by Tim Girvin | Artists, Designers | Nov 2, 2012
The etymology of design, the signature of personality — and your presence. The design of you is what you make of it. The design is you. Your story, your musculature, the tracery of your nerves and veins, how you draw, hold a drawing tool –what you see,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Sep 21, 2012
The heart and soul of Crows, People, Cityscape and Poetry: Tokyo Waka | A film KRISTINE SAMUELSON + JOHN HAPTAS image from Waka The Kaw-Call of the Crow | Tokyo. Who couldn’t forget this call? Tokyo CROWCALL: Wakaaaa! The character of Waka might relate more to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Retail | Sep 7, 2012
These days, the idea of an anniversary is the search for legacy — and there are many that are searching for legacies, threads, reaching back to the soul of earlier years, when another degree of artfulness, more robust storytelling, a new flavoring of history... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands, Storytelling | Aug 31, 2012
Sometimes, simple is best. Messaging, stories told in the language of your community, and tuning the nature of clarity. There is a bridge between the patterning of one’s personal character, “your brand attributes” — how you, as a person,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Human brands | Jun 8, 2012
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TRUE Real people, real brands, enterprises that are true. Have you been with someone, a person, a brand, that’s untrue — to you? You had an impression, then you went to “meet” them, work with them, buy from them —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Places, Retail, Storytelling | May 21, 2012
Atelier Mecanic Crank, or Drink up? At Atelier Mechanic, there’s not much about this concept that’s actually “mechanical” — it’s more to artful and highly personalized assembly — a gallery of the personal experience. Soul... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 20, 2012
YOU ARE THE ONE The focus of distinguishment – the one, the only, the you. I was at Seminarium, in Lima, Perú, over the course of the last couple of days — the focus: retail strategy. This connection started with a link, and an link — that goes back... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Feb 14, 2012
love me, do; and I will love you — and indeed — shall love:love All days. TO THE LOVE OF WORDS, THEIR MEANINGS AND MANNER, LOVE DOUGLAS HARPER Love daze. Any day should be about love. Love found, love newly discovered, long savored. It is the holding, the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Nov 15, 2011
THE STATE OF WOWNESS This is the first in a series of impressions — a gathering of images exploring interpretations of place, way-finding, presence and historical context; none of these images are raw — rather, each one has been tuned to emotional... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Places | Oct 28, 2011
FINDING THE HOT LINE, TO STORY AND SOUL I was walking the street, and came upon the asphalt and tar, street laying truck — with a sign that said: “POTHOLE HOTLINE.” If you find a pothole — call them, and they’ll fix it. I was more... Read More
