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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, 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
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Human brands | Aug 20, 2013
Digging in, the brand archaeology of art, the person, the persona. When you work on a brand, people are involved. Sometimes, companies forget — they think: logistics, operations, planning, transportation, targets, quotients and quotas. For us — and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Apr 15, 2013
Building brand identity around story, environment and experience The design of a gaming world is a multiple year commitment, and a spectacular investment — especially when the notion of a gaming world coincides with the conception. Some never make it, fueling... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Mar 20, 2013
The Marking of Meaning, Goodness and Brand Storytelling. We think about the idea of design as a kind of signature — with mind, motion, memory and meaning. What is design — but the sign, illustrated. And of course, to signing and illustration, that would be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Interior Design, Places | Jan 9, 2013
The Restaurant for Guillermo Del Toro The Vibe of Gitane, San Francisco Spending time studying the production design sketches of writer, visual stylist and cinematic director Guillermo Del Toro suggests a certain “spanish” visualization that moves from the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Jan 2, 2013
Windows as the Eyes of the Soul of Wellness The tradition of windows in the merchandising of ideas. At the street level, a building’s windows are, in a manner, the eyes and soul of the bridge between the heart of the building, its occupants and the brand that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General | Apr 30, 2012
A new office in one of our favorite cities: the love of place | San Francisco, the Bay Area, Silicon Valley: GIRVIN’s new presence in California Building strategic intention, tracking our design heritage, Girvin returns to work in the City by the Bay. S.F. East... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Oct 28, 2011
FINDING THE HOT LINE, TO STORY AND SOUL I was walking the street, and came upon the asphalt and tar, street laying truck — with a sign that said: “POTHOLE HOTLINE.” If you find a pothole — call them, and they’ll fix it. I was more... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Oct 14, 2011
Seeking alignments in the spirit of brand design, experience development and product quality. Brands, angling in (how customers incidentally connect with the reflective brand; and the brand and its reflexive indices of insights in human experience and storytelling... Read More
