Search results for: magic
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Motion Pictures | May 17, 2016
Designing Alphabets, Messaging and Meaning. The alphabetic coding of “The Matrix.” The metaphors of threading content, digital rain, flow and the loom of meaning in context I was talking to a team of students from my college days, reteaching, again some of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers | Apr 19, 2016
Branding Buildings | Building Brands — Aligning Typefaces With Architecture In my earlier years I lived in a neighborhood laden with architects — like when I was 12 years old, in Spokane, Washington. I lived in a MidCenturyModern house [the one at 42nd & Perry]... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 19, 2014
Look Deep. The Art of Seeing In. I was looking at some stones that I’d drawn on, and I realized that “seeing” was a frequent reference — I draw on a stone and leave it out as a re-minder. Looking out for these — or any marked stone — white-granite-veined X or O... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Apr 28, 2015
A Person, a Presence, a Brand I was working outside of the city, treasure-hunting. Actually, I was working inside a brand, their teams, looking for treasure — those glimmering and glistening points of compassed reference, the surveilled pin-pricks of a brand mapping,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 27, 2013
The Scribing of Design Thinking The word scribe to script, as a verb, is a “scratching, a scribble, a marking.” Describe comes to mind, for in that scratching, definition and articulation of idea becomes manifest. It comes right back to the very nature of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Storytelling | Aug 19, 2011
sanctum SANK-tum, noun; Alone, this morning, I was thinking about the quietude of the place that I am, the place that I am being in — and I considered — I held, that idea of place and magic. That place of retreat — and respite. Long back, being in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent, Storytelling | Jul 20, 2010
Smoke, scent, perfume — the etymology of the mist of fragrance; examining the legacy of aroma, the waft of fire, in the history of language. The inspiration of smoke, scent and magic One might offer that, as a designer, I’ve spent a lot of time examining... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers | Dec 15, 2009
The savoring of acceleration — fast brand storytelling. Being one who is in the business of acceleration — the development of conceptions that speed, to market, into community, audiences, guest relationships, client spaces and beyond, the idea of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Nov 14, 2009
Exemplars of Apple Messaging and Brand Product Events: Theatricality and entertainment marketing strategy in the presentation of ideas. Being one whose livelihood is wholly built on the premise of relevant content, delivery and entertainment — the concept of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 17, 2009
Exploring the origin, development and renewed applications of the word. Brand storytelling, animated in humanized beauty — mind, thought, hand, expression. Calligraphy is beauty and writing, combined. And it’s long been seen as a kind of remote and obscure... Read More