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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Scent | Apr 2, 2012
What story, hi:story? HISTOIRES DE PARFUMS | Blackbird Apothecary –––––––––––––––––– What story, hi:story? Antique Chemistry and distillation equipment, here and below from Girvin blog story: Farmaceutica Santa Maria Novella | Girvin imagery What is the context of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 24, 2012
the creative hunger, the force of passionate making raven, verb i"m thinking about the hunger that is beneath the hunger. I’m talking less about food and more about the notion of the food beneath food — that is, what drives the hunger itself?... Read More
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... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 10, 2011
(iPhoneZenBrush) THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DESIGN THINKING | Part two Doodles, scribbles, mapping and documentation: Brandquesting®, brand navigation and creative brand business applications for the iPad People fire brands — brands are created by people for people... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 15, 2011
EXPLORING FEMININE LEADERSHIP The power of the feminine principal I’ve been working with three (new) clients, all women, whose names shall be held in reserve, for now — but it’s interesting to contemplate the character of the feminine, when it comes... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Storytelling | Aug 12, 2011
THE PORTALS TO SEEING SOME ONE WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT WINDOWS. Actually, I was looking at old windows and wondering about what’s been seen between the seer and the sight beyond. These were old windows — that were removed from houses. They were being sold... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Storytelling | Aug 8, 2011
WHAT LANGUAGE: YOUR MESSAGE? WHAT CALL: YOUR PLEA? WHAT TONE: YOUR HOPE? HOW LOUD: YOUR REACH? Sometimes I’m asking for help. But I’m not asking for help in the right way. One calls out, but the call falls on deafness. The point might be that the call is... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Trends | Aug 4, 2011
Studying the nature of surveillance | the lookout, the sentinel, the scout (and the brand). S E N T I N E L F O R T H E B R A N D Looking out: over the shifting world, there is what is flowing out — the push; and what is flowing in — the pull. The... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places, Scent, Storytelling | Aug 2, 2011
THE TOUCHPOINTS OF FRAGRANCED PLACE: MIND, MEMORY AND THE SENSATE AMALGAM In working with gardeners, I note that they are different people. There’s something about them, that suggests the touch of plantlife — that growing content and contact means... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Aug 1, 2011
L E A D E R S H I P M A G N E T I S M In the modeling of a group of people, there is invariably a “power pole.” Working with people, I look for that energized place of energy. Who’s there? In the clustering of people, there is the layering of the... Read More
