memory I go to the scent of drawing. That idea of the drawn scent is something that releases the molecules of creativity — a crayon (of the Crayola type) pulls the waxy molding of the hardened shaft into a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Feb 1, 2011
Olivier Beauchesne at Science-Metrix The flow of innovations and the interplay of minds. There was an idea, an inspiration, and it was shared, and went from one to another, and another. Then the world knew. It’s interesting that the idea of genius — the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Places | Nov 15, 2010
Flag image: Wesleytb Number one in the world It’s interesting to examine the idea of Sweden being exceptional. Having worked there, I can tell you that it’s truly unique. The people. The brands, the efforts of their enterprises and the quality of their... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail, Trends | Sep 24, 2010
LIFEBOX + PAUL STAMETS: BUILDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN GREENING PACKAGING. Shipping boxes as miniature forests. DREAMS, MUSHROOMS, ETHNOBOTANY AND THE CULTURE OF FUNGI I’ve been friends with mushroomologist — read: mycologist — Paul Stamets since... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Sep 14, 2010
Holistic brands: Tabasco and the nature of geographic reference. Brands with a story that are linked to place. I’m looking for True Brands. What I seek is: A story. A person. An offering. Integrity in the making. Care fullness — in the distribution. And a legacy that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Aug 20, 2010
An exploration of trees, their saps, the resinous outcomes, the essences and their fragrances. And Birch bark — a visit to the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Research Project in the palaeographic laboratories at the University of Washington. Scent, script and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Aug 2, 2010
ACE HOTEL | NYC: MARTIAL DESIGN BRAND STRATEGIES – Story, visuals, environmental graphics, tactical executions. Military graphic for a hotel (just blocks from GIRVIN | NYC.) And coincidentally, ACE began in Seattle (just blocks away from GIRVIN | Seattle.) Good... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Luxury | Jun 1, 2010
Ermenegildo Zegna’s Vellus Aureum Luxury strategies and authentic truth. Making things by hand is a disappearing legacy. And even to the concept of the most luxurious, the idea of an object being completely handmade is a vanishing tradition. The concept of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People | Mar 28, 2010
Exploring identity and television brand design development. In the past, others have promulgated remarkable use of key-strokable, customized fonts, in the development of motion picture graphics. Friend Kyle Cooper, for one. The nature of type design can gather up the... Read More
