Search results for: symbolic design
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jun 18, 2008
I was recently in München (May 2008) with my family visiting friends, and trying to decide where to go with our 8 month old after hitting all of the usual places. Our friends suggested the BMW Museum – and my first reaction was to suggest to Paul that he take... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling, Trends | May 4, 2008
Microsoft Surface© interface Some ideas about issues of interface, and the storytelling around the making of a film project, utilizing the nascent Microsoft surface© technology. the sharing, image-shifting capacity of the surface© technology. Films (motion picture and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | Feb 29, 2008
what’s extra? pretty much everything. some thing extra about today any : day > being in it. LIFE IS ABOUT MAKING THINGS, CREATING THINGS, BEING IN CREATIVE SPACE — MAKING THINGS THAT CONNECT ME TO YOU. …. LIVING EVIL yesterday, I was thinking... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General, Storytelling | Jan 24, 2008
There is a mythic dimension in the character of storytelling; it’s an ancient tradition — it reaches to deep archetypes and cyclical patterns that show themselves repeating ways in which messages can be understood and shared — and how they can be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Motion Pictures | Dec 12, 2007
As a developer of campaign theming, in direct marketing development, ranging from department stores to retail products, theatrical marketing to entertainment design, the soul of the direct marketing story can lie in the very heart of the conceptual visualization... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Apr 10, 2014
Designing the Alphabet of the Film, “The Matrix.” The metaphors of threading, rain, flow and the loom of meaning in context Working with Warner Brothers, Joel Silver and the Wachowski siblings on “The Matrix” was a highlight in a string of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People | Nov 18, 2013
Death comes even to the best of us. Very sorry to see this loss. Three days back, London. I recall the first time that I’d booked some clients at the [Hotel #1] ACE, Seattle. And I fretted about what they’d think [they were older clients, linked to an... 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, Storytelling | Sep 24, 2013
Go You To The Shadow World? It’s never about what you see in clarity alone, but what lies behind the Light. Certainty is never assured in anything. As a designer, when I’m working on a project, or a photo shoot, a story, a piece of writing, I watch for the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Aug 22, 2013
Studying the Face of People and the Buildings that they Make In the past, we’ve talked about the modeling of a brand relationships — the relating [the carrying, the holding and the retelling] of that content, product or story in a manner that it can be... Read More