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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Retail, Trends | Dec 13, 2010
Exploring the concept of clustered retail — microshop villages Brand, story, the hunt and connection — a nexus of inspiration and ideation In my circulation in Seattle and NYC — two places where Girvin offices are — I find the wandering way to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Oct 23, 2009
Image from TechFlash Taking pictures of Microsoft’s opening retail with iPhones. Sometime back, a friend of mine offered to introduce me to the new leader of Microsoft retail. I won’t mention either name, since it’s pointless now — I never... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Luxury, Retail | Dec 27, 2007
Susan DeChillo | The New York Times I first met Steve Jobs in the 80s. Actually, it was at Stanford. He was there, speaking. And I was there, listening. Afterwards, I went up to introduce myself. And we went from there. I worked on the Macintosh launch and technology... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Interior Design, Retail, Trends | Aug 5, 2020
STRATEGIES OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, JOURNEY AND RETAIL PLACEMAKING. Everything’s boarded up, downtown Seattle and Capitol Hill. As Seattleites, we protest. We don’t like something, we will let it be known. Things do get out of hand—by some, not the others. There are,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Jan 4, 2012
Explorations, Archaeology, Design Integrations Puck REI, main floor — Image above, shot 12.3.2010 ––––––––– My family has history with the Recreational Equipment cooperative. Earlier in our explorations of the outdoors, we’d travel to REI for camping... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Oct 31, 2009
Better than a store, you can eat there: Microsoft Café Exploring a new conception from Microsoft, a café in Paris — to be short-lived, yet an interesting telling on the principles of relationship development. But, Windows 7? Imagery sources Like good... 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 | Concepts, Cool People, Retail | Sep 28, 2011
the first of two observations | brand, metaphor, retail design NASA Designing a strategy of remarkable visualization: the conscious design, creative intelligence and the mystery of dreams Sometime back, Dawn Clark AIA, LEED AP and I’d considered the idea of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Retail, Trends | Jul 4, 2009
The revelation of Starbucks retail design prototype two. I have a funny relationship with Starbucks. I’ve really never worked with them, yet I have these links to the creative leadership that allow for an intriguing consciousness about what lies at the heart of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Jun 1, 2009
Fire, the long river and the mist in the motion in learning Some time back, I was speaking (and working with) with a writer — Kurt Dahl, a IT manager and strategist then for Nordstrom, about the idea of the future of the book. He didn’t really believe in... Read More