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by Tim Girvin | Places | Jul 7, 2008
What site, sighted? What sighting, sited? What citing, site — in sight? There’s always a sense between place, and presence and story. But the real challenge is — who’s listening? And if there’s a story, then how is it told? Being here in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Places | Oct 29, 2013
Small signs that tell a big story Environmental messages in place-making What if, when you came around the corner to a place in your office and there was a delicate message, reminding you of something, like: “Care”? “Do more, because you can.”... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Places | Dec 21, 2012
How to plan and design a menu? Key is close collaboration — and knowing the diner, the experience strategy, the character of illumination, stylistic consciousness, and the budgeting of items in relation to the financial strategy of the brand. A menu, like the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Nov 30, 2011
ROUGH TRADE #3 The Perfume of Refuse, Decomposition and Excrement (The third of three essays on unusual scent strategies) In the beginnings of Das Parfum, authored by Patrick Süskind, there is a grouping of expressions that I’d first read in the original German.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Aug 25, 2010
Seeking beauty, active focus, and contemplative strategy in remote locations: working someplace other than where you’re supposed to be. Found in the dirt, as a reminder of something special, recalled in a remote place of work. I’ve thought about —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Aug 20, 2010
An exploration of trees, their saps, the resinous outcomes, the essences and their fragrances. And Birch bark — a visit to the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Research Project in the palaeographic laboratories at the University of Washington. Scent, script and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | Apr 6, 2009
Designing experiences and retail strategy | enlightening presence in the power of feminine visionaries. Right now, Girvin, the firm, is comprised mostly of women. And over time, I’ve found that women, as team partners, are superlative creative resources. And,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Places | Jan 23, 2009
Defining story, brand and environment — in synchrony. Finally. When I was working in Paris, several years ago, I’d connected with Serge Trigano, talking to him about a series of projects. Serge comes from the family that originated ClubMed — a wildly... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General | Dec 8, 2008
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Congratulates Barack Obama Exploring definition of trend, in action, in the pursuit of the new. “The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.” Joan Miro I’ve wondered about the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Jul 10, 2014
The inward and outward flow of brand experience design. I was trying to make a connection with a team, a brand, and — like most of you — I was on-hold, then waiting, then holding, then waiting — and finally; and I was passed along to another, who had no clue about my... Read More
