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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers, General | Apr 2, 2007
I found this word, and thought of you, Cindy. Nice spending some time with you, exploring your ideas and home, there on 23rd, NYC, looking out to the sunny side of the street, from a dramatically darkening interior. A silky lingerie interior that, in its inherent... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, General, Places | Mar 25, 2007
Okay, so I’ve been busy, and trying to fill out the remaining days has taken time. Days, right? Daze, right? Like a week or so, really. And there’s more, too. More learnings — and of course, so much more learning that it took me a couple of daze to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Scent | Dec 13, 2016
The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences. A BOLD QUERY TO MEMORY AND MOMENTS, PSYCHIC AND PHYSIC INTERMINGLING. UNFORGETTABLE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SCENT AND... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Aug 18, 2008
Any brand is human. A brand fire is started by a person. It comes from a human spirit and mind: it’s made for humans. Human brand. Interestingly enough, this simple equation is sometimes forgotten. People focus on transactions, engineering commerce — and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places | Jun 26, 2008
Reflections on retail design and the minimalist intent: brand and reflectivity in experience design, community and place. Since I’ve worked in the space of retail design for about 30 years, I’ve been long exploring the idea of design that relates to space.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Human brands, Luxury, Scent | Sep 9, 2011
What is the nature of the perfected marvel, in scent? Really — you smell marvelous? I got a note from Barneys New York. It was really about Byredo — I’d made some notes about them earlier. Y O U S M E L L M A R V E L ? Ben Gorham’s drawn up... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Mar 30, 2011
Shimenawa * 注連縄 Girvin The talisman of positive reinforcement and advancement: symbolic strategy, design and the meaning of words. Sometimes, there’s more to an expression that we might at first comprehend. Thoth, the trickster, God of writing Kom Ombo Temple |... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail | Feb 18, 2011
Rockets, lubrication and the innovative force of personality in the leadership of John Barry WD-40. Personally, I love the scent. Nothing like jetfuel in the morning. Someone commented, “why is that you always are smelling things first?” This is a story... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Human brands, Scent | Oct 11, 2010
Bertrand Duchaufour at Madison Avenue L’Artisan (photo Tim Girvin) Exploring the context of experience and the interpretation of place — in scent. It’s interesting, the idea of thinking about working in smell and place — exploring the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Feb 8, 2010
Exploring the concept of storytelling, and the nature of attentive reception: brand, life and design. If you’re telling a story, brand related or otherwise, who’s paying attention? Returning from a design summit, in Florida, there was a series of... Read More
