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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 6, 2010
Drawn from the heart: simple design prototypes from the 30s: design strategy and clarity of intention The heart of creative: drawing, sketching, roughs, comprehensives made by hand, brush and simplistic inspiration. A friend of mine in Santa Monica, composer Stuart... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Interior Design, Retail, Trends | Sep 10, 2010
Jonathan Ive and Steve Jobs What’s the point of leading if you’re not in front? I was studying overviews on Steve Jobs, Apple strategy, some thinking about leadership and the reflection in consumer relationships and Apple marketing, but more particularly... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Sep 8, 2010
Exploring the journal, the working process and the act of creative development Guillermo Del Toro | Pan’s Labyrinth I’ve written and spoken publicly in the past about the concept of the journal — the annotated sketchbook — as a place of making... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Aug 30, 2010
SEEKING INSPIRATIONS | CREATIVE MENTORS: HAROLD BALAZS: THE DEFINITIONS OF DESIGN SPIRIT: A CHILDHOOD, RECALLED GROWING UP CREATIVE | WHO’S THE TEACHER THAT PLANTS THE SEED? Creative [V I B E] is juice, it’s jazz, it’s fire; unquenchable —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Aug 20, 2010
An exploration of trees, their saps, the resinous outcomes, the essences and their fragrances. And Birch bark — a visit to the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Research Project in the palaeographic laboratories at the University of Washington. Scent, script and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 11, 2010
Wi-Fi ubiquity: Starbucks + new digital content. What if Starbucks created its own content for Wi-Fi users? Who cares? Concepts of wi-fi contrary concepts in New Dehli, India (Photo by Girvin, story) I say: no thanks. For years (going back a decade) the Cingular,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Aug 6, 2010
ALPHABETICA | THE STROKES OF THE ALPHABET STROKES, FINISHES, GESTURES, DETAILS — ON THE SERIES OF THE RIGHTFUL MOVES. Teaching calligraphy: the craft of the letter at Girvin. A broadside from 1975, still used in the calligraphy classes at Girvin There’s a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Aug 4, 2010
The concept of the haul — get out there, shop, and video the story about what you’ve bought. If I was doing a haul video, it would have to be in a bookstore. I was thinking about how this might apply to me, what would I do – if I was doing a haul... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Aug 2, 2010
ACE HOTEL | NYC: MARTIAL DESIGN BRAND STRATEGIES – Story, visuals, environmental graphics, tactical executions. Military graphic for a hotel (just blocks from GIRVIN | NYC.) And coincidentally, ACE began in Seattle (just blocks away from GIRVIN | Seattle.) Good... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent, Storytelling | Jul 20, 2010
Smoke, scent, perfume — the etymology of the mist of fragrance; examining the legacy of aroma, the waft of fire, in the history of language. The inspiration of smoke, scent and magic One might offer that, as a designer, I’ve spent a lot of time examining... Read More
