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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, General, Retail | Jul 11, 2009
Exploring the idea of brand, storytelling, personality in the casement of simple typographic messaging Sometime back, we drew a font that we used for a series of soccer posters. We called it Girvenza — for Diadora. It looked like this: Simple. Italian. When it... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, General | Jul 5, 2009
Exploring Quincy Jones, a vision of newly branding and defining the storytelling of music, culture, trend and coolness: Vibe Magazine Quincy Jones, who just happens to be from Seattle, one of the places that I live and love in, created about a decade and a half back,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Apr 4, 2024
The Brand, the Allegory, the Symbolism and the Story Our history is our story, it’s the nature of our wandering in the winding course of our lives, our explorations and poetic discoveries. The question might come to the nature of the wander—and what is that, just a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jul 3, 2024
The Quest for the New, in Remembering the Past Contemplations on brand innovation and evolution patterning I bought a new car in Portland, Oregon, and I recalled my days working down here. Time goes by. And back then, I was working with Lloyd Reynolds—and later, a... Read More
by GirvinIT | Cool People, Designers, Interior Design, Places, Storytelling | Aug 18, 2022
IN THE HISTORY OF A PRACTICE THAT HAS OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS—SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1976—THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUDIOS, RIGHT? YES, MANY. AND MANY MOVES. That comes out to the following sequence, setting workplaces @ The Evergreen... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 18, 2016
THE X-MARK AS SYMBOL What lies beneath: the nature of the x, the cross road, the crossing guard, the mark of the x and the magic of the nexus. MGM | screen site shot from handheld The symbolic allegory of the x mark. When I was in Bali, I was surprised by the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Scent | Jul 10, 2008
Exploring scent with Hoteliers and Perfumers Sebastián Alvarez Murena and Marina Sersale. Foto by Dawn Clark, AIA Imagine the idea of creating a scent that captures the spirit of your hotel. Or of your life. Your hotel: decades old – lying, heated in the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Designers, General, Storytelling | Dec 31, 2007
1. How did you get your start? My start? Raw curiosity for one. That’s where it all started, that drove, and drives everything that I am made of. I am one that is easily enchanted by content. I can be ignited in a moment, if the right spark is there. A love of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0 | Dec 10, 2007
The brand story as a communications tool, in brand management and experience design. What is brand, what is story, what is message, what is experience? What changes are emerging in the concept of branding, storytelling, community and communications? What direction, if... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Motion Pictures | Jan 15, 2010
The sense of time in brand: chronology, palaeography and theatrical accuracy. There are a grouping of writers that explore the concepts of typographic design and motion pictures. I’m one. While the notion of typographic precision, in design, is some what of a... Read More
