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by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places, Retail | Oct 13, 2022
2001: A Space Odyssey IN 1968, I WAS FIRST STRUCK BY THE NOTION OF INTEGRATED DESIGN. I WAS 15. When I think about powerful moments of design discovery, it was likely Stanley Kubrick’s film, 2001: A Space Odyssey that taught me about the idea of thematic consistency,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places, Retail | Oct 19, 2011
EXPLORING RETAIL DESIGN / PLACEMAKING EXPERIMENTS IN STORE STRATEGY AND CHARITABLE CAUSES Notations with the iPad | Journal Making + Site Explorations TRAVELING We’re always looking. With Girvin’s connection to Nordstrom, we went to explore more —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Sep 6, 2012
Amazon retail, a theory [Girvin]– bricks and mortar? Brand, retail, retelling, retooling, rethinking. Retail and community, brand storytelling as a reflective sharing — the story of place, of culture, of wonder, embracement and connectivity. There is a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Human brands, Incubation, Places, Scent, Storytelling | Aug 24, 2011
Starbucks, Pike Place Market — the beginnings of a branded world. A brand becomes a world: (tenet, intention, cult and culture, community and audience: engagement + embracement = enchantment). This world, built and evolving — founded on the inspiration of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands | Jul 31, 2024
The Strategy and Design of Mystically-Inspired Brands In our history, we’ve had a string of opportunities to collaborate with brand partners who are different in their visioning of their enterprises— rather than focusing, for typical partners, on the notion of “how... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Dec 20, 2011
Bergdorf Goodman designing the street — where legendary windows own the sidewalks. I reached to former CEO, Dawn Mello — the retail legend, a friend in NYC. And my other “Dawn” pal. Dawn is a rare breed — a kind of perfected myth of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Jan 2, 2013
Windows as the Eyes of the Soul of Wellness The tradition of windows in the merchandising of ideas. At the street level, a building’s windows are, in a manner, the eyes and soul of the bridge between the heart of the building, its occupants and the brand that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Places, Storytelling | Feb 15, 2013
The patterning of time and the Creative Journey The timing of pattern, the layering of story, the weaving of ideas, a tapestry unfurled. The work of living — is a rippling — a stone, cast, water bound, rippling, outwards. As those waves reach a shore, the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 27, 2013
The Scribing of Design Thinking The word scribe to script, as a verb, is a “scratching, a scribble, a marking.” Describe comes to mind, for in that scratching, definition and articulation of idea becomes manifest. It comes right back to the very nature of... Read More
