Search results for: symbolic design
by Tim Girvin | General, Interior Design | Feb 8, 2007
Good morning — I’m not sure if you’ve been here, Material ConneXion, but given your interests — just in case — I’m passing this along. I’ve got a client that is being represented by this group, and wanted to know more —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Places | Aug 15, 2024
Feeling in the realm of design thinking, sensation and brand. I took some old Italian handmade paper, folded it, tore it with a bone folder, punched a hole in the head of the strip, and strung red binding thread into the opening and hung it in the trees, amidst the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Designers, Motion Pictures, Trends | Sep 15, 2016
AI Design Strategies: Can AI work as Creative in the Movie Business? With the plethora of new AI development stories, how far can these applications stretch? IBM’s Watson thinks it can step in. I was studying some content on Adweek, about a new modeling for search and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Retail | Aug 19, 2014
PRODUCT STRATEGY, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, FASHION, AND THEIR INTERTWINEMENT I was thinking about my relationship with the micro-camera, which — for years, that was a folio of 10s of 1,000s of photographs. After clearing out my files, and reducing the collections, I’m still... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Retail, Scent | Nov 14, 2007
There are two attributes of experience in shopping. One is purely acquisitional — that is, merely on the notion of action and purchase; there’s no focus other than that, in acting and acquiring. You are looking for something and you want it, you buy it... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 13, 2014
WHAT THAT COMES DOWN TO, IS WHAT TYPE, ARE YOU? When I interview people, prospective employees, client and team interviews, I watch for handwriting. How does a person sign their name, how do they take notes, how do they hold a pen? Everything tells a story. In... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Dec 23, 2013
The Journal of the Practice There is one thing we cannot forget, and that is memory itself. In 40 years of actively designing, working on design and writing and speaking on design practice and innovation, I recall the labyrinthine journey of that involvement.... Read More
