Search results for: place making
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Feb 25, 2014
Feeling in the world of design, sensation and brand In the midst of scientific tabulation, the downloading of massive arrays of data, the swirls of crowds, the whorls of trend and the waves of movement, it might be said that ultimately it will come down to one thing:... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places, Retail, Scent | Jul 1, 2014
Designing a Pathway of Personality, Fragrance and Their Retail Perfume Portal. In a note forwarded by retail strategist and architect, Dawn A. Clark, she notes Selfridges’ newest innovation — a Perfume Laboratory [Videolink]. As has been pointed out by many,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 18, 2022
BACK IN SPOKANE, I FOUND THIS PANEL THAT I DREW FOR MY PARENTS; STILL THERE, NEXT TO THE PIANO. THE MEDITATION ON THE ANSWER OF UPLIFT—YES! I went to Spokane to see my family—my Mother and Father, for a check in—both in their 90s, there has been a health-related... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Jun 27, 2018
THE JOURNEY OF SPACING-IN AND THE ART OF DOING NOTHINGNESS. I was in a meditation chamber and we were sitting, quiet—as I settled in, quieting down—I watched others getting to the nothingness of mindlessness. Nothing there, quiet in here. And in that, it does come... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Storytelling | Jan 17, 2018
Signs are symbols of storytelling, of legend and legacy, of badges that reach out as cards of narrative fortune. There are clues in the cultural rendition of the larger messages of enterprise in the form of signs — and as placards, they offer a storytelling of color,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Dec 27, 2016
SPACING-IN AND THE ART OF NOTHINGNESS. What if someone asked you to do nothing, all by yourself — just slow down, do nothing? Get quiet? Could you do that? Drift? But space-in, instead of spacing-out? In the frenzy of our present experience, we all struggle with the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 31, 2016
Working from Scratch: Customized Type Face Design, Font Development and Motion Picture Design The presumption is — design by hand and the work is better. Is that right? In the study of aligning idea to shining, brand to epiphany, inspiration to magic — there is the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 3, 2016
The hand with heart holds more I was wandering, looking down old alleys, plazas and ancient streets. And I spied an old friend. The Hamsa. خمسة | חַמְסָה The Five. I used to wear one of these in college, during another phase of talismanic connection. I lost it... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands | Jun 10, 2014
The patterning of the human in the marketspace of brand. Strategy, story, name, message & imagery. Where is that person going, how would they tell their story — and why should I care — what’s their name, what’s the real message that... Read More