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by GirvinIT | Brands, Concepts | Jun 12, 2024
There’s a word that GIRVIN uses as a way to define the thoughtful design of brands in the context of a 360º sentience—experientiality. It’s a spherical watchfulness—in one classical reference, keep your “head on a swivel, watch your six” way of approaching a place,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Retail, Storytelling | Jan 17, 2023
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A KEY POINT OF RESONANCE IN BRAND EXPERIENTIALITY* COMES DOWN TO THE HOLISM OF SENSATION. How does it feel? How unforgettable is the holism of your feelings— or your guests feelings—about it? For many of us, that would be what we see—but... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places, Retail | Oct 13, 2022
2001: A Space Odyssey IN 1968, I WAS FIRST STRUCK BY THE NOTION OF INTEGRATED DESIGN. I WAS 15. When I think about powerful moments of design discovery, it was likely Stanley Kubrick’s film, 2001: A Space Odyssey that taught me about the idea of thematic consistency,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 21, 2021
DEFINING PRESENCE, PRESENTATION, AND PARTICIPATION I’m Here. Before You. And I’m Here For You. Contemplating The Context Of Presence—Being In A Place, And Presentation—Having Something To Present, Or Presented To You, And Being In The Place: Listening, It’s That.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 11, 2010
Wi-Fi ubiquity: Starbucks + new digital content. What if Starbucks created its own content for Wi-Fi users? Who cares? Concepts of wi-fi contrary concepts in New Dehli, India (Photo by Girvin, story) I say: no thanks. For years (going back a decade) the Cingular,... Read More
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... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Feb 22, 2023
In our own history, we have been honored to cross from core motion picture identity to its applicable resonance in production design. Working on the Lots at Paramount, Warner Brothers and Universal, and meeting with the production crews for various film properties and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Human brands, Storytelling | Jun 28, 2010
I can remember when my daughter Madeleine, during the 1980’s, first encountered our first Macintosh computer. Just like that — the above. Interface, holistically, can be enrapturing. It’s becoming hard not to write about Apple. The love of the brand... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Motion Pictures, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 11, 2011
Working the World: Innovations and Revelations, the Future Reclaimed I N N O V A T I O N C H A N N E L S Working in varying parts of the world, depending on the culture, your relationships there invariably offer to show you the newest and the coolest in town. Being... Read More
