Blogs By Tim Girvin
DUST
The scent of dust. The perfume of the journey. The spice of the road. I am sorting through a collection of delicate, sacred books. They come from many places, but like a bundled sanctum, they are all together -- near by each other, in the darkness of a room that...
PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE ME: The 5 steps of mentorship
GOING BACK, I realize those that inspire me, those that have taught me all -- brought me into their fold. In where I am, I make real what I learned from them. Being here, now -- I am what I am. Listening to the filtration of time, the strata of learning -- I go back....
FIRE HOSE
WHAT FIRE COMES IN A HOSE? Watching fire, I see a channel, it's a breathing entity -- while there is wind, the fire inhales and there is a kind of beautiful translation. I can't take my eyes off of the smolder, the coals, the roaring Anything that has a color, becomes...
SPIRIT PLACE
A PLACE OF MEDITATION; AND A MEDITATION ON PLACE: ST. IGNATIUS | SEATTLE UNIVERSITY An urban ark: a place of transport, safety and preservation of tradition and recollection. I'VE TRAVELED the world, exploring spiritual sites (and sights) from the Jokhang temple...
The Scent of the Prisoner
The Concept of the Fragrance -- and the Prison. What's Left in the End of Solitude? Listening to prisoners led Beaux to create perhaps the greatest perfume ever. I listen. I was talking to a prisoner -- this, a casual aside -- a man who'd been there -- in prison. What...
Synaesthesiae | creating brand experiences with multiple mixes of sensate modality
When I think about an experience, it's always a mix of complex impressions. I absorb. I like to sit and watch -- people, interacting with place and content. Sameness is less memorable. In the quest to create perfected brand conditioning, sometimes that disciplined...
The Adventures of Tintin | Logo Development
Exploring the legacy of a typographic design, embedded in the minds of millions. The above image, from Tintin, comes from the current site / launch of Spielberg and Jackson's pre-launch strategy of the storytelling of Tintin. Working with Nancy Goliger, former EVP...
InfoGraphical | the acceleration of content and search: redirecting in-formation to speedy visualizations
Pathfinder, the centerpoint of knowledge: Labyrinth do Outeiro do Cribo, Galicia "Sometime, looking for something, somewhere -- someday -- somebody might be found." If you're hungry, how do you understand the nature of food (information) and find the right path to...
Brand Touch | Sensuality
Sensations in Experience (Design) In working through a series of materials for a new retail concept, it was interesting to see the preponderance of materials that lusted after the slickest vocabulary of finish. Easy to clean. But, to the nature of soul in (brand)...
Brandfire: You
Seeking the fiery passion of inspiration: Tom Peters, August 31, 1997 I met Tom Peters, just moments after his (as usual) carefully integrated marketing of "the brand called you" positioning. As ever, he knows how to get the work / word / world out there quickly and...