by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 26, 2012
Signing [and storytelling] buildings = building brand, branding buildings: Designing customized retellings of the principle of buildings, their architecture and way finding. And selling them. Earlier, in our legacy, opening forays into signing systems, we worked with...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Jan 4, 2012
Explorations, Archaeology, Design Integrations Puck REI, main floor — Image above, shot 12.3.2010 ––––––––– My family has history with the Recreational Equipment cooperative. Earlier in our explorations of the outdoors, we’d travel to REI for camping...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 28, 2011
GALLERY VI | THE STATE OF WOWNESS* SOMETIMES, IT’S LESS ABOUT THE MERE “GO THIS WAY” [OR DON’T] AND MORE TO GO ANOTHER WAY, SCENE, SEEN, BEAUTY, TOUCHED. ARTFULLY, THIS PATH. AS A LONG RUNNING DESIGNER OF SHOPFRONTS, SIGNING SYSTEMS, LOOKING AT...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 25, 2011
THE STATE OF WOWNESS* IF I’M THINKING ABOUT THE WAY, THE WALKING ROUTE — IT’S LIKE A LONG STRIDE TO THE SOMETHING THAT LIES AT THE END. THERE’S A RHYTHM, A SEQUENCING OF PILLARS THAT MARK THE TIME. STEP BY STEP. LOOKING UP, IT’S STEEP,...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 15, 2011
THE STATE OF WOWNESS This is the first in a series of impressions — a gathering of images exploring interpretations of place, way-finding, presence and historical context; none of these images are raw — rather, each one has been tuned to emotional...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Oct 28, 2011
FINDING THE HOT LINE, TO STORY AND SOUL I was walking the street, and came upon the asphalt and tar, street laying truck — with a sign that said: “POTHOLE HOTLINE.” If you find a pothole — call them, and they’ll fix it. I was 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,...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Jan 4, 2011
Examining the shopfronts, façades and skins of South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida. Signing design: strategies of visualization as an emotional storytelling. The evocations of deco. Take me someplace that feels right. There are levels to signing. On the one front, signs...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places | Oct 13, 2010
Mapping concepts of gaming procession and built design: exterior brand experience storytelling (what’s this place about?); entry into the gaming world; sequencing gaming technology (red circles) for luck perceptions; creating visible targets for more hospitality...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | May 25, 2010
The architecture of type “The map is not the territory. Shaping context & connection is an act of architecture. A new form of space requires a new form of architecture. Space made of information requires information architecture. ” Alfred Korzybski...
