Search results for: type design
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers, General | Mar 3, 2008
Saul Bass Saul Bass with Alfred Hitchcock on the set of “Psycho”. I gave a talk for the Arizona Advertising and Marketing Association some time back, and during that presentation — it was actually a conference — Saul Bass was one of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts | Feb 24, 2008
Organized by Paola Antonelli, the show opens with an act of high-tech graffiti. A can of spray paint is suspended from a system of cables and pulleys in front of a wall. A small motor guided by computer software winds and unwinds the cables, moving the spray can... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Human brands, Interior Design, Luxury, Retail | May 31, 2007
NY Magazine Article, “Tom Ford After Sex” —- While I didn’t get an appointment, for a tour and fitting…I did have the chance to check out the retail design of Tom Ford’s new story. Store, I mean. The skin of the store is quiet,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design | May 13, 2011
Books as objects in the design of interior experience I like books. I like being in places with books. Libraries draw me. Bookshelves captivate me. I love books. There’s something interesting to spaces that have books in them — books enrich place. If the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Places, Storytelling | Feb 27, 2019
DESIGNING PLACES: EXPLORING THE DEEP METAPHORS, SYMBOLS AND ARCHETYPES IN PLACES MADE RETHINKING EXPERIENCE STRATEGY In the journey of designing guest enchantment pathways, customer experience procession, there is one path to consider—step by step, what is 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 | Motion Pictures, Places, Storytelling | Mar 18, 2014
STUDYING THE CREATION OF PLACE IN FILM-MAKING AND COSMICAL INFLUENCES OF ARCHITECTURAL STORYTELLING. When I was in college, I was transfixed by architecture that sought to tell a higher story. Working with the majestic cross-thinking of Professor Lloyd Reynolds, I... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Places | Dec 21, 2012
How to plan and design a menu? Key is close collaboration — and knowing the diner, the experience strategy, the character of illumination, stylistic consciousness, and the budgeting of items in relation to the financial strategy of the brand. A menu, like the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jan 23, 2025
Could a brand be so beautiful that it should be made into jewelry? “Sure,” says Susy Korb, an earlier Creative Director at Tiffany&Co., she asked, “Could we create a font that could be used in our print, as well as for actual fabrication into precious... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Uncategorized | May 25, 2008
The design heritage of the Indiana Jones franchise. Reaching back into the deep territory of my imagination — and my history as a long-running movie goer, I stride the aisles of Fox Theater, downtown Spokane, the 60s — and riding the buses alone, seeking... Read More
