by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Sep 12, 2013
The Talismanic Alphabet, Mystical Calligraphy. It’s been said that the roots of the alphabet aren’t a scientific and archaeologically sequenced discovery, but rather a revelation, something from the magic of meaning, the scribing of the psychic... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Places, Retail, Trends | Jun 20, 2013
A Place has a Pattern, a Brand has a Chromosomal Character, That is Evinced in Visual Language; and so too, Language is a Patterning. I’m looking for patterns; I’m always looking for the patterning of things that I know on the surface, and the patterns and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | May 30, 2013
The Light of Brand, the Voice and the Tiering of Message Messaging and stair-stepping access in community Given the entirely human nature of brand, the enterprise of humanity, the idea of thinking about brand as a poetic expression, isn’t entirely without... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Apr 22, 2013
The Search for Beauty — the Beauty of You, The Brand of You, and Others. In the quest for the truth of brands, the soul and heart of their storytelling — invariably, appropriately, there are humans involved. People make brands — mostly for other... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Apr 5, 2013
Exploring brand culture, in a circumspect study I was talking to a client about getting into a place — “when you’re in, what do you see, what do you sense?” Being one that works in retail and restaurants, as an experience designer, I tend to... 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 | Scent | Oct 19, 2012
The scent, the mist, the water. Morning crossing, Fidalgo Straits. (Photo credits ©Tim Girvin, 2010) Exploring the mist of scent, place and recollections Reaching back, in history and memory — a series of notations and reflections, about the heart of experience... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Aug 6, 2012
Handwriting, the message, and the carriage of content I can look at a person’s handwriting and know how it will work out [their relationship to me.] There are insights in the cartography of writing [handwriting as soul-mapping] — and these interplays: [the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Jun 13, 2012
A KEY START, TO ANY DEFINITION OF SELF, BRAND, ENTERPRISE, DIRECTION. The Quest for brand stance and conditioning. In my office, at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Stewart, Seattle — on the wall, a sign poses the simplistically profound question: “Who are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 11, 2012
The word, the work, that optimizes Working in NYC, I was rifling through my wallet, heading downtown to the office, I pulled my subway card — which I’d noted in an earlier overview. Optimism, the MTA card There’s a word, that word — placed... Read More
