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by Tim Girvin | General | Jul 20, 2012
The captivation of smoke. Smoke signals, fire, designed motion. [parfumare — “to smoke through.”] The layering of smoke, art, incense, color and the tinting of dust — the tracery of par fum. The smoky signals of journey. I was contemplating... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 24, 2012
the creative hunger, the force of passionate making raven, verb i"m thinking about the hunger that is beneath the hunger. I’m talking less about food and more about the notion of the food beneath food — that is, what drives the hunger itself?... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Retail, Scent | Nov 22, 2010
Aman | Bali, Indonesia (Girvin) THE HEART OF FRAGRANCE IN HOTELS AND RESORTS Is it a designed scent, the perfume that is gathered into a perfume fusion that signals the messaging of the opening experience in entering a space? Or is it more holistic, the bigger... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Feb 12, 2009
Thinking about how things are seen, scene… scene, this — ? the seen, the seeing, the scene? right? Visualizing Twitter as Barack Obama Became the 44th President tableau, go. I was studying this modeling, and collided with, again, Tableau. When I go back,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Oct 27, 2022
Gunung Merapi, Java IN THE MYSTERY OF THE MIST OF FRAGRANCE Living where I live—here in the Pacific Northwest—I’m constantly ambling in the rain and mist; and I note that scent of place is invariably mist-borne. The ocean calls out many stories, carries many... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 29, 2020
WAVE PATTERNING IN BRAND STORYTELLING—THE LONG NOW. [Image By @DacArc, Copalis, WA] ONE WOULD PRESUME THAT THE MOVEMENT OF A WAVE, WHETHER WATER-RIVEN OR SONIC BLAST—LIGHT, FOR THAT MATTER—WOULD SIMPLY GO ON FOREVER AND EVER. ONCE IT STARTS, IT JUST GOES— IT’S OUT... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, Interior Design, Storytelling, Trends | Nov 14, 2018
DESIGNING FURNITURE THAT PROTECTS THE USER. As a designer, I’m frequently talking about the core power of markings. In fact, at Mark Anderson’s futurist, high tech conference—this year in ParkCity, Utah, I was doing just that—talking about the symbolism of the mark... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM | Apr 4, 2018
THE *EXPERIENTIALITY OF SENSATION IN THE AESTHETICS OF AGING AND BEAUTY When I was younger, I had a proclivity for rust. I liked walking on rough, more than smooth. I liked floors that were worn-down and made of aggregated materials. I admired sand-blasted things. I... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Scent | Nov 4, 2016
A TOUCHING BOOK, CONTEMPLATING 360º IN BRAND AND EXPERIENCE A VISUAL MEDITATION EXPLORING THE JOURNEY; A LEGACY OF THE SENSATE. The human stance of holism. Every journey is a storytelling of sensuality — how you sense and experience the grand sphere of your... Read More
