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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 5, 2018
THERE IS A WORD AND A STRING OF LETTERFORMS; AND IN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE TWO, THERE IS MEANING IN THEIR BEING. CONTEXT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR A DESIGNER, A BRAND AND AN EXPERIENCER. [Above] Tim Girvin shooting words, textures, materials | photo Dawn A. Clark IN THE... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Scent | Jun 6, 2013
Building a Scent That’s Made of Every Scent. When I was young, even back then, I was into fragrance; I explored the idea of taking various fragrances and mixing them together — to get what I wanted. What came of that experience, generally speaking, was a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Apr 15, 2013
Building brand identity around story, environment and experience The design of a gaming world is a multiple year commitment, and a spectacular investment — especially when the notion of a gaming world coincides with the conception. Some never make it, fueling... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | Oct 24, 2011
The Legacy of Type Studies | Reaching Back “It’s been said that the first stroke of any alphabet is the vertical, drawn with the finger — from heaven, to earth. In the mysteries of the origin of writing, it is the first stroke that cracks the light... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Sep 11, 2009
The wheel brandstory: art brand or brand art There’s an art to brand, and brand to art — I’ve noted that idea before, in the work of Koons. But this story is different — and if you go no further, then at least look at this link: Anyone savoring... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Interior Design, Luxury, Places | Dec 18, 2007
Photography by Brent Murray I met Adam in a showing of his new table collections with the restauranteur, Thomas Keller — this was the launch of a line for Christofle. What I find compelling about the spirit of Adam, what he does, is the breadth of his design... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | May 28, 2007
Randall Stross… Greetings! Nice, your work: Sunday | NYTimes | Bright ideas! | Digital Domain 5.27.07 (Randall Stross) I found your observations on Apple Store, as carefully and clinically precise in their analyses as they could hope to be, I suppose, to be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Nov 4, 2019
DESIGNING BOOKS AROUND THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE MOMENTARY It’s been said that haiku are the quintessentially delicate framings of momentary meditations on instances of fleeting revelations, tripartite in two ways: three meditations, as well as kigo (Japanese,... Read More
