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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places | Apr 13, 2009
Imagining a new identity for an building icon. The World Trade Center There are layers in play in the experience of the procession of how people connect with buildings. Buildings do, for the most part, one thing. They hold people. Interestingly enough, it’s not... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Oct 17, 2013
The Acoustical Messages of Place In my study of experience narrative design and the experiencer in place — for me and for others — I ponder the notion of sound. As a designer of places to be, to tell stories, to share ideas and products, to evoke comfort,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Nov 3, 2011
Exploring the Place of Masculine Fume: the Mind, the Memory, the Mystery of Maleness. There are those that might propose that any man being preoccupied with the idea of scent is a fool. What comes to mind is the self-styled buck that gets on the elevator wafting a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Cool People, Interior Design, Scent | Mar 10, 2022
Designing for perfume—the detailing of scent-related *experientiality: D I P T Y P Q U E. When I see things, invariably I smell them. When I touch things, I hear them. It’s a trait of curiosity—it’s one thing to see things, it’s another to touch them, still another to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Jun 23, 2021
Working in Asia, as well as other parts of the planet, particularly in emerging economies, the notion of tinier living environments is well implemented—needfully so. Big living environments are—everywhere—far more costly and mostly less efficient than smaller... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts | Dec 4, 2019
BRAND SENSATIONALISM: HOLISTIC BRANDING AND SPHERICAL EXPERIENCE STRATEGY As in many studies of business, the notion of samurai strategy is most commonly evinced in “The Book of Five Rings,” written by warrior artist Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, c. 1584 – June 13, 1645)... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Sep 6, 2016
The Context of Holistic Branding, Experience Design and the Person In NYC, I was talking to an Aikido master about sensation — and the sphere of awareness. It might be suggested that Aikido — a “way of ki,” is more about finding the divinity of an opponent, and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | May 13, 2014
The Context of Holistic Branding, Experience Design and the Person Earlier, in NYC, I was talking to an Aikido master about sensation — and the sphere of awareness. It might be suggested that Aikido — a “way of ki,” is more about finding the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Places, Retail, Trends | Sep 26, 2012
Sometimes the best restaurant concepts are the simplest, the most honest, the most direct. They go back to the heart of giving, exchanging and trading enterprise. Asking the core questions — Why [do we love this idea — devoting ourselves to it]? Where... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Mar 21, 2012
Sitting, working, early this morning — there’s smoke wafting in the studio. It’s too dark outside for there to be any other light — none emerges from the old building, studio windows – an old class room. The scent of this is old wood... Read More
