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 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 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 | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Apr 22, 2026
Feelingness in the realm of design thinking, sensation and brand. Speaking of the sensate place of feelingness, making some-thing—as above—I took some old Italian handmade paper, folded-it, tore it with a bone folder, punched a hole in the head of the strip, and...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Apr 18, 2025
The GIRVIN | Strategic Branding & Design team have a long history in creating pathways to humanize the strategic impressions— and tactical outcomes, in technology brand experience—for enterprise employees, community relationships and customers. In a legacy of...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 19, 2024
How Bright the Future? Could a Creative Brief be…Brief? Not really. Brevity isn’t the point, it’s the concision of the document. This is a talk that I was asked to offer at P&G, then later again at Mark Anthony Brands—the beverage group in Vancouver, BC., then...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Oct 30, 2024
The Nine Gates of Brand Intelligence In the long watch of the brand shepherd, steward and sentinel— it’s important to consider a 360º surveillance of territories. In a kind of mirrored language, it shall be called outlook and look out. If you visualize your brand as a...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Interior Design, Places, Retail | Nov 5, 2021
TOUCH ME MORE OFTEN. When you circulate, out exploring things—places, brands, natural experiences in the outdoors—what do you do? How do you explore? Me? I’m a touchy-feely kind of a person—I like to touch things, which is inherent in the character of my work, since I...
