by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers, General | Mar 3, 2008
Saul Bass Saul Bass with Alfred Hitchcock on the set of “Psycho”. I gave a talk for the Arizona Advertising and Marketing Association some time back, and during that presentation — it was actually a conference — Saul Bass was one of the...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, General, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Feb 28, 2008
What is life? smiley groupings, right? —- vivacity, sprightliness, vigor, verve, activity, energy. I go backwards. When I think about life — going back to something that was before, that reaches to the now — and the me that is living now. Life = Body...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Feb 27, 2008
Big questions. What’s asked, what’s answered? …. What I’m thinking about: I’ve found myself always contemplating — why, who, were, what? And I’ve been writing about that for years. What | ever? For | ever? …. Here are...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, General | Feb 25, 2008
There are known levels of interactivity — is it us, to solely reflect something rightly inter|active? Or is it how something we create that responds to environmental stimuli? We move by something…and a series of triggers offers shifting visualizations,...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts | Feb 24, 2008
Organized by Paola Antonelli, the show opens with an act of high-tech graffiti. A can of spray paint is suspended from a system of cables and pulleys in front of a wall. A small motor guided by computer software winds and unwinds the cables, moving the spray can...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, General, Places | Feb 19, 2008
I’m interested in the work of Herzog & DeMeuron. The Dominus Winery | Napa Valley And who isn’t? Interesting, the art of it — the work that they do. But what I’m fascinated by is the notion of the raw realness of the work — the truth...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, General, Places, Retail | Feb 1, 2008
…. I’d written about Ken earlier, the work that he was doing on this sidewalk. I’d surely offer that Tony Goldman, the developer, should be applauded for his winning (and willing) innovation. Must be a visionary, to implement this street art, as an...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, General | Jan 25, 2008
To the nature of the human brand — the story that lies in the character of the person and how that genetic quality extends outwardly — there is, perhaps, no better place in the designer’s world, than the realm of designed power and human...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, General, Storytelling | Jan 11, 2008
I was thinking about the concept of enthrallment. It was something that was mentioned to me during an encounter with Diane Ackerman, the author and poet, who described herself, her life, in that manner. Life’s spinning, a series of enthrallments. And I like that...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Designers, General, Storytelling | Dec 31, 2007
1. How did you get your start? My start? Raw curiosity for one. That’s where it all started, that drove, and drives everything that I am made of. I am one that is easily enchanted by content. I can be ignited in a moment, if the right spark is there. A love of...
