by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism | Aug 27, 2026
Have you ever observed that certain patterns repeat themselves in your life? There’s a recognized marking—perchance a star, a flower, or a spiral—it’s a wheel, perhaps a tower, some object of significance; it’s a sign—you see it at one pivotal moment in your life, and...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Aug 20, 2026
The Hatching Stroke and the Ubiquity of Archetypal Design Thinking # I was walking the beach near my studios and found the above timber mark, cross-hatched into a log, the proverbial “pound” or number sign. And I wondered about it. “When this type of mark is made,...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Designers, Motion Pictures | Aug 13, 2026
There’s a conversation that’s floating around—about the notion of handwork, handmade things; the other, start-up side of ai design. Everything’s digital, of course, in the final interpretation, and application. But to my thinking, “by hand, with mind and...
by GirvinIT | Brand Mysticism | Aug 5, 2026
Ghost Brands and the Principle of Palimpsest I was thinking about the notion of a “ghost business,” that—in imagery—could be seen as something hidden, transparent and diaphanous. Towards the conception of ghostly-related design, and, for example, my simple detailing...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Interior Design | Jul 23, 2026
Brand DNA | The Narrative of Design Patterning in Placemaking, Objects and Experientiality As designers, we stand up to build environments, messaging and visual expressions, to enable ideas, impressions, textual content and visualizations. And they are patterns—a...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts, Storytelling | Jul 15, 2026
Istanbul signage Following on an expanded range from my blog from last week, which you might’ve read—“A Life Of Crime”— and GIRVIN’s history designing logos and design systems for police agencies, entertainment and narratives on international crime-fighting. This...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Jul 9, 2026
The world of brand strategy, and design, extends to crime-fighting. GIRVIN’s bespoke brand design of Crime Stoppers. In our history, we’ve consulted for various police agencies, patrol and security groups, building brands around protection of assets, people and their...
by GirvinIT | Brand Mysticism, Brands | Jul 1, 2026
Stories, myths, legends, tales—the link to humanity If there’s a story about a person, which might be a legacy, as in a family. It could be a product—a brand—and the perennial GIRVIN question would be: what’s the story, who’s telling it, who is this story for, what’s...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Trends | Jun 25, 2026
Tim Girvin’s Legacy in a Half Century in the Strategic Design of Hallucinogens When I was in my first college, studying Marine Biology and comparative Zoology, as well as Medieval art history and cultural studies; psychedelic drugs were commonplace—and, at this...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Jun 17, 2026
Creating environments with brand language and narrative patterning built into the experience design strategy. What if there was an intention to create a pattern language that could guide consumers, and renovate a retail environment? And, while you’re at it, simplify...
