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by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Luxury | Nov 25, 2007
Todd Heisler | The New York Times I’m wondering about the concept of attention. And the holding of things. How we hold something, how we hold attention. There’s something to memory and holding a concept in one’s mind. For many of us, for me, the idea... 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 | Concepts, Scent | Nov 17, 2011
ROUGH TRADE #2 The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter (The second of two essays on unusual scent strategies) The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences It’s been said that perfume is the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Nov 7, 2011
The Fragrance of Blood ROUGH PERFUME TRADE #1 The Perfume of the Most Primal Liquid — the Scent of the Sanguine (The first of three essays on unusual scent strategies) I pricked my finger while I was sewing a torn shirt, and put the wounded in my mouth, to stop... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design | May 13, 2011
Books as objects in the design of interior experience I like books. I like being in places with books. Libraries draw me. Bookshelves captivate me. I love books. There’s something interesting to spaces that have books in them — books enrich place. If the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Places | Feb 15, 2011
Smashingshare.com The metaphor of the mind, architectural design and the secret of dreams The Architect from the film Inception (Warner Brothers) From the film: Inception A conversation with the inceptor and the architect Cobb: You create the world of the dream. We... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Jan 10, 2010
Dawn Clark|photo Perfume, memory, sentience and wandering; exploring the fume of an experience. Getting around, wandering, I find myself not infrequently smelling my way through places. Scent is memory; it’s the definition of recollection in experience. You can... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Designers, General | May 25, 2009
A voyage of inspired imagination. When you are young, you recall points of connection that are unmistakably remarkable, they are life changing — dynamically shifting you from one point of view to another. Or, they might too suggest moments of new discovering... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Motion Pictures | Apr 24, 2009
Studying the music, the mind, the meaning — cinematic brand strategy and design. The mind of the soloist, the split mind in the brilliance of the schizophrenic — how is the passion of melody, of harmony, newly sensed and seen? Last night, I was talking... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Mar 30, 2009
“I did. I do what I do because I want to do it, because I want to explore, go looking for things.” ~Luc Besson A directorial style, branded, explorations of cinéma du look. I met Luc Besson in Paris, a number of years back, when I was working in Paris. And... Read More
