Search results for: symbolic design
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Aug 30, 2010
SEEKING INSPIRATIONS | CREATIVE MENTORS: HAROLD BALAZS: THE DEFINITIONS OF DESIGN SPIRIT: A CHILDHOOD, RECALLED GROWING UP CREATIVE | WHO’S THE TEACHER THAT PLANTS THE SEED? Creative [V I B E] is juice, it’s jazz, it’s fire; unquenchable —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Storytelling | Dec 30, 2009
The code of the brand, designing experiences with layers of brand expression — if you’re there, do you know that you are? In working on dozens of retail design programs for more than three decades of experience, or in other environments where the context... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Retail | Mar 23, 2009
Several years ago, at a WWD | CEO Summit, in Miami, I met Leslie Wexner, the fabled CEO of The Limited Brands. Actually, he was waiting to speak at the event, and I went to him, to ask some questions. One questions burned in my mind. Simple, but compellingly powerful... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, General | Feb 2, 2009
Exploring spirit and transition | the legacy of the Human Brand in passage Several years ago, Chie Masuyama and I were in Japan together, exploring brand development in that market, as well as meeting and presenting with Pierre Dinand, my partner in an alliance for... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Uncategorized | Oct 20, 2008
“I was born under unusual circumstances.” Illustrating entertainment, engaging design in storytelling for theatrical advertising. illustration c.1375, “a spiritual illumination,” from O.Fr. illustration, from L. illustrationem (nom.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People | Aug 4, 2008
Examining the identity, specificity in design, architectures of light — and the creation of place-making: holding and containment in space. This blog is a journey. I find myself exploring architecture a great deal. Pretty much, all the time. What I’m... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Storytelling | Jun 20, 2024
The Dance of the pen—the drafted thought—and the illustration of language It’s an intriguing observation—the idea of the rhythm of speech—people talking, listening to words and expressions of thinking—the journey of minds, and the trails of their contemplations: the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Designers, Storytelling | Dec 4, 2014
Design Mysticism When you go deep. As a designer, you might meditate on your work, what you’re doing. And your being in that doing. There might be a brand strategy, and the unfolding character of tactics and deployment. But making marks is a legacy that is thousands... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, General, Retail, Trends | Feb 18, 2008
Slow time design by Thorunn Arndottir (Iceland) – clock bead dropping for time measurement (NYTimes) Real Slow | Seeking truth in moving slower I, for one, would comment that my life’s overwhelmed with speed. Getting projects, getting them done quickly, moving... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Jun 11, 2013
Understanding Experiencer Journey Working with Nabisco I studied the sequencing of packaging arrangements on shelf, of baked goods. What we looked at what a kind of rolling circle around the aisle walker, looking at how a person traverses a place that represents a... Read More