by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Oct 4, 2011
Stories, myths, legends, tales — the link to humanity If there’s a story about a person, which might be a legacy, a family, a product — a brand — who’s telling it, and who cares? There are chains, coils, rings that sync and bridge the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Retail | Sep 28, 2011
the first of two observations | brand, metaphor, retail design NASA Designing a strategy of remarkable visualization: the conscious design, creative intelligence and the mystery of dreams Sometime back, Dawn Clark AIA, LEED AP and I’d considered the idea of...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Sep 24, 2011
Meanings and signing. A Signing — Meaning. Signs that Mean. By Meaning, the Signing. Signage as the wayfinding of furniture. –––– A friend sent me a string of images — no reference to who, where, what, from. I apologize for not having the complete credits,...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling, Trends | Sep 23, 2011
Being a teacher, there’s the line in the sand — the pass: it’s okay; the fail: it’s not. It is the yes, the no — it’s alright; it’s not. Being a strategist, a designer, a writer, plying the work of creative intelligence...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling | Sep 16, 2011
Energy, focus, attention, connection — what is the energy that’s set, on the context of driving forward; uncovering the new? That is personal. That’s brand. That is human; that’s enterprise. “energy is eternal delight” — it is...
by Tim Girvin | Places, Scent, Storytelling | Sep 11, 2011
2001 | Girvin photo journal, September: NYC MEDITATIONS ON PLACE AND THE PROFUNDITY OF SENSE | NYC: SEPTEMBER, 2001 ––––––––––––– The sight of scene unknowing and the scented perfume of dissolution It was a couple of weeks after 9.11.2001 that I, along with a Girvin...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Human brands, Luxury, Scent | Sep 9, 2011
What is the nature of the perfected marvel, in scent? Really — you smell marvelous? I got a note from Barneys New York. It was really about Byredo — I’d made some notes about them earlier. Y O U S M E L L M A R V E L ? Ben Gorham’s drawn up...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, General, Storytelling | Sep 6, 2011
The concept of the interval: the use of space in design I think about what is presence. And I consider, what is absence? What is here — easily seen; and what is next? What is the interval? What converts moment to momentum? One wind driven day, I was painting...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Interior Design, Luxury, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Sep 1, 2011
WORKING IN PARIS, I’VE BEEN STRUCK BY THE CHARISMA OF PARISIAN RETAIL DESIGN, STORY, PASSION. THERE IS A SENSE OF LIVELY EXPERIENCE IN EXPERIMENT. EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIENCE — how can you build a retail concept that might be simply built in a place, and...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Aug 30, 2011
WORKING IN IRON, AND HAMMERING IT, OR POURING IT MOLTEN INTO THE CRUCIBLE, ONE LIQUID BECOMES HARD AND FAST — LASTING FOREVER. BUT THERE IS MORE. I’m thinking about the cast in two ways — one, the molding itself, and by the form, what is poured into...
