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by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Sep 4, 2008
IN THE 70’s. Or — HOW I WENT BACK TO THE ROOTS OF MY BEGINNINGS The 70s. That’s when I started working as a designer. And a lot of the early work is about supporting other agencies. Ad agencies. When I began — when I first started working... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Apr 24, 2008
Last Wednesday I attended the Seattle chapter of the Executive Women’s International forum http://ewiseattle.org/ at the Columbia Tower (with a spectacular view from the 75th floor). The guest speaker was Ted Simmons, advertising guru and previous CEO of Arnold... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Retail, Storytelling | Jan 28, 2008
I’d met Trish May, the foundress of Athena, several years ago — perhaps closer to a half decade now, considering our history in partnering on her business launch. She was a Microsoft executive with some serious international business strategy and marketing... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Dec 11, 2007
The issue of branding is more about gathering differentiation; it’s a way of telling a distinctive story that positions the company in a way that is discrete from the competitive fray. And it just might be that — a story. What do you really remember about... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Luxury, Retail | Dec 27, 2007
Susan DeChillo | The New York Times I first met Steve Jobs in the 80s. Actually, it was at Stanford. He was there, speaking. And I was there, listening. Afterwards, I went up to introduce myself. And we went from there. I worked on the Macintosh launch and technology... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling | May 10, 2013
Studying the Eye, In sight and the Touch of Seeing The Rhythm of Insight, Seeing-In — 1000 Eyes — the brushstrokes of Storytelling, the Rippling of Imagination I was looking into the eyes of a dragonfly that I’d arranged on a mapping, a cartographic... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Human brands | Dec 26, 2012
When I was in Bhutan, high in the misted Himalayan mountains, I’d spied a remote monastery and spoke to my guide, Tsewang Nidup about “getting up there.” We did get up there, like nearly every other lonely vista we aspired to summit —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures | Oct 22, 2012
Visualizing and organizing the perception of information Cinematic interface design as a reference to example Image above: © Cruise/Wagner + Amblin Entertainment It might be said that the rise of infographics — visualizing, simplifying and organizing content... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Jul 27, 2012
T H E S T O R Y O F C H R I S P F E I F E R — A M A N A N D A D R E A M AND FRANK’S REDHOT! What if you had a dream — the perfect new beverage composite — a packaged innovation? How would you make it so? Happily... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | May 2, 2012
Frustro, Martzi Hegedüs and Escher The puzzlement of design, translated as an impossibility of form in space. A friend of mine, type and design hunter, blogger and musician, Stuart Balcomb [Los Angeles] pointed this reference out — the font. Earlier in my... Read More
