Search results for: type design
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Feb 2, 2011
Testing and response, does the arcing circular form suggest greater accessibility? “I’m soft, touch me — more.” Curves: more human, more lovable? There’s a proposition (noted below) that the Asian populace relates more positively to curve... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Human brands, Scent | Jan 21, 2011
www.AndreaMaack.com The smells of stone, fire, snow and the sea — the perfume of Iceland: I walk the fragranced way. Every corridor, is a sequencing of scent. Every road, an avenue of smell. Each pathway, the censed notation. I do dream about the crossing guard... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Retail, Trends | Jul 4, 2009
The revelation of Starbucks retail design prototype two. I have a funny relationship with Starbucks. I’ve really never worked with them, yet I have these links to the creative leadership that allow for an intriguing consciousness about what lies at the heart of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Places, Retail | Mar 6, 2013
My Experience With Yakuza: the story of Miss Ko, Paris & Brand story in Restaurant Design [GBH] [Imagery, below, from Ko] Brand, patterning, statement, interiors — the graphical interplay of message, story and imagery. One trip to Japan, I was in Kyoto, and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Designers | Nov 2, 2012
The etymology of design, the signature of personality — and your presence. The design of you is what you make of it. The design is you. Your story, your musculature, the tracery of your nerves and veins, how you draw, hold a drawing tool –what you see,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Sep 1, 2022
IN THE HISTORY OF GIRVIN’S THEATRICAL BRANDING, THERE’S A STORY IN A STORY, A DESIGN INSIDE A DESIGN, A LAYERING OF INTENTIONS INSIDE THE OUTREACH. Working around the notion of illustrating a certain trail of cinematic storytelling, as a theatrical branding design... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Feb 3, 2021
PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCE DESIGN STRATEGIES, COUPLED WITH INTENTIONALITY. WHEN THERE’S NO PLACE TO GO, WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE? AMBITIONS IN DESTINATION | RESTAURANT DESIGN STRATEGIES Now’s the time for many that experiences are home bound and under locked-down scenarios,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 5, 2018
THERE IS A WORD AND A STRING OF LETTERFORMS; AND IN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE TWO, THERE IS MEANING IN THEIR BEING. CONTEXT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR A DESIGNER, A BRAND AND AN EXPERIENCER. [Above] Tim Girvin shooting words, textures, materials | photo Dawn A. Clark IN THE... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Interior Design, Retail | May 6, 2011
Building retail strategies founded on constant change: innovation shop design and merchandising evolutions Blackbird Ballard (Girvin) The wanderer: micro stores, layered storytelling, authentic brands, Nicole Miller | Blackbird [Ballard] and others Brand legend... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, General | Dec 10, 2007
Or, how I’ve loved the Western Film — as a story concept — since I was a child. A couple of weeks back, I went to see No Country for Old Men in NYC. A.O. Scott reviewed it: http://nytimes.com/no-country Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss But whether... Read More