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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Retail | Mar 18, 2008
I was favored with the opportunity to partner with the leadership of Yves Saint Laurent | North America in the development of a brand retail strategy for their flagship store, to be rolled out nationally. How done? We used Girvin’s proprietary BrandQuest®... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Oct 4, 2008
Panelists Anthony Battaglia, Claudia Cividino, Dawn Clark, Paul Terlizzi at Fashion Group International, NYC I’ve been looking at, and looking for, working on, true brands. Brands that are true. True brands can’t be invented, they must be made in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, Scent | Mar 3, 2015
The Legacy of Fragrance Design and Perfume, Taste Innovation and Spice Strategy In a workshop in Oregon, we studied the layering of taste and scent in new product development innovation summits. What came clear in the study group was a kind of synaesthesia of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Storytelling | Feb 3, 2015
Make something. Use your hands. What’s coming back to me is the realm of the personal — that which is made by a person, from that person, to me. As we’ve moved GIRVIN from downtown Seattle [they’re demolishing our building] to the bottom of West Queen Anne, we’ve all... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 20, 2008
I’ve been looking for truth. I’m looking for truth in my self — what do I do, in practicing what I tell, preach, to others. And telling the truth in the reign of the firm — what we do, what we offer, and how we go about doing it, in finding the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Sep 28, 2008
Patterning in pattern: the woven, the thread, the cairn, the stone, the array: The psychic language of design, pattern, place and presence. A friend of mine, Susi Johnston, from Bali, introduced me to this group. Doon Susi — she’s a gallery owner there,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Places | Jul 9, 2008
Exploring brand and myth in spa positioning: Terme Di Saturnia. Where does the myth begin? Who becomes the legend — most? Where is the brand heart genuine? Brand, mystery — I’m wondering about mythic dimensions in brand. And when there’s a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Scent | Jul 6, 2008
Studying the world of Brian Eno: scent, strategy, music and environment in experience design and contemplation. Image Copyright, Apple Computer, Inc., © 2008, all rights reserved. “Humans are capable of a unique trick: creating realities by first imagining them,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Luxury, Scent, Trends | May 19, 2008
Meditations on the history of scent, the smoky bridge to good fortune, and luxury in prosperity in Chinese Culture There is a sense of the auspicious that wafts in the long, historied halls of China. That, for centuries, there has been a character of wishful... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, General, Luxury, Retail, Trends | Apr 2, 2008
Exploring the concept of an emerging dark luster in design, it might be more so about the exhausting confusion and difficulties of the present market — and the swirling chaos of the near future. What’s happening now? Is the end nigh? Or night, near? What... Read More
