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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 20, 2012
YOU ARE THE ONE The focus of distinguishment – the one, the only, the you. I was at Seminarium, in Lima, Perú, over the course of the last couple of days — the focus: retail strategy. This connection started with a link, and an link — that goes back... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 1, 2011
The evolving legacy of type design — the honor of the MOMA typographic collection Customized type design: the big screen, the building, the book. “Typefaces — the building blocks of information printed or displayed onscreen—are design in and of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Feb 18, 2011
Rockets, lubrication and the innovative force of personality in the leadership of John Barry WD-40. Personally, I love the scent. Nothing like jetfuel in the morning. Someone commented, “why is that you always are smelling things first?” This is a story... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People | Feb 3, 2011
Card from Frances May, photo by Girvin What about goodness? Brand, story, soul, humanity, beauty. Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing. [“As You Like It”] I was speaking with a client about the nature of goodness, in the truth of the brand... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Jan 28, 2011
Girvin | Delano, Miami Beach, Fl. A meditation on the concepts of speed and pace — in the relationship with anyone, anywhere, anyplace. Do you find yourself hurrying past the conversation that you’re having? Are you looking ahead, in passage against where... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Scent, Trends | Nov 29, 2010
Experience design, recollection, fragrance and holistic presentation “When Cleopatra first travelled to meet Mark Antony, her arrival was announced by the pungent perfumes before her barge was in sight.” The History of Perfumes What counts in the mind and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Sep 22, 2010
Image: iPhone Defender As the world gets trickier, let’s think about products as self defense strategies. I’d written a while back, only days ago, about the idea of design strategy — DESIGN THINKING AT APPLE. Actually, I’ve no clue as to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Interior Design, Retail, Trends | Sep 10, 2010
Jonathan Ive and Steve Jobs What’s the point of leading if you’re not in front? I was studying overviews on Steve Jobs, Apple strategy, some thinking about leadership and the reflection in consumer relationships and Apple marketing, but more particularly... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Places | Jun 21, 2010
Working in NYC | Four explorations in 24 hours During a run at TED, there was an architect that I’d always been curious about — a woman whose work ranges far beyond the competent; she’s a thinker, a strategist of place, the visionary practitioner of... 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