by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design | May 13, 2011
Books as objects in the design of interior experience I like books. I like being in places with books. Libraries draw me. Bookshelves captivate me. I love books. There’s something interesting to spaces that have books in them — books enrich place. If the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | May 9, 2011
Girvin The drawn stroke of fragrance, scratched into the memory I go to the scent of drawing. That idea of the drawn scent is something that releases the molecules of creativity — a crayon (of the Crayola type) pulls the waxy molding of the hardened shaft into a...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Interior Design, Retail | May 6, 2011
Building retail strategies founded on constant change: innovation shop design and merchandising evolutions Blackbird Ballard (Girvin) The wanderer: micro stores, layered storytelling, authentic brands, Nicole Miller | Blackbird [Ballard] and others Brand legend...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | May 4, 2011
Girvin These are the days of experiments: everywhere, everytime. And great ideas, inspirations, and answers — coupled with the wisdom of experience — can click in an instant. See something, react to inception, go forward. Sensing is big — yet what is...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | May 2, 2011
Girvin The nature of design strategy, thinking and consumer engagement I was talking with a team international brand development people, for a project initiation — the challenge focused on the discussion of relevance. Literally — for this brand, this idea,...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Apr 27, 2011
The spiral of brand experience design: Girvin’s red thread of connective analyses The Analysis of the Concept of Place Making and Food Design Working for years on the propositions of food experience — from luxury dining to kiosk service, fast casual to...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Places | Apr 22, 2011
Core Values | Sweden — could they be designed? THE QUESTION IS, CAN THE VALUES OF A COUNTRY BE COALESCED INTO AN EFFECTIVE BRAND STRATEGY, THAT THE ENTIRE MARKETING ENTERPRISE — AS WELL AS TOURISTIC AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES — ADHERE TO COLLECTIVELY?...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Motion Pictures | Apr 19, 2011
Focus Features The folkloric intuition, legendary dimensions of the lensed visualization There are cycles, repeating patterning, in the engagement of story and archetype, mystery and beauty. When I was in college, I corresponded with Joseph Campbell, the grand...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail | Apr 15, 2011
Brooklyn microshops — a complexity of sensorial engagements | Girvin photography Brand soul placement, finding the applications of presence in impression and experience design. I’d given a talk, at an international retail design forum at Starbucks...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Mar 30, 2011
Shimenawa * 注連縄 Girvin The talisman of positive reinforcement and advancement: symbolic strategy, design and the meaning of words. Sometimes, there’s more to an expression that we might at first comprehend. Thoth, the trickster, God of writing Kom Ombo Temple |...
