Search results for: experience design place making
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 7, 2016
DESIGNING THE SHADOW WORLD What Have You Seen of the Shadow World? In any journey, the question is never just what is on the surface, but what lies behind and beneath. It’s never about what you see in clarity alone, but what lies behind the Light. And what the Light... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Motion Pictures | Dec 18, 2011
Customized, illustrative typographic design for motion picture titling design. First off, to clarify, we didn’t work on Ghost Protocol, out today — but seeing the opening campaign, as well as the film launch in Dubai (and working there reminded me of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Nov 3, 2011
Exploring the Place of Masculine Fume: the Mind, the Memory, the Mystery of Maleness. There are those that might propose that any man being preoccupied with the idea of scent is a fool. What comes to mind is the self-styled buck that gets on the elevator wafting a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General | Dec 8, 2008
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Congratulates Barack Obama Exploring definition of trend, in action, in the pursuit of the new. “The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.” Joan Miro I’ve wondered about the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General | Mar 8, 2008
The OED: “brandish” — Brand as fire. Notes on the Place of being. Considering meaning and etymology, reflections on distinction and memory of meaningful experience. I had a conversation with a friend of mine, Paula Rees. She’s a placemaker. Her... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Retail | Nov 1, 2009
Exploring tiny market communities and micro retail — small shopping is beautiful While I’ve (and the Girvin team) had the chance to work on some of the largest retail groups in the world, namely Sogo&Seibu Co., Ltd. (Millennium Retailing) and their... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 11, 2016
Brand core: what lies within? The idea of finding the soul of the brand is something that many might immediately chafe against, or laugh out loud — the sheer presumption: brand = soul. But I’m finding that this is increasingly the place in which Girvin works, as well... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 15, 2009
Notes on the choreography of experience: brandstories, the art of dance, life and business entwined. A long and complex titling, that is; but it’s the title for an exploration on the alignment between dance and fire, and movement, and life, and love, and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Designers, General, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Mar 1, 2009
The line between the story, the visualization, the brand. Story — told. Story — visualized. There’s a thread that runs between the original telling, and the next telling in story — and the next, and the next, and the next. One person tells a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Designers, Interior Design, Luxury, Places | Jan 26, 2009
Exploring the concept of wellness in experience design and environmental graphics. Two years ago, we began working on the development of the Canyon Ranch Living® | Miami concept in Miami Beach, Florida. It’s open, as of a couple of weeks ago. To their position,... Read More
