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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Luxury, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Oct 16, 2021
James Bond in TOM FORD Dark Blue Wool Silk Check O’Connor Notch Lapel Jacket, O’Connor Tailored Trousers, Sky Blue Poplin Collared Shirt and Dark Blue Diagonal Silk Tie photo by Nicola Dove © Danjaq, LLC and MGM THE EMOTIONALITY OF THE LOOK, BRAND DESIGN, OF MOTION... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 20, 2008
I’ve been looking for truth. I’m looking for truth in my self — what do I do, in practicing what I tell, preach, to others. And telling the truth in the reign of the firm — what we do, what we offer, and how we go about doing it, in finding the... Read More
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... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Sep 8, 2010
Exploring the journal, the working process and the act of creative development Guillermo Del Toro | Pan’s Labyrinth I’ve written and spoken publicly in the past about the concept of the journal — the annotated sketchbook — as a place of making... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | May 17, 2010
Cinematic alignment, storytelling and brand recreation “Breathless” regains its inhalation. Fifty years after the film’s release in France, Rialto Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to a new 35 mm print of Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave groundbreaker, which... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Retail | Feb 5, 2010
Attitude, growth, solutions, strategy, design, charisma, trend leadership and responsiveness. Brands that live and brands that die. There’s a curious challenge in the realm of celebrity brand development. Some evolve happily, growing, selling up, selling out and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers | Feb 17, 2020
EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE YOU HAVE AN EXPOSURE TO EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN BEINGS. PEOPLE THAT SPARK INSPIRATION, AWE AND GRATITUDE, FOR HAVING KNOWN—AND LEARNED FROM—THEM. I think it was more than a decade ago that my one Dawn [Clark] introduced me to “my other Dawn” — as she... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Nov 21, 2010
All Saints Spitalfields | Soho (video from allsaints.com) Brand legacy, place, story, music Ever since All Saints Spitalfields launched in New York City, I was curious about the strategy of design. What’s the story? There is one, a part, here: It starts here,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Designers, Luxury, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Nov 30, 2008
Saying goodbye at the Majorelle Gardens. I did gesture to good bye, at his passing, along with, of course, millions of others — June | 2008. And most of the designers of significance on the planet: http://www.wwd.com/au_revoir_yves And, that closing in... Read More
