Search results for: symbolic design
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General | Mar 10, 2012
the roots of making, by hand — Apple computer image above, tweet from HuffPst. In the beginnings, at Apple 70s, working for Steve, his driving curiosity was always about how to take the hand, into the computer — and mix/improve the outcomes — for... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places | Nov 21, 2011
LOOK UP, LOOK OUT | PRINCIPLES OF ABOVENESS | GALLERY III THE STATE OF WOWNESS* IN THE NATURE OF SEEING, THERE ARE DIRECTIONS – THE VECTORING OF PLACE AND SITE, SIGHT SEEN AND UNSEEN. BUT IT DOES COME DOWN TO THE LOOKING – AND THE LISTENING IN THE LOOK. AS... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 16, 2011
THE STATE OF WOWNESS In the exploration of design, organizing information, considering presentations and context, emotional relatedness, there are two elements that I look for in the conjunction of creative intelligence and communications to community. Content and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 15, 2011
THE STATE OF WOWNESS This is the first in a series of impressions — a gathering of images exploring interpretations of place, way-finding, presence and historical context; none of these images are raw — rather, each one has been tuned to emotional... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Nov 12, 2011
The Script of Screen | Macintosh logos, the Finger Stroke and the iDesign Environments iPad, iPhone, Air or Paper: drawing words like music Calligraphy, Steve Jobs and the Macintosh When I was working with Steve Jobs, the first job was drawing for, and with, the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Nov 3, 2011
Exploring the Place of Masculine Fume: the Mind, the Memory, the Mystery of Maleness. There are those that might propose that any man being preoccupied with the idea of scent is a fool. What comes to mind is the self-styled buck that gets on the elevator wafting a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 31, 2011
And the Mystery as to Their Drawn Quarters Go back to a hidden Girvin site, long retired, here, to find the story of many in the drawing of the alphabet. In thinking about the mind as a room — the alphabet is right there, in the entwinement of story and legend... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Sep 24, 2011
Meanings and signing. A Signing — Meaning. Signs that Mean. By Meaning, the Signing. Signage as the wayfinding of furniture. –––– A friend sent me a string of images — no reference to who, where, what, from. I apologize for not having the complete credits,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling, Trends | Sep 23, 2011
Being a teacher, there’s the line in the sand — the pass: it’s okay; the fail: it’s not. It is the yes, the no — it’s alright; it’s not. Being a strategist, a designer, a writer, plying the work of creative intelligence... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Scent, Storytelling | Sep 11, 2011
2001 | Girvin photo journal, September: NYC MEDITATIONS ON PLACE AND THE PROFUNDITY OF SENSE | NYC: SEPTEMBER, 2001 ––––––––––––– The sight of scene unknowing and the scented perfume of dissolution It was a couple of weeks after 9.11.2001 that I, along with a Girvin... Read More
