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by Tim Girvin | Places | Jun 26, 2008
Reflections on retail design and the minimalist intent: brand and reflectivity in experience design, community and place. Since I’ve worked in the space of retail design for about 30 years, I’ve been long exploring the idea of design that relates to space.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Places, Storytelling | Sep 3, 2013
Exploring Creative Place | Design, Teams, Innovation BIG ARCHITECTURE|DESIGN | NYC Traveling the world, as a designer, if one is so motivated, studying working environments, culture and vibe should be part of the practice of seeing into how design thinking happens.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Dec 5, 2012
story | message | visualizations [and the taste of things to come] Is the story, in experience design strategy — a segmented telling — each, to their own. What is the taste of the experiencer? I was working in NYC, and I was talking with a friend [client]... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Retail | Mar 8, 2012
Great person, an earlier GIRVIN | friend + colleague — Liz Muller Storytelling, here. Some notes, here. Liz Muller STARBUCKS CONCEPT STORE : AMSTERDAM Last Thursday, March 08, 2012, marked the launch of Starbuck’s concept store, “The Bank”, on the Rembrandtplein... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Jan 4, 2011
Examining the shopfronts, façades and skins of South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida. Signing design: strategies of visualization as an emotional storytelling. The evocations of deco. Take me someplace that feels right. There are levels to signing. On the one front, signs... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Sep 8, 2010
Exploring the journal, the working process and the act of creative development Guillermo Del Toro | Pan’s Labyrinth I’ve written and spoken publicly in the past about the concept of the journal — the annotated sketchbook — as a place of making... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Scent | Dec 13, 2009
Brand scent, experience design, attention and distraction. The Hollister Retail Blast | Soho, NYC. I am perpetually curious about the scent of place. Walking into any environment, I find myself scenting it — then calculating what layers of fragrance might I be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Sep 11, 2009
The wheel brandstory: art brand or brand art There’s an art to brand, and brand to art — I’ve noted that idea before, in the work of Koons. But this story is different — and if you go no further, then at least look at this link: Anyone savoring... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, General, Interior Design, Places, Storytelling | Jul 17, 2009
Girvin | Movement: examining place, foundation and the archaeology of brand experience Girvin is moving, after a couple of decades in the same place... 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