Search results for: bespoke craft
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling | Oct 8, 2012
Returning to the Mother Seeking and Exploring the Metaphor of Ideas, Nature, Your Work A Love of the Ocean, the Sea of allegory — the original maker, the storyteller of us all When I was a child, growing up, Eastern Washington, in Spokane — sometimes [not... 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 | Cool People, Designers, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Jul 23, 2012
Stephen Kenn > Manly men brands | designing for them — building brand + personal stories about them Embracing the masculine spirit, design, thinking, story and truth in offering. Thinking about a man, and designing for men — it’s a challenging... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 11, 2012
The word, the work, that optimizes Working in NYC, I was rifling through my wallet, heading downtown to the office, I pulled my subway card — which I’d noted in an earlier overview. Optimism, the MTA card There’s a word, that word — placed... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General | Mar 10, 2012
the roots of making, by hand — Apple computer image above, tweet from HuffPst. In the beginnings, at Apple 70s, working for Steve, his driving curiosity was always about how to take the hand, into the computer — and mix/improve the outcomes — for... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 14, 2011
While you’re looking out, traveling the distant vista — a long road, the living running — the journey shall continue. And who said it would be easy? Craft, in the making of anything, building the outbound relationships to people, in the truth of it,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 28, 2011
GALLERY VI | THE STATE OF WOWNESS* SOMETIMES, IT’S LESS ABOUT THE MERE “GO THIS WAY” [OR DON’T] AND MORE TO GO ANOTHER WAY, SCENE, SEEN, BEAUTY, TOUCHED. ARTFULLY, THIS PATH. AS A LONG RUNNING DESIGNER OF SHOPFRONTS, SIGNING SYSTEMS, LOOKING AT... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 22, 2011
Pathfinder, the centerpoint of knowledge: Labyrinth do Outeiro do Cribo, Galicia “Sometime, looking for something, somewhere — someday — somebody might be found.” If you’re hungry, how do you understand the nature of food (information)... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Scent, Storytelling | May 27, 2011
Perfume Environments: The Scent Visioning of Christopher Brosius Window display, Brosius I’d tried to link to Brosius live, but couldn’t since he was working on project, one that he was focusing on. I did see him at his shop, but held my tongue in reaching... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design | May 13, 2011
Books as objects in the design of interior experience I like books. I like being in places with books. Libraries draw me. Bookshelves captivate me. I love books. There’s something interesting to spaces that have books in them — books enrich place. If the... Read More
