by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Places, Trends | Nov 19, 2012
Doing good, as a contributor to community, in design — could be “helping me, helping you.” How would you improve life in NYC? How can you help? Anywhere? As a pro bono designer? There’s nothing [as it seems to me, these days] as challenging as...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Motion Pictures | Nov 9, 2012
Theatrical design, costumery and captivation Who’s the man? There’s always been a supreme masculinity in the legacy of the mythic, Ian Fleming archetypal character and the theatrical playing power of James Bond – perhaps never better evidenced that...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Nov 5, 2012
The design strategy of simplification A friend, Stuart Balcomb, a musician and composer in Venice, California, reminded me of something, to design — and Steve Jobs. I worked as a consultant to Apple, at the behest of Steve Jobs in the late 70s, early 80s. I met...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People | Oct 29, 2012
The rippling of Genius A friend writes from London — a visit to the Victoria & Albert show on the design ingenuity of Thomas Heatherwick. It’s not the first time that we’ve observed his shining light. Earlier, working in NYC, we’d noted his...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Human brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 24, 2012
The Mulleavy spirit At Girvin, we’ve been following, writing about, the Mulleavy sisters for a couple of years. We’ve also studied, and written about Starbucks. Even Howard knows about our blogs. What is compelling about the sisters Mulleavy is the wild...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Oct 17, 2012
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 floor, then rise up to somewhere around 10 feet. People...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Oct 6, 2012
Apple I was talking to a group of Japanese design students yesterday at the GIRVIN | Seattle offices, about the idea of the heart of design — and the signature, the personal signing, that any designer will bring to any challenge. The signature is all you. And...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Oct 3, 2012
The Interspace: the new MySpace UI Wide Open — Inner Space — Interface It’s interesting to study the migrations of MySpace, in the challenges of their past failing and flailing attempts to maintain a respectable share of the social online...
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Motion Pictures | Sep 24, 2012
The Genius of Invention, the Infection of Enthusiasm Weeks later, I’ve been thinking. I was shocked to read about Tony Scott’s passage, in the manner of his so-called choosing — and more critically, not knowing the truth in, about, any of it. Who...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Sep 21, 2012
The heart and soul of Crows, People, Cityscape and Poetry: Tokyo Waka | A film KRISTINE SAMUELSON + JOHN HAPTAS image from Waka The Kaw-Call of the Crow | Tokyo. Who couldn’t forget this call? Tokyo CROWCALL: Wakaaaa! The character of Waka might relate more to...
