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by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Storytelling | May 26, 2022
WORKSHOPPING LOVE AND PASSION I was talking to a colleague about “love,” the notion of letter-writing and love-worthy thoughts expressed in a hand-notated missive, one human to another. To that, we were talking about stamps—particularly this love stamp I’d designed... 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 | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 18, 2022
IN EVERY ENCOUNTER THERE IS THE LOOK—THE APPEARANCE— OF WHAT’S ON THE SURFACE. AND THEN THERE’S: WHAT’S UNDERNEATH, THE BEHIND, THE SHADOW—THE DEEPER GLANCE. S O M E T H I N G M O R E Even in the digital space, there’s a story above, there’s a story below, there is a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Trends | Feb 10, 2022
MEDITATIONS ON REMOTE WORK. THE SEARCH FOR MEANINGFUL BEAUTY, THE QUEST FOR ACTIVE FOCUS IN ATTENTION AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE STRATEGY OF WORKING IN REMOTE LOCATIONS—SO-CALLED: WORKING SOMEPLACE YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. An old scrap of handmade paper, hanging in a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts | Nov 19, 2021
Every day, as much as I can, I like to get out there. It’s a mix between terror and joy, fear and exhilaration, exultation and trepidation. Don’t you just love that moment when the fearsome rears up at you and then, rising up on the crest of that momentous inquietude,... Read More
