by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, Places, Storytelling | May 6, 2014
There are bad signs, and then there are worse signs. In the journey of a designer of signing and related environmental graphics — the core point of the design strategy is storytelling — the story might be: this is the place; go here, do not go here, you... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Apr 8, 2014
WHEN I GET CLOSER, I KNOW MORE As I touch something, I can feel inside. Isn’t it so, for you, that when you touch something, you know more? In a conversation, touching the person that you’re communicating with, adds a series of punctuations and pauses that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Dec 19, 2013
As you explore the perimeter, you scout the range of the work. In our working experience, and in being a Scout and the magnetism of sensation, you need to get close in, first hand, to understand the nature of a brand, its people, its culture; it won’t be... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Trends | Oct 8, 2013
The Contemplative Walk My earlier studies of Thich Nhat Hanh revolved around the walking meditation — grounding into the earth, walking, breathing, contemplating the open stride; that mindful, mindless walk, open-to-the-moment ambulatory meditation. Being in,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 3, 2013
What Are You Looking At? In the journey of examination, the notion of self study is part of that voyage. But who’s with you, who’s helping; who’s reMinding you? I think that each of us has an ancient soul, something that goes back and back, far into... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Oct 1, 2013
WHAT IF YOU’RE THE BRAND? We’ve written a lot about the brand of you. The truth of the brand will lie in the journey; in exploring any brand, our path is journey — what route has it been, what telling to the past, the present, the future? That goes... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 24, 2013
Go You To The Shadow World? It’s never about what you see in clarity alone, but what lies behind the Light. Certainty is never assured in anything. As a designer, when I’m working on a project, or a photo shoot, a story, a piece of writing, I watch for the... 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 | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Scent | Aug 27, 2013
A Journey into the Craft and Mystery of Making Perfume. Some years back I’d read Mandy Aftel’s book, I was struck then by her link to the presumptions of aligning alchemy and the making of perfume. Theoretically, it works — but, in her application,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Aug 22, 2013
Studying the Face of People and the Buildings that they Make In the past, we’ve talked about the modeling of a brand relationships — the relating [the carrying, the holding and the retelling] of that content, product or story in a manner that it can be... Read More
