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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Incubation, Storytelling | Feb 22, 2017
HOW’S THAT FEEL? Girvin BRAND REACTIVITY: THE INTUITIVE RESPONSE IN INSTINCTUAL RECOGNITION IN BRAND STRATEGY THESE ARE THE DAYS OF EXPERIMENTS: EVERYWHERE, EVERYTIME. AND GREAT IDEAS, INSPIRATIONS, AND ANSWERS — COUPLED WITH THE WISDOM OF EXPERIENCE — CAN CLICK IN AN... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 1, 2016
THE MYSTICISM OF CALLIGRAPHY — DESIGNING TALISMANIC ALPHABETS In the journey of the work, there comes a point where you might be pondering, “is there more to that which I make, what I’m doing, this thing that I spend all this time with?” Is is just work? Or is there... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | May 4, 2011
Girvin These are the days of experiments: everywhere, everytime. And great ideas, inspirations, and answers — coupled with the wisdom of experience — can click in an instant. See something, react to inception, go forward. Sensing is big — yet what is... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Jul 12, 2008
Exploring the renaissance mind of Lorenzo Villoresi: Scholarship, legacy and the genetics of exploration — a history of fragrance creativity. Sometimes you find a person that seems like someone you’ve encountered before. Perhaps in another life, another... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers | Aug 11, 2015
Qualia: Yves Klein International Blue, Beauty and States of Being. Examining Sensation[alism,] Perception, Beauty and the Story of The Brand — human, color and otherwise Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void); Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts | Oct 15, 2010
Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void); Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves Klein Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 1960. When the experiencer comes to the sensing of color, even brand color, what is the grasp, the embracement of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Luxury | Nov 8, 2007
I was talking with someone about luxury, history, making…and the hand — and it came forth, again. Marty Wikstrom, I think it was her. I suppose, really, I’ve talked to a lot of people about this. Robert Polet. François Pinault. James McArthur.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 4, 2006
I spent the day with Balletmakers | Capezio the day before yesterday. It was Cristina and I. Some interviews, some research, some connections. More gathering. This will be going on for a couple of weeks, the two of us. But there were intriguing other insights into the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail | Sep 19, 2018
SYNAESTHETIC EXPERIENTIALITY AND DESIGN LEADERSHIP As a journeyer of decades of design, all over the world, and in partnering with many adepts in that journey, it’s interesting to study different models of design leadership. There are collaborators and team-builders,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People | Jan 5, 2018
OUR NATIONAL ART TREASURES | LAMENTING THE PASSAGE OF HAROLD BALAZS. ISN’T IT SO THAT EACH OF US HAS A PERSONAL FLOWERING THAT COULD HAVE SPROUTED FROM A SINGLE LUMINOUS POINT OF INSPIRATION? JUST THINK OF IT: YOUR LIFE CHANGES, MOMENTS OF IGNITION, ILLUMINATIVE... Read More
