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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design, Retail, Scent | Dec 7, 2012
Diptyque | Paris Perfumed Environments: The Design of the Fragranced Retail Experience To every product, there is a story, to every story, there is a telling — and in every telling, there is a person that offers that tale. In this sequence of blogs, the notations have... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jan 28, 2016
I’m looking for paths. The turning — Every thing turns and spins in its order. What? That? I’ve been out, looking at the stars, pondering the turning — and now, the great waves, that roar and roll, persistently. Listening to the water — the turning and churning, waves... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 17, 2015
What is the way, found? I was thinking about this. In the context of the work that you do. And what we do. I’ve wondered about that, the character of being lost, being found. Finding your way. And there’s a part of the work that we do that is just about that — helping... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 25, 2015
Design as a Transportive Tool ––––––– We’ve talked about sigils. Most of you might know about the sigil as a House Seal in the Game of Thrones. And I’ve written long about them — the sigil, the signal, the signature, the signing. I reach back to my childhood for the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Jul 30, 2015
SIGNAGE, MESSAGING, SCALE AND BEAUTY. I’m not saying that we’ve not designed massive signage. We have, we’ve created signing that can be seen for miles. Yes, Vegas. And other places. But what I admire are more elegantly restrained solutions. What one might think are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People | May 6, 2015
The Draft of Knowing — Stroke on Stroke, Journey to Journey, Line to Lineage. [a b o v e] Presentation wall, with calligraphic drawings and educational references, photographic brand boards, working tools, broadsides and flow examples. [FIRST POSTED 2010] A couple of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Scent | Apr 14, 2015
THE MOST EXPENSIVE PERFUME IN THE WORLD A happier scent. It might be said that the most valuable perfume there could be would be your personal scent — the layering of molecular expressions that gather everything from your being, your roadwork, scenes seen — the way... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 9, 2015
The quest for the magical — in craft, design, business strategies and brand. In a manner, the work that we all do is a quest — the pursuit of a question to be answered, the pathway to a question contained, opened and discovered. What we all do, and what we craft as... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 17, 2015
THE THREADING OF IDEAS: THE WEFT, WARP, AND LOOM OF DESIGN As a designer, there can’t be a metaphor more powerful than weaving — the ultimate layering of storytelling — the fantastic pattern-maker and emblem of discovery. In our work, we persistently speak to the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Mar 5, 2015
WHAT IS: “A NICE DAY?” Nice is one of those tough words, that’s so vague and so commonly used enough that it made me ponder — “what’s that mean?” In my own journey, I live in a place of perpetual curiosity about words and meaning. I listen to what people... Read More
