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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Trends | Mar 15, 2012
Sometimes the best path Is the slow and watchful. Sometimes in the planning of strategy, for your life, brands and other enterprises, striking out the mapping of the path — moving forward: slow down and study the surroundings as you move forward. Pay close... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General | Feb 1, 2012
Designing in the otherworldly — futurism found and built — in the scarcity of the desert. It might not be certain what the effect of the desert air, broad and brilliant skies, ranges of mountainous channels could be in the sentiments of design and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Motion Pictures | Dec 18, 2011
Customized, illustrative typographic design for motion picture titling design. First off, to clarify, we didn’t work on Ghost Protocol, out today — but seeing the opening campaign, as well as the film launch in Dubai (and working there reminded me of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Dec 9, 2011
On the game — of A. And the listening to the Z’s. A friend, well meaning, referenced the idea of the A game — A gamers, with other A gamers, win out on aligned results; they sync up — sparks fly, cool stuff happens. Wowness emerges. Maybe. I... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Retail | Dec 7, 2011
QUICK SERVE ACCELERATION FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD & BEVERAGE Spending time working and traveling in Europe, it’s invariable that there would be new insights that might be still unseen in stateside venues. As the food experience in quick serve restaurants... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | Oct 24, 2011
The Legacy of Type Studies | Reaching Back “It’s been said that the first stroke of any alphabet is the vertical, drawn with the finger — from heaven, to earth. In the mysteries of the origin of writing, it is the first stroke that cracks the light... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Oct 21, 2011
Everything changes; everything is on fire. Nothing is the same as it was; everything is the same as it shall be. In the mist of experience, it’s all changing — still standards flow, and patterning emerges. While everything is in flux, everything goes as it... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Uncategorized | Oct 17, 2011
NASA the second of two observations | brand, metaphor, retail Designing a strategy of creative intelligence: the unconscious design, design thinking and the mystery of myth 2010, Dawn Clark AIA, LEED AP and I’d visualized the idea of building an Amazon retail... 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, Cool People, Retail | Sep 28, 2011
the first of two observations | brand, metaphor, retail design NASA Designing a strategy of remarkable visualization: the conscious design, creative intelligence and the mystery of dreams Sometime back, Dawn Clark AIA, LEED AP and I’d considered the idea of... Read More