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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Aug 14, 2014
Exploring Design | Culture | Place: Iceland and a Graphical History In the journey of anyplace, anywhere, there is a re-counting, as you walk back in time, you count your moments and you gather up your steps, in recounting. And sometimes that striding will take you... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Human brands | Nov 3, 2014
The Grace of Handwriting: Soul Drawings It is the physiological nature of our being that what the hand offers reaches back to the psychical current of the mind. In the journey of drawing, learning the way of The Seeing Hand, I was studying the treasury of master... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Interior Design, Places | May 20, 2014
The layering of textured sensation at Comme des Garçons | Dover Street Market | NYC In one’s career, there are intersections, points at which you make a crossroads crossing — you come into the intersection going one way, and you leave that, as crossing... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Sep 10, 2013
The Craft of the Hand, the Story, the Image Over time, legends come into play. And if you work the craft, follow your inspirations, you can get to where you want to — the legends, the myths, the stories. But any quest won’t be without travails, challenges,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Human brands | Dec 26, 2012
When I was in Bhutan, high in the misted Himalayan mountains, I’d spied a remote monastery and spoke to my guide, Tsewang Nidup about “getting up there.” We did get up there, like nearly every other lonely vista we aspired to summit —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Human brands | Dec 17, 2012
Richard Meier and Massimo Vignelli [above] video | Nowness When I was working in NYC, decades back, I’d linked to Richard Meier on the subject of typography and signing. The selected font of study, designed by another classical alphabet scholar and typographic... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands | Oct 6, 2012
Apple I was talking to a group of Japanese design students yesterday at the GIRVIN | Seattle offices, about the idea of the heart of design — and the signature, the personal signing, that any designer will bring to any challenge. The signature is all you. And... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Human brands, Luxury, Scent | Sep 9, 2011
What is the nature of the perfected marvel, in scent? Really — you smell marvelous? I got a note from Barneys New York. It was really about Byredo — I’d made some notes about them earlier. Y O U S M E L L M A R V E L ? Ben Gorham’s drawn up... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Human brands, Scent | Oct 11, 2010
Bertrand Duchaufour at Madison Avenue L’Artisan (photo Tim Girvin) Exploring the context of experience and the interpretation of place — in scent. It’s interesting, the idea of thinking about working in smell and place — exploring the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Human brands, Interior Design | Jun 7, 2010
Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre Considering a design inspiration based on mid-20th century industrial aesthetic In studying the design ethos of Starbucks retail design, I came into learning more about their strategy in a series of meetings working with another... Read More
