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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Retail | Mar 8, 2012
Great person, an earlier GIRVIN | friend + colleague — Liz Muller Storytelling, here. Some notes, here. Liz Muller STARBUCKS CONCEPT STORE : AMSTERDAM Last Thursday, March 08, 2012, marked the launch of Starbuck’s concept store, “The Bank”, on the Rembrandtplein... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | May 4, 2009
Classic British design, calmly repackaged in the face of fear. I’m sure you’ve seen this. (image: Graham Turner | WWII propaganda poster, Woodbridge, UK) If you’ve been in London, you would’ve seen it there — festooned, on the walls, an... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places | Nov 10, 2007
I had written to Eartha Kitt about her love of nests — and my fascination of nests and their building — hornets and wasps in particular. https://tim.girvin.com/?p=328 Interestingly, she wrote back. And my Mother had offered another note about the concept... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General, Places, Trends | May 9, 2008
My friend Dawn Clark, AIA LEED®AP, Principal at NBBJ | Design — sent along this story; digging in, I’ve found more. I’ve written a lot about patterning. Actually, I’m captivated by it. Patterning as a kind of subtle substrate brand messaging,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Interior Design, Places | Mar 18, 2013
Making a Statement of Identity in the Procession of Experience. Sometimes, as a designer, one cuts to the chase and puts the story right there, out in front. Big. So too the dynamism of Scott Brownrigg’s designed installation of monster identity in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, General, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Mar 31, 2012
Howard Schultz: The spin of the human brand, foundations and visioning, too far flung? Starbucks | Store one The spirit of the impassioned leader or founder speaks from the heart, which can drive everything, top down. Spirit sparks spin — which isn’t just... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Scent, Storytelling | Jul 14, 2011
The scent of dust. The perfume of the journey. The spice of the road. I am sorting through a collection of delicate, sacred books. They come from many places, but like a bundled sanctum, they are all together — near by each other, in the darkness of a room that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Nov 14, 2013
Optimizing Experience. In the management of any project, when there is the feeling of all-open creativity, everything’s working, all systems are go, communications are excellent. How does that happen? • First off — the link to the client side. Clear... Read More
