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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 13, 2013
The Whorl of Making and Imagination Sometimes when I’m thinking about a challenge, working my way throughout a complex puzzle — I draw my self into it, and out of it. Above, my little finger on an iPhone. Below, the dinner table and a team meeting,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Mar 20, 2013
The Marking of Meaning, Goodness and Brand Storytelling. We think about the idea of design as a kind of signature — with mind, motion, memory and meaning. What is design — but the sign, illustrated. And of course, to signing and illustration, that would be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Mar 21, 2012
Sitting, working, early this morning — there’s smoke wafting in the studio. It’s too dark outside for there to be any other light — none emerges from the old building, studio windows – an old class room. The scent of this is old wood... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Scent | Dec 2, 2011
IN THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, SCENT EVOKED, PERFUME DESIGNED ON THE BREEZE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE BOOK, The Shadow of the Wind, written by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, there is a story, wrapped a story, hidden in a story — a book, among many books, hidden in a mythical... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 10, 2011
(iPhoneZenBrush) THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING | Part two Doodles, scribbles, mapping and documentation: Brandquesting®, brand navigation and creative brand business applications for the iPad People fire brands — brands are created by people for people... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jul 27, 2011
Early hand drawn explorations of the letter IMAGE: GIRVIN | hand made cut star alphabets in 12 languages –––––– There’s a rhythm to the alphabet, drawing it, the forms can flow from one character to another. The story of their evolvement is a legacy of thousands... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Scent | Jul 26, 2010
EXPLORING THE PRESENCE: THE SENTIENT MIND OF SERGE LUTENS | SCENTEUR, ARTIST, DESIGNER, PERFUMER. Attention, craft, fascination and the making of an extraordinary career. Photo © Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido The concept of presence is about attention, capturing the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jan 2, 2010
Visioning mission, promise, proposal, proposition and the inculcation of values, notations on design thinking and strategic attention. “Vision can be written, it’s scribing a dream; it’s a designed evocation — a voicing. Mission is that act... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Dec 14, 2009
The analysis of Tweeter types: person to person, twitter profiles. It’s good to be clear about who you are. It’s interesting that there are emerging personality profiles, in users, that come into the webbed world of community in communications. And surely,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 5, 2009
Merchandising, adventure, love of work. Some might call it flow, the idea of doing something that you really love, all the time. There are people like that that I’ve met — they just flow, in the happiness of the practice. What I wonder about is the concept... Read More
