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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 18, 2017
THE SECRET HAND SHAKE, THE CARD WELL PLAYED, THE CONVERSATIONAL ALLUSION? MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME EARLY TO WATCH WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY SPEAK. In fact, we used to walk together and she’d say — “what do you think they’re saying?” “See those people over there, what are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Motion Pictures | Oct 4, 2017
BLADERUNNER 2049 VISUALIZING *EXPERIENTIALITY: LOOKING FOR IRREGULARITY AND DISSOLUTION. In the world of humanity, the pattering of humankind, people jumbling, engaging in the places that people congregate, there is invariably messiness and chaos. In fractionalizing... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 13, 2017
TO GO FORWARD, YOU GO BACK. WRITE WHAT WAS. In my own experience, the study of the craft of design — which is, as we have explored — the signing of persona and intention, message and visual character, personally interpreted. To presume that a designer acts as a kind... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Scent | Dec 13, 2016
The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences. A BOLD QUERY TO MEMORY AND MOMENTS, PSYCHIC AND PHYSIC INTERMINGLING. UNFORGETTABLE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SCENT AND... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Nov 9, 2016
STRATEGIES OF INTENTION AND ATTENTION IN BRAND-BUILDING COMMUNICATIONS Find Brand Heart: The Resonance, Brand Relevance and The Clustering of Relationships — the three indices of connectivity and community Brands have to matter to be unforgettable. Given the flooding... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 18, 2016
THE X-MARK AS SYMBOL What lies beneath: the nature of the x, the cross road, the crossing guard, the mark of the x and the magic of the nexus. MGM | screen site shot from handheld The symbolic allegory of the x mark. When I was in Bali, I was surprised by the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 27, 2016
The Exploration of Personal Journey and Ritualizing Experience Getting to the soul of things. What is a thing? I’ve wondered about that. A thing. T H I N G O.E. Ãlthing “meeting, assembly,” later “entity, being, matter” (subject of deliberation in an assembly), also... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Jul 12, 2016
The Thinking of Design, an Interior Journey into the Work and the Word: Sign the Signal, Scribe the Insignia, Script the Sigil and Designate the Signature. Drawing, scratching, scribbling, scarring and scripting – there are alignments in the movement and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jul 7, 2016
And the Layering of Marketing Focus in SINGULARITY, ATTENTIONALITY, INTENTIONALITY | THEIR STRATEGIES IN BRAND DEVELOPMENT Resonance, Relevance, Relationships — the three indices of connection and community Brands have to matter to be unforgettable. Given the flooding... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 16, 2016
BRAND KICKSTART: ZEN MIND, BEGINNER’S MIND GIRVIN office lobby working session | Seattle THE IMPETUS OF SPIRITUAL BRANDING — EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF ZEN IN THE CONSTRUCT OF BRANDING In working with teams, on the implications of their brand, the process is inevitably... Read More
