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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, General | Oct 24, 2009
The mystical character of a man, a letter and an inspiration For a long time, I’ve been exploring the realm of the mysterious. Perhaps my whole life. But mystery is something that speaks to the character of that which is merely unseen. It is what is hidden.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Oct 11, 2009
Brand strategy exploration: Yves Saint Laurent | Girvin: 2007 For a presentation on entrepreneurship, branding and emotional content to the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore GIRVIN’S FOCUS has been directed to the concept of brand development and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling | Sep 13, 2009
A brand that returns to the heart of design in the recollection of story. In the midst of automobile industrial travails, bank ruptures and dreadful vistas for new car sales, the new G.M. Chevrolet Camaro “sex machine” is changing the tidal surges of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Scent, Storytelling | Mar 1, 2009
Form language and brandstory: Coco Chanel There are living icons, human brands, and there are others, that create that character after their passing. Gabrielle Chanel is someone that I should write about, considering the concept of the human brand. But not now. What... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | Jan 24, 2009
(www.goldenpaints.com/) Explorations on color, meaning and experience. And Michelle. Surely I can’t offer an presentment on the concept of the implication of color , the symbolism, let alone the depth of experience that exists in the trade on color trending... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Uncategorized | May 25, 2008
The design heritage of the Indiana Jones franchise. Reaching back into the deep territory of my imagination — and my history as a long-running movie goer, I stride the aisles of Fox Theater, downtown Spokane, the 60s — and riding the buses alone, seeking... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Luxury | Nov 8, 2007
I was talking with someone about luxury, history, making…and the hand — and it came forth, again. Marty Wikstrom, I think it was her. I suppose, really, I’ve talked to a lot of people about this. Robert Polet. François Pinault. James McArthur.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 18, 2020
YOU COULD FIND A WAY OUT, THAT COULD BE A WAY IN. I was first struck by this sign that I found in an antiques shop outside of London; and there’s a story—for those calligraphically-inclined—that this font [for the sign] was originally designed [1918] by early... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Oct 2, 2019
YOU UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW. YOU BELIEVE. We all know that our work, brandspace, will be about the tiering of messages and visuals that enchant the participant. The signature of design is the sewing of that suture—side to side, layered, lit and shadowed storytelling:... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 26, 2018
WE DRAW A LETTER AND PRESUME THAT THERE IS A GRASPED MEANING, BY ALL. ISN’T IT POSSIBLE THAT EVERY MARK HAS MEANING? IT’S SIMPLY GRASPING THAT LEGIBILITY; IT’S THAT YOU [MUST] KNOW HOW TO READ [THEM]. OR THAT YOU NEED TO LEARN THIS NEW LANGUAGE AND THE FORMS THAT... Read More