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by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Uncategorized | Feb 1, 2018
THE JOURNEY TO THE HIDDEN CENTER OF THINGNESS [the it]: THE HEART, THE MEANING, THE MEMORY AND THE MOMENT IN THE MOMENTUM IN BRAND MYSTERY. What is the being of a brand? It’s a story. It’s a person. It’s a dream — it’s a visioning to another tier of neo-rightness and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Luxury, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling | May 26, 2016
Care, Craft and Centrality in the Value of Place in Authentic Making Earlier, working in, and writing about, luxury, I’d talked about truth — the deadly virus of pompous positioning of luxury goods. “Yes, fancy surely, but we actually had it made in China on the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Sep 17, 2012
Patterning brand & brand patterning – – developing typologies, morphologies of brand experiences | Graffiti Café, Varna, Bulgaria The nature of experiences, pattern language, visualizing layers of patterned context in place, message and ideology.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 25, 2015
Design as a Transportive Tool ––––––– We’ve talked about sigils. Most of you might know about the sigil as a House Seal in the Game of Thrones. And I’ve written long about them — the sigil, the signal, the signature, the signing. I reach back to my childhood for the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 10, 2015
The Context of Message, Framing of Context and Visualization I look for signs that aren’t signs — in a conventional sense — they tell another deeper story, but sigils that signal a message that stand for the nature of a place. Cairns, ovoo, iwakura no mononoke,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Places, Trends | Mar 21, 2008
For a number of years, I’ve been exploring the idea of patterning in design. Patterning in brand, patterning in architecture, patterned treatments in art. That ranges from the idea of using layering — and pattern — as a kind of subdued code in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Places, Storytelling | Feb 20, 2014
Thinking Through Journey and Customer Procession — the Strategy of Designing a Way for Guests, Clients, Experiencers of Your Story A key to storytelling will be journey. Like the finger guided on the progression of the type, and page arrangement, turned in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Nov 5, 2013
Meditations on Respite I was thinking about a remark from Tom Ford, that, to him, the greatest luxury is “sleep.” According to Dawn Mello — in a dinner conversation with her and her pal, Dawn A. Clark — when she was working with Tom Ford, at... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Luxury, Retail, Storytelling | Jul 23, 2013
THE HAND CRAFT OF RETAIL DESIGN IN THE BEGINNING, RETAIL DESIGN GOES BACK TO ONE SIMPLE PROPOSITION. “WHY SHOULD I BUY FROM YOU?” The implications of retail speaks to retelling — that is, there is a story, and another story, in a story — and... 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
