Search results for: symbolic design
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Feb 18, 2014
INTENTIONALLY BLANK? I found this in a hospital room. And I was thinking, “what is it for, really?” This room is intentionally supposed to be blank? Empty? An interesting discovery for a patient. Welcome? You’re here, but you’re not supposed to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers | Feb 6, 2014
I want to trust you, but should I? Do you trust me? Do I trust myself, my instincts — what’s true? Pondering trust and inspiration, I was thinking about Rei Kawakubo, foundress of Comme des Garçons, a hands-on woman entrepreneur, designer and innovator... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 1, 2014
MEDITATIONS ON BEING. AND HAPPINESS. In the range of travel, I’ve seen some of the most remarkably dismal, difficult and challenging “survival-focused” environments. And the people in them. Still, smiles emerge. Yes, these New Dehli school girls... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Dec 4, 2013
The stride to a convincing victory Sometimes, the work is laden with inspiration. You meet someone, work with someone, their brand, their story, and the power of the passion, the energy, is a viral contagion; it’s like “I wanna be around that!” Get... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Trends | Oct 8, 2013
The Contemplative Walk My earlier studies of Thich Nhat Hanh revolved around the walking meditation — grounding into the earth, walking, breathing, contemplating the open stride; that mindful, mindless walk, open-to-the-moment ambulatory meditation. Being in,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Nov 14, 2013
Optimizing Experience. In the management of any project, when there is the feeling of all-open creativity, everything’s working, all systems are go, communications are excellent. How does that happen? • First off — the link to the client side. Clear... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Nov 7, 2013
Hereness, Thereness, Whereness? Or are you a way? In the meditations on way-finding, finding a way, and designing experiences to help people to find their way, there is a point to which you ponder “am I lost? Or have I found my way?” There is an alignment... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Oct 23, 2013
The Pitch for the Pitch; Resins, Sap and Crushed Conifer In the storm, the fragranced molecules of the woods come alive. A shower of pollens, wood dust, and if the storm is fevered enough, conifers snap needles, deciduous trees shear branches and leaves, bark curls... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 3, 2013
What Are You Looking At? In the journey of examination, the notion of self study is part of that voyage. But who’s with you, who’s helping; who’s reMinding you? I think that each of us has an ancient soul, something that goes back and back, far into... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 10, 2013
SOUL, STORY, BRAND In the history of the work of strategy and design, when it comes down to it, what have you done? Is it about the roaring financial success you have achieved? Or is it about the learnings, the journey, the sorting of experiences? For my practice it... Read More