Search results for: place making
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Oct 23, 2019
Notes on signing, wayfinding, alphabets and recognition. When you are lost, where do you go, what do you do? Some would say, “I’d look at my phone.” Or “I’d look at the Sun. Where is it, anyway?” You can, metaphorically, look for a sign—some augury that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Jul 1, 2019
LAYERING MESSAGES AND IMAGERY IN BRAND WORKSHOPPING. THE CARTOGRAPHY OF BRANDSCAPE (Digital Brush work) MAPPING BRAND THINKING | Part two THE DOODLING OF IDEAS, PATHWAYS OF EXPLORATION SCRIBBLED, BRAND MAPPING AND DOCUMENTATION: Brandquesting®, brand navigation and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Storytelling | Oct 25, 2017
STORYTELLING NINTENDO BRAND DESIGN FOR NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS, GAME BOY, SUPER NINTENDO, VIRTUAL BOY AND ULTRA64. OLDER, LEGACY GAMING SYSTEMS are becoming more popular, as in antiquated coolness, old hip as new, dope software. Even Atari shows up in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Marketing 2.0, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Aug 16, 2017
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S NARRATIVE WEAVING IN DUNKIRK I saw Dunkirk the other night, and it was interesting to study — to watch and walk the design and the holism of its building: the place that it makes in mind, heart and sensation. The building of the design of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Interior Design | May 10, 2017
SPIRITSP[L]ACE WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THAT IS THE MOST PROFOUNDLY POWERFUL, SPIRITUALLY RIVEN, MAGNETICALLY CAPTIVATING PLACE? WHAT’S UNFORGETTABLE? Some know about my experiences, early on, bringing artist / designer James Turrell to Seattle, as a COCA board member,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | Mar 14, 2017
THE LEGENDARY SYMBOLISM OF THE HATCH MARK, THE HASH TAG, HATCHING STROKES AND THE UBIQUITOUS # DESIGN THINKING, ARCHETYPES AND ALLEGORY. In a manner, this speaks to the symbolism of place, that was just my journey this past week in Boise, ID — talking then to the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Nov 24, 2016
A MEDITATION OF THANKFULNESS: PASSAGES AND CHAOS: 2016 | KEEP DEATH BEFORE YOU Why skulls, someone asked? Take a minute. Thursday, 11.24.2016. 2016 has been, and is, a very difficult year. Not done yet. No, there’s no economic [re] or collapse, but there’s been a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Nov 22, 2016
There is a legend, and there was once a mere story, about the Old American West — one that has transfixed the world. Who’s not compelled to admire some part of that storytelling? Or know some rawhide narrative, that has been shared — campfire round, out on the Range,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Sep 29, 2016
Brands that are clear. Brands that are fuzzy. Smoky brands, uncertain visioning, vague commitments fuzzy ˈfəzē/ adjective 1. having a frizzy, fluffy, or frayed texture or appearance. “a girl with fuzzy dark hair” synonyms: frizzy, fluffy, woolly; More 2.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Motion Pictures | May 17, 2016
Designing Alphabets, Messaging and Meaning. The alphabetic coding of “The Matrix.” The metaphors of threading content, digital rain, flow and the loom of meaning in context I was talking to a team of students from my college days, reteaching, again some of the... Read More
