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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 29, 2020
WAVE PATTERNING IN BRAND STORYTELLING—THE LONG NOW. [Image By @DacArc, Copalis, WA] ONE WOULD PRESUME THAT THE MOVEMENT OF A WAVE, WHETHER WATER-RIVEN OR SONIC BLAST—LIGHT, FOR THAT MATTER—WOULD SIMPLY GO ON FOREVER AND EVER. ONCE IT STARTS, IT JUST GOES— IT’S OUT... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Storytelling | Sep 25, 2019
WHEN YOU’RE FAR OUT AT SEA, SEE THE WAVES, SENSE THE RIP, IT’S TIME TO RIDE THE FAR HORIZON OF THE RIPPLING SWELL. Image above: Dawn A. Clark When you’re out there, far out there, watching the impending swell, there’s the rising curl of fear, awe and wonder,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 14, 2019
THE ART OF GETTING LOST. BRAND STRATEGY, GETTING LOST AND THE JOURNEY TO BEING FOUND. ALL THAT WANDER SHALL BE FOUND The Quest for Metaphor, Personal Symbolism and the Iconography of Journey IN THE WORK ON BRAND, THERE’S AN EMERGENCE: ENTERPRISES THAT LOSE THEIR WAY.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Dec 9, 2014
The Use of Writing as a Talismanic Device in Architecture When GIRVIN had an office in NYC, off 26th and Broadway, I used to walk around, looking in on shops and restaurants. I found a little curiosity shop, a dealer in ancient antiquities and I spied some familiar... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Feb 2, 2008
The signature is a marking, a signing, that links the gesture of the hand, the fingertips, the wrist, the arm to the mind. It’s a kind of drawing of the mind — your signature is the reflection of your intelligence. That is, I suppose, the character of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, Places, Storytelling | May 6, 2014
There are bad signs, and then there are worse signs. In the journey of a designer of signing and related environmental graphics — the core point of the design strategy is storytelling — the story might be: this is the place; go here, do not go here, you... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Retail, Storytelling | Jul 30, 2013
When You Get Out There. For the Curious, More Can Be Found. Doors opened, entries walked, the pilgrimage taken. When you get out there, closer to the heart of the story, the feeling of it: the place, the brand, the people, the story, can be found. For nearly 20 years,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Marketing 2.0, Places, Storytelling | Nov 15, 2012
Curiosity, where are you? Are you the Mayor of Mars? Yes — to the Mayorship. But to the geo-synchronism of FourSquare, the point might be journey, story, relevance and place. I’m here. I’m there. I’m no where. Mars Curiosity at Gale Crater... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | Jul 18, 2012
The book, that is the leaf of time, space that becomes place and a world. Guy Laramee bookwork in transformation — presented by Foster White Gallery, Seattle A friend of mine pointed out a show, of an artist — with a broad vocabulary of explorations, Guy... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places, Retail, Storytelling | May 21, 2012
Atelier Mecanic Crank, or Drink up? At Atelier Mechanic, there’s not much about this concept that’s actually “mechanical” — it’s more to artful and highly personalized assembly — a gallery of the personal experience. Soul... Read More