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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Mar 31, 2016
You just never know. Meditations on exploration and the beauty of being lost, and finding again. As much as you think — “it will go this way” — it just might not. And that way that it does go, it seems, just might be the way that it is meant to be. There are paths,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Designers | Mar 22, 2016
Sometimes you go back to go forward There’s a noun that is oftentimes used in contemporary parlance: “creatives,” as a description for those that work in creative and maker space. It’s an interesting idea, using an adjective as a noun, but it works. I was sitting at a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Motion Pictures | May 10, 2012
Stanley Kubrick + Douglas Trumbull > Monoliths on Mars Seeing the imagery of a so-called “monolith” [alá 2001, A Space Odyssey from NASA on Space.com reminded me of a string of experiences — working in Hollywood. During the development of a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Apr 27, 2009
The study of the Sixth Century Legacy of Hsieh Ho “Energy is eternal delight”. William Blake Earlier in my career, decades back, I was exposed to the study of classical Chinese art theory and its applications to art, architecture and spiritual principles.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Scent | Jun 25, 2012
Trending scent strategies | the track to knowledgethe vocabulary of fragrances. Do you really know what you smell? I was in the subway, METRONYC with a colleague from GIRVIN | NYC — and, coming down to the running tracks, he says — “whoa, that smell... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Interior Design, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Nov 10, 2008
Designing The Pearl | Lincoln Square | Bellevue, WA Working with an extremely tight and confined team — I, along with others at Girvin | Seattle, as well as architect Dawn Clark, AIA LEED AP, and Robert Norwood, interior designer, began an extraordinary... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Feb 17, 2008
What is the way, found? I was thinking about this. In the context of the work that you do. And what I do. I’ve wondered about that, the character of being lost, being found. Finding your way. And there’s a part of the work that we do that is just about... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 2, 2016
THE BIRTH OF LIGHT THE QUEST AND THE LEGENDS OF THE LIGHT FINDER I was holding light, an illumination that reminded me of a salamander of the luminous, curling like an embryo — light lizard. This, on a full-mooned night, the radiance spilling down and lighting the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 26, 2016
THE ALLEGORY OF LIGHT — AND THE SHINING WITHIN —- Aren’t we all looking for light, looking into the light? Seems that way. I look in the light and I look into the dark. I live in both of those presences. That which illuminates, and that which darkens — for they are... Read More
