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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Scent | Aug 27, 2013
A Journey into the Craft and Mystery of Making Perfume. Some years back I’d read Mandy Aftel’s book, I was struck then by her link to the presumptions of aligning alchemy and the making of perfume. Theoretically, it works — but, in her application,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Aug 15, 2013
Color, Brands, and the Layering of Experience, Memory and Recognizability Some say — “stop calling the FT pink!” According to the color standards at the Times, the real color is a “so-called” Salmon Pink. But being an inveterate traveler,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 6, 2013
AND THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, IN THE SPATTERING OF INSPIRATION. When I was in college, I taught workshops to help my payment of the tuition, along with support from my family. I used variously colored butcher paper to do that — pulled, ripped out and sheared on a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Interior Design, Places, Trends | Mar 1, 2013
Small living, the Footprint of Micro places The delicacy of small, thoughtfully crafted, green-built and well-organized places to live in. Working with a housing development team in Seattle, Girvin’s ideator® naming team built a naming strategy to support the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Places, Scent | Jan 24, 2013
When you see something, does a scent come to mind? Sensing synaesthesia — the sensation of perfumed visualization. For a long time, we’ve been fascinated by the idea of hearing color, tasting sound, touching scent — the notion, rather the condition,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 22, 2011
Pathfinder, the centerpoint of knowledge: Labyrinth do Outeiro do Cribo, Galicia “Sometime, looking for something, somewhere — someday — somebody might be found.” If you’re hungry, how do you understand the nature of food (information)... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Apr 15, 2011
Brooklyn microshops — a complexity of sensorial engagements | Girvin photography Brand soul placement, finding the applications of presence in impression and experience design. I’d given a talk, at an international retail design forum at Starbucks... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Feb 28, 2011
The spirit of the cowboy, evinced in brand identity. The notion of identity speaks to a holistic rendition of story — graphically drawn: sensately experienced. Brand identity is the nature of defining visually — as a start — then fully unfolding the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Sep 14, 2010
Holistic brands: Tabasco and the nature of geographic reference. Brands with a story that are linked to place. I’m looking for True Brands. What I seek is: A story. A person. An offering. Integrity in the making. Care fullness — in the distribution. And a legacy that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 15, 2009
Notes on the choreography of experience: brandstories, the art of dance, life and business entwined. A long and complex titling, that is; but it’s the title for an exploration on the alignment between dance and fire, and movement, and life, and love, and... Read More