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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Scent, Storytelling | Jan 31, 2023
STORYTELLING PERFUME AND THE SENSATION OF PLACE THE WANDERING WONDERMENT: AN EXPLORATION OF MEMORY AND SCENT I’m walking the city, or the forest, or the beach— and what comes forth? “What’s that smell? It reminds me of…” Scent memory: it’s right in the front of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Oct 31, 2022
MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR THIR13EN GHOSTS. BRAND DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING. THE USE OF SIGILLIC GRAPHICS AS A PLACEMAKING DESIGN THEOREM. What about graphical contexts in making place[s]? I think about it as a pattern language, a place storytelling—especially... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Incubation, Storytelling | Dec 16, 2020
BRAND OBSERVATIONS, PARTICIPATION IN WATCHFULNESS. In the past, in my observations of brand experiencers, it has been a long journey—and a string of compelling notations of learnings about people and how they relate to brands. I think back to my beginnings, working on... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Retail | Nov 21, 2019
50 YEARS, WALKING THE DREAM, BRAND STORYTELLING VISIONING IN THE MAN, THE BRAND: RALPH LAUREN This goes back, and it speaks to my own history at the beginnings of my career, which now sorts out to about 45 years. There was a meet-up, momentary and gracious, with Mr.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM | Mar 20, 2019
THE PERSONALIZATION OF BRANDS, THEIR ASSETS AND PRESENCE. HOW DO YOU PRESENT? HOW DO YOU SHOW UP? HOW ARE YOU PRESENT? Has anyone ever spoken to you about showing up? That is—when you show up, what happens? How do you present? In a manner, it all comes down to that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts | Jun 27, 2018
THE JOURNEY OF SPACING-IN AND THE ART OF DOING NOTHINGNESS. I was in a meditation chamber and we were sitting, quiet—as I settled in, quieting down—I watched others getting to the nothingness of mindlessness. Nothing there, quiet in here. And in that, it does come... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Dec 27, 2016
SPACING-IN AND THE ART OF NOTHINGNESS. What if someone asked you to do nothing, all by yourself — just slow down, do nothing? Get quiet? Could you do that? Drift? But space-in, instead of spacing-out? In the frenzy of our present experience, we all struggle with the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Scent | Dec 13, 2016
The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences. A BOLD QUERY TO MEMORY AND MOMENTS, PSYCHIC AND PHYSIC INTERMINGLING. UNFORGETTABLE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SCENT AND... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places, Retail, Trends | Oct 27, 2016
ANALYZING HOW [WELL] IT WORKS The spiral of brand experience design: Girvin’s red thread of connective analyses The Analysis of the Context of Place-Making and Food Design Working for decades on the propositions of food experience — from luxury dining to kiosk... Read More