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by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 24, 2016
Designing Magic: The Draft of the Letter as the Quest for Mystery Everyone knows that occult really means hidden. But in that, one might surmise that the Cult of the Occult would be nothing more than the quest for the hidden. I probably live there, in more ways than... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | May 4, 2011
Girvin These are the days of experiments: everywhere, everytime. And great ideas, inspirations, and answers — coupled with the wisdom of experience — can click in an instant. See something, react to inception, go forward. Sensing is big — yet what is... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Feb 22, 2011
Can creativity be defined in a brief? What is a creative brief — and is there a point to being brief? No. Brands are inordinately complicated orchestrations. Being that they inherently involve relationships to humans, the idea of “briefness” is a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Nov 20, 2009
Exploring design, art and imagination: motion picture branding, Tim Burton, and the legacy of Girvin identity and cinematic brand design. Tim Burton, MoMa, what a nice idea. As a designer for Tim Burton, I will offer that I never had the chance to meet him, work with... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, General, Scent | Jul 19, 2008
Exploring brandstory, legacy and fragrance in a venerable enterprise of 700 years. I have been exploring Santa Maria Novella for about 10 years now. And largely the opening of my exposure has been Jon Bresler — and his group in NYC, Lafco. The opening... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Jul 12, 2008
Exploring the renaissance mind of Lorenzo Villoresi: Scholarship, legacy and the genetics of exploration — a history of fragrance creativity. Sometimes you find a person that seems like someone you’ve encountered before. Perhaps in another life, another... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 17, 2015
THE THREADING OF IDEAS: THE WEFT, WARP, AND LOOM OF DESIGN As a designer, there can’t be a metaphor more powerful than weaving — the ultimate layering of storytelling — the fantastic pattern-maker and emblem of discovery. In our work, we persistently speak to the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Human brands | Aug 20, 2013
Digging in, the brand archaeology of art, the person, the persona. When you work on a brand, people are involved. Sometimes, companies forget — they think: logistics, operations, planning, transportation, targets, quotients and quotas. For us — and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Jan 29, 2013
The Touch of the Hand, the Human Presence, Retail Experience Design When I work on a restaurant, I always ask about the chef: “is he, or she, planning on being there, being present, consistently?” That, alone is a compelling proposition to managing the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Oct 26, 2012
Notes on the Last Letterpress & the Last Paper Seller — DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IN TRAVELING THE JOURNEY OF THE CRAFT, THERE’S A KEY TO RELEVANCE — IN THE SELLING ENTERPRISE, THE NOTION OF BRAND IN PLACE, BRAND IN THE MIND OF PEOPLE — THERE... Read More