Search results for: symbolic design
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Designers | Nov 2, 2012
The etymology of design, the signature of personality — and your presence. The design of you is what you make of it. The design is you. Your story, your musculature, the tracery of your nerves and veins, how you draw, hold a drawing tool –what you see,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design | May 13, 2011
Books as objects in the design of interior experience I like books. I like being in places with books. Libraries draw me. Bookshelves captivate me. I love books. There’s something interesting to spaces that have books in them — books enrich place. If the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Luxury, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Oct 4, 2010
THE SPIRIT OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION TAKEN TO ANOTHER EDGE. FINDING PERSONAL ALIGNMENTS, THE HISTORY OF THE PRACTICE. Antonio Lopez illustration Origin: lustration 1615–25; < L lūstrātus, ptp. of lūstrāre to purify, illumine. Seeluster1 , -ate1... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Jun 14, 2023
As brand strategists and designers of brands, we think about memory as a key reference to relationships in community—it’s a simple questioning: what’s memorable? For a customer, GIRVIN’s Brand R’s: which asks: what are the key points of relevance—what’s immediately... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 30, 2022
DESIGN STRATEGIES, DEEP BRANDING, METAPHORICAL NARRATIVES Of course, we have a different way of thinking about the alphabet—as designers, as brand fire starters, letter crafters and identity theorists. If you’re thinking about a letter—what’s your favorite? Me? X. As... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Jun 15, 2021
SOMETIMES YOU GO BACKWARDS IN TIME TO GO FORWARDS TO THE FUTURE. AND THE SYMBOLISM OF THE INTERLOCKING CHAIN OF MANY STORIES FORMS THE TRAIL OF A TALE, A NARRATIVE THREAD—WHICH COULD BE FROM THE PAST, WHICH COMES TO THE PRESENT, WOVEN IN THE INTERLINKED... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail, Trends | Sep 13, 2016
ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLOGY AND THE DESIGN OF PLACE Design thinking and the exploration of deep metaphors When I was working as a brand / design strategist on Procter & Gamble, on brand innovation, I’d partnered with a closely-aligned and roving colleague there, Iain... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling, Trends | Jan 16, 2013
The Letter form and the Design of Talismans Over the past several months, I’ve been talking to a younger person about the idea of the place of magic in a sub-current of popular culture [Supernatural;] in a manner, the interest in magic is an ever-popular... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Oct 18, 2009
The real of the senses: a journey into the heart of the book, experience design and the librarian instinct of content. I won’t pretend to be a scholar on this matter, let alone offering anything but the obvious. But this past week, working in Bend, speaking at... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, General | Jul 5, 2009
Exploring Quincy Jones, a vision of newly branding and defining the storytelling of music, culture, trend and coolness: Vibe Magazine Quincy Jones, who just happens to be from Seattle, one of the places that I live and love in, created about a decade and a half back,... Read More