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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 1, 2021
DESIGN AND RISK EVERY DESIGN REACH IS A RISK, IT TAKES COURAGE TO ADVANCE FROM ASKING QUESTIONS AND LISTENING TO OFFERING SOLUTIONS. THE GAUNTLET THROWN TO THE WORK IS THAT—IN ANY JOURNEY—THERE IS RISK. You’re presuming that you—brand person, design researcher,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 11, 2022
As designers, we’re looking for memorable impact—design solutions that are memorable, laden with ineluctable magic, surprise, wondrous artfulness, amazing and happiness-creating, or—more particularly, treatments that invoke the sense of wow! Wow is unforgettable. Tim... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Places | Jul 13, 2022
THE ORDER OF PATHWAYS AND THE TOUCH OF THE MEMORABLE M A K E A M A Z E M E N T. As brand designers—as with any part of human creativity, “a making” or the construction of a visible object, the made art or the scribed breath of a poem—the point would be to answer this... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Places | Mar 4, 2014
Conceiving Story in the Procession of Imagination: the Labyrinthine Mind of Orhan Pamuk The journey in is the journey out, a spiral of movement and emotion — “I turn in, follow, I turn out:” that journey continues. I was in Istanbul for a retail... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 25, 2013
What is Okay, anyway? I was thinking about the notion of OK, what’s that mean, really? The state of Okayness seems mediocre — it’s a condition where things are simply “all right,” alright. All is right? What’s rightness, a place of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Nov 5, 2013
Meditations on Respite I was thinking about a remark from Tom Ford, that, to him, the greatest luxury is “sleep.” According to Dawn Mello — in a dinner conversation with her and her pal, Dawn A. Clark — when she was working with Tom Ford, at... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Nov 12, 2013
The Opening of the Next Portal I went through the door from the darkened interior to the light. There is some historical significance to the door — I think of every door step as a metaphorical movement. The door is a symbol, like a window. It’s a movement... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Human brands | Mar 21, 2023
We’re all looking for the right answer, and the better outlook after the challenging sequences of the last couple of years. We’re looking for yes. Anytime you have an answer, there was a question before. And any question is a quest— it’s a journey, from one... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Trends | Dec 10, 2013
The Complications of Content I was talking to a friend about cabling, chargers and hardware. Often, when I’m traveling, I’m roving. Moving from place to place. Others, happily desk bound, working in situ, they’re sending me texts: “please call... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Dec 17, 2013
Sparking innovation and change. There is legitimacy to the metaphor of Fire. Girvin, the team — and Girvin, the family — are fierce lovers of fire. We’ve noted that earlier. But any fire starts with a spark, which can be the beginning of a perceived... Read More
