Search results for: magic
by Tim Girvin | Designers, Interior Design, Places, Storytelling | Jul 18, 2011
(Girvin) Himalayan mountain protective talisman THE TALISMANIC STRING Coming into the office in Seattle, on one wall there is a string of talismans; they’re arranged — as a threading, running from the front of the office, the opening door, to the entry... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Jul 13, 2011
GOING BACK, I realize those that inspire me, those that have taught me all — brought me into their fold. In where I am, I make real what I learned from them. Being here, now — I am what I am. Listening to the filtration of time, the strata of learning... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Jul 28, 2010
What happened with Michelle Obama, the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards and MAC Cosmetics? Sometime back, I’d sent a note to Kate + Laura, each with a painting on bark gathered from the high hills of Kaua’i, and a story to tell — that... 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 | General | Mar 30, 2009
The string, in storyline and experience: Jack Larsen, Pat & Dale Keller and Khuan Chew Interesting, the networks. And how, in connecting, the listening, the community — it reaches out and reaches in. One meeting, means another, if you’re paying... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Apr 16, 2007
I believe in this, to the action of staying creative: The real presumption is that you are creative in the first place. Sometimes people who run creative enterprises are, in fact, great at running organizations, but less so to the challenges of creative activations.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Nov 1, 2010
Piano, noise, and translation: genius + the human brand > a sound making tool Linking up with friend Josh LaBelle, creative director, musical maestro at Seattle Theatre Group (I used to be a board member there), I had the chance to reconnect — after decades... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Apr 26, 2023
The mythological patterning of legend-building—cinematic narrative and ancient thematics—BabaYaga, the BogeyMan and the Hero of 1000 Faces. As any creative would tell you, story-working is a layering of patterns—there are the arcs of plots, the intertwinement of time,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Dec 30, 2022
THE EXPLORATION OF THE PERSONAL JOURNEY, FIREBRAND, STORYTELLING AND THE QUEST FOR THE NEXT, THE NEW, IN THE REFRESHED HORIZON. Each of us—we get out there—the farther reach beyond our circle. We walk out there, further, in some manner. To each, they take their own... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Storytelling | Dec 21, 2022
INSPIRATIONAL BRAND STRATEGY | EXPLICATING SOUL IN DESIGNING UNFORGETTABLE BRANDS VS THE QUEST FOR BRANDSOUL—DEEPENING BRANDSPIRIT®— EMPOWERING MEMORABLE BRAND STORYTELLING AND VISUALIZATIONS. VS What if the core proposition of a brand—surely not every brand—spoke to... Read More
