Search results for: truth be told
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design | Jun 20, 2011
Sensations in Experience (Design) In working through a series of materials for a new retail concept, it was interesting to see the preponderance of materials that lusted after the slickest vocabulary of finish. Easy to clean. But, to the nature of soul in (brand)... 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, Scent | Mar 18, 2011
Girvin The dark tars of wood, fire, ash and burning. Scents as evocations — the voice of the object and the emanation of its story. I contemplate the splitting wood — cracking open the fragrances with an old axe. Burning the wood in my studio stove, I can... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People | Feb 3, 2011
Card from Frances May, photo by Girvin What about goodness? Brand, story, soul, humanity, beauty. Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing. [“As You Like It”] I was speaking with a client about the nature of goodness, in the truth of the brand... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People | Jan 18, 2011
A Decade of Evolution: technology, evolution, distribution — the music genome project I can recall, in the very beginning, the idea of Tim Westergren’s notes on the concept of Pandora. Back then, an email to Tim would be returned, and that the story of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Marketing 2.0 | Dec 22, 2010
What is the nature of compelling giving? What are the tools to build a brand story that has soul, connectedness and impact to emerging audiences? Dig in. Go deep. Reach far. Finding time, reaching to the giving community in building humanitarian brand and charities... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Dec 5, 2010
Search and Data visualizations: hunt, gather, search and recognition. WikiLeaks and the storm of misuse of content — and how they look. The visualization of search, the quest for answers and gathered content — are you happy now? WBPaley.com The Map of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Scent, Trends | Nov 29, 2010
Experience design, recollection, fragrance and holistic presentation “When Cleopatra first travelled to meet Mark Antony, her arrival was announced by the pungent perfumes before her barge was in sight.” The History of Perfumes What counts in the mind and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Places | Nov 15, 2010
Flag image: Wesleytb Number one in the world It’s interesting to examine the idea of Sweden being exceptional. Having worked there, I can tell you that it’s truly unique. The people. The brands, the efforts of their enterprises and the quality of their... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | May 25, 2010
The architecture of type “The map is not the territory. Shaping context & connection is an act of architecture. A new form of space requires a new form of architecture. Space made of information requires information architecture. ” Alfred Korzybski... Read More
