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April 1, 2013
The Power of Touch in Reimagining the book:
“Ink on Paper – design & concepts for new publications”
The Book as Sensate Storyteller It’s been said that the book is the most perfectly designed object for “reading.” That is according to earlier conversations with book and type design legend, Bill Hill, typographic theorist and book / tablet reading … Continue reading
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March 13, 2013
Twister | Kiev
The metaphor of the story, the storm
Designing story, in place, the allegory of nature, space — in making a place I find myself in the study of the symbolic, the metaphorical – and, to the end, the magical. I recall when Apple defined the iPad as … Continue reading
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January 18, 2013
Designing the Brand: Yogurt Culture Company, Exploring the Process of Restaurant Brand Ideation Girvin has a deep history in the restaurant trade, particularly in building new brands. The legacy of 30 plus years has led to insights working both sides … Continue reading
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October 17, 2012
Paper, ink, the book — the printed package
The sensuality of the book I was working in a remote, private room, the so-called rare book library at Girvin | Seattle. It’s a small space, and in this book room, the volumes start at about a yard from the … Continue reading
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August 21, 2012
Apple is the most valuable company in history
How did that happen? Love, love, love. The best brands in the world move past the nature of conventional commerce relationships, it’s far beyond mere exchange of cash and product; it’s emotional and exhilarated — they are, like other love … Continue reading
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March 10, 2012
the love of handwork | apple’s colour-wash logo
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 … Continue reading
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November 16, 2011
THE SEARCH FOR LIGHT | GALLERY II
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 beauty.
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November 12, 2011
The Script of Screen | Macintosh and the iPad
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
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October 19, 2011
BOLD FINDINGS: TREASURE & BOND | NYC
EXPLORING RETAIL DESIGN / PLACEMAKING EXPERIMENTS IN STORE STRATEGY AND CHARITABLE CAUSES Notations with the iPad | Journal Making + Site Explorations TRAVELING We’re always looking. With Girvin’s connection to Nordstrom, we went to explore more — the West Broadway, … Continue reading
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October 10, 2011
iPad: DRAFTING CREATIVITY | BRAND CARTOGRAPHY
(iPhoneZenBrush) THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING | Part two Doodles, scribbles, mapping and documentation: Brandquesting®, brand navigation and creative brand business applications for the iPad
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