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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Jul 12, 2016
The Thinking of Design, an Interior Journey into the Work and the Word: Sign the Signal, Scribe the Insignia, Script the Sigil and Designate the Signature. Drawing, scratching, scribbling, scarring and scripting – there are alignments in the movement and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Apr 5, 2016
SYMBOLIC EMBLEMS FOR INTERIORS: DESIGNING TALISMANS FOR A PLACE The Journey of Design, Place-making and Creative Environments: Archetypal Signage and Magical Badges As any designer knows, to brand and experience design, there is a link between storytelling and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | May 13, 2014
The Context of Holistic Branding, Experience Design and the Person Earlier, in NYC, I was talking to an Aikido master about sensation — and the sphere of awareness. It might be suggested that Aikido — a “way of ki,” is more about finding the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Motion Pictures, Places, Retail, Storytelling, Trends | Aug 11, 2011
Working the World: Innovations and Revelations, the Future Reclaimed I N N O V A T I O N C H A N N E L S Working in varying parts of the world, depending on the culture, your relationships there invariably offer to show you the newest and the coolest in town. Being... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Apr 27, 2009
The study of the Sixth Century Legacy of Hsieh Ho “Energy is eternal delight”. William Blake Earlier in my career, decades back, I was exposed to the study of classical Chinese art theory and its applications to art, architecture and spiritual principles.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, General, Scent | Jul 19, 2008
Exploring brandstory, legacy and fragrance in a venerable enterprise of 700 years. I have been exploring Santa Maria Novella for about 10 years now. And largely the opening of my exposure has been Jon Bresler — and his group in NYC, Lafco. The opening... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 26, 2016
THE ALLEGORY OF LIGHT — AND THE SHINING WITHIN —- Aren’t we all looking for light, looking into the light? Seems that way. I look in the light and I look into the dark. I live in both of those presences. That which illuminates, and that which darkens — for they are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 14, 2016
INTO THE MIST — MYSTERY AND UNKNOWING, CLARITY AND KNOWING THE UNCERTAINTY OF SEEING | A JOURNEY INTO THE FOG SOCIETY Time ticks as you walk in the dark, emerging or failing light — and you realize that your true, reliable measure of momentum is the sound of your... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Interior Design, Places, Storytelling | Oct 2, 2014
The Journey of Design, Place-making and Creative Environments: Archetypal Signage As any designer knows, to brand and experience design, there is a link between storytelling and sequence. A story has an ingress — a start, a mid-point, a moment of spectacle, of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Retail | Jul 20, 2008
Exploring store design — a collaboration between designer Raf Simons and artist Germaine Kruip — and a contrary study in contrast: De Vera. At the corners of Howard & Crosby: NYC. The hyper minimalist white space and laboratorium that has entered the... Read More
