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by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jan 8, 2025
The Quest for the Most Beautiful | Brands, Enterprises, Narratives and the People That Make Them. In our life journey, the threading of our work, as creatives—people that create— we listen, absorb, gather, interpret and make meaning. We work to import and deliver... Read More
by GirvinIT | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Apr 15, 2025
Solving brand challenges in a collaborative innovation summit I created the first BrandQuest® a registered IP for GIRVIN in the request of an unusual challenge by a team from IBM, fronted by Nobuo Mii in 1993—a mission to build a microprocessor-powered personal... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Jun 26, 2025
We tend to think allegorically about the work that we do— brand as fire, design as transformation, and markings as magic. And plenty of the clients that we work with think of their enterprises as deeply metaphorical and soulfully intentioned —light bringers, wellness... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places | Jul 17, 2007
7 | 9 | 07 The New York Times | explorations of the new edifice. I went to check out the New York Times new building. It’s not all theirs, of course. But, it’s new. The structure was created by Renzo Piano — I’ve long admired his work. Since... 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 | Cool People, General | Jun 18, 2007
Happy Monday. I’m sure you know all about Brian Eno. But I wonder if you’ve seen one of his installations? I think that I talked to you about sound in environment. How people can experience space in the context of sound. Maybe I’d mentioned seeing... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Places, Storytelling | Aug 12, 2014
THE VOLCANIC IMPETUS. ONCE IN MY LIFE, I’D TRIED TO BUILD A PLAN TO RUN [HIKE AND SUMMIT] THE VOLCANIC CIRCUIT ON JAVA, THE GREAT ISLAND OF INDONESIA — TO HIKE THE SPINE OF ONE OF THE GREATEST VOLCANIC ARRAYS IN THE WORLD, THE SO-CALLED “RING OF FIRE.” I hiked a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Retail | Jun 23, 2016
SHELF EPIPHANY, RETAIL DESIGN, BRAND STORYTELLING AND SHINING SURPRISES ––––––––––––– I was talking to a client about the concept of the shine. When a product, the shelf on which it resides, the store in which it lives — shines — what is that like, that light? Walking... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places, Retail | Apr 9, 2007
Seen this? I’ve been shooting retail and designspace for a while — and I go in… The Nokia people didn’t like me in there, too much. And I go out. And then I send this to you. I do like the sheer presence of the blue, here — especially... Read More