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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Jan 30, 2010
A series on Human Brand | defining the inextricable link between people, founding vision and the brands that they produce. I’ve swung in and out of Vogue, with minimal amounts of work to do — precisely from a professional standpoint — with the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail, Trends | Feb 1, 2010
The sentience of reading experience: Kindle vs. iPad, an exploration of dimensionality. This from GadgetLab: “But some die-hard e-reader fans like Len Edgerly, who hosts the weekly Kindle Chronicles podcast, say pretty e-books aren’t as big a draw as some would... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Retail, Trends | Jan 27, 2010
Firescript: the hand, the drawing, the gesture and a legacy. I’ve got history on the concept of the tablet. Friends of mine, running hardware design at Microsoft – I told them – what about the idea of showing the art of what this hardware could be?... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Motion Pictures | Jan 24, 2010
Sky Captain, Hugh Ferriss, Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes and the implications of design in entertainment Over time, I’ve had the chance to link with, and work for, extraordinary talent. It’s a blessing. And it’s a gift of the work — as a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Trends | Jan 16, 2010
Notes on notes. Opening a note, the other day, from someone. It was something — an object — that was a carrying of the touch of that person. A notation, a missive, an expression. It’s interesting, the idea of handwritten, the touch, the inner... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Motion Pictures | Jan 15, 2010
The sense of time in brand: chronology, palaeography and theatrical accuracy. There are a grouping of writers that explore the concepts of typographic design and motion pictures. I’m one. While the notion of typographic precision, in design, is some what of a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Jan 10, 2010
Dawn Clark|photo Perfume, memory, sentience and wandering; exploring the fume of an experience. Getting around, wandering, I find myself not infrequently smelling my way through places. Scent is memory; it’s the definition of recollection in experience. You can... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General | Jan 6, 2010
The opening ceremony in Dubai, January 4, 2010. REUTERS/Ana Marin A building that is a brand: Dubai In the concatenation of buildings that range along the spine of Dubai’s central superhighway corridors, there is one that is just off the main thoroughfare that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jan 2, 2010
Visioning mission, promise, proposal, proposition and the inculcation of values, notations on design thinking and strategic attention. “Vision can be written, it’s scribing a dream; it’s a designed evocation — a voicing. Mission is that act... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Marketing 2.0 | Dec 31, 2009
$12 Billion gone and running. What next, for Tiger Woods? “He is something supernatural.” – Tom Watson I’ve been fascinated by the dynamics of leadership. What happens in the center, emanates. The longest shadow falls from the top.... Read More