Search results for: DESIGN THE SIGNATURE
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Storytelling | Dec 30, 2009
The code of the brand, designing experiences with layers of brand expression — if you’re there, do you know that you are? In working on dozens of retail design programs for more than three decades of experience, or in other environments where the context... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Retail | Mar 23, 2009
Several years ago, at a WWD | CEO Summit, in Miami, I met Leslie Wexner, the fabled CEO of The Limited Brands. Actually, he was waiting to speak at the event, and I went to him, to ask some questions. One questions burned in my mind. Simple, but compellingly powerful... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, General | Feb 2, 2009
Exploring spirit and transition | the legacy of the Human Brand in passage Several years ago, Chie Masuyama and I were in Japan together, exploring brand development in that market, as well as meeting and presenting with Pierre Dinand, my partner in an alliance for... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Uncategorized | Oct 20, 2008
“I was born under unusual circumstances.” Illustrating entertainment, engaging design in storytelling for theatrical advertising. illustration c.1375, “a spiritual illumination,” from O.Fr. illustration, from L. illustrationem (nom.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People | Aug 4, 2008
Examining the identity, specificity in design, architectures of light — and the creation of place-making: holding and containment in space. This blog is a journey. I find myself exploring architecture a great deal. Pretty much, all the time. What I’m... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Storytelling | Jun 20, 2024
The Dance of the pen—the drafted thought—and the illustration of language It’s an intriguing observation—the idea of the rhythm of speech—people talking, listening to words and expressions of thinking—the journey of minds, and the trails of their contemplations: the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Oct 2, 2019
YOU UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW. YOU BELIEVE. We all know that our work, brandspace, will be about the tiering of messages and visuals that enchant the participant. The signature of design is the sewing of that suture—side to side, layered, lit and shadowed storytelling:... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 15, 2016
The Alphabet and Evocation; drawing the letter; voicing the calling. Like anyone, I look for inspiration where I can get it. Even a letter. I got a note from some friends at the Oxford English Dictionary. It was about this word: “abracadabra” — and perhaps you’ve got... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 1, 2016
THE MYSTICISM OF CALLIGRAPHY — DESIGNING TALISMANIC ALPHABETS In the journey of the work, there comes a point where you might be pondering, “is there more to that which I make, what I’m doing, this thing that I spend all this time with?” Is is just work? Or is there... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail | Jun 4, 2012
Camper [soho] new shop | Brand storytelling — each store, and story, slightly different: a patterned retelling. Manifesting style in the legacy of invention, the Shigeru Ban addition. photograph above: Halley Tsai Camper’s international retail style is one... Read More