by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Motion Pictures | Oct 21, 2026
There’s a story in a story, a strategy inside a design, a psychic layering in the intention of the reach-out to community. Any good brandwork lives in the deeper, psychic space of fluency in visual and written narrative. There is a persuasive intention. Isn’t branding...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Motion Pictures, Places, Retail | Sep 10, 2026
[Image shot onsite at Disneyland | Tim Girvin] Working Imagination | The Imagineers at Disneyland In my history as a design leader, we worked around various propositions of entertainment at Disney—not only working on films, but Disneyland itself, in a string of calls...
by Tim Girvin | 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...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People | Mar 25, 2026
A legacy of collaborations with Elisabeth Lesser, Co-Founder of the Omega Institute If you’re an explorer of holistic wellness, you might be familiar with The Omega Institute. In its latest manifestation, as a description, it’s defined, on their website, as “a...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Motion Pictures, Retail, Storytelling | Feb 18, 2026
Classical lettercraft meets a precision draft, engraved in steel. In the spring cleaning of our moves to GIRVIN’s 16th office location, in the West Queen Anne Elementary School, in Seattle I was sorting through a grouping of files—like a large grouping, dozens of...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Jan 28, 2026
50 years ago, I got my first passport, it was in 1976—a US Bicentennial year. This was my first international travel, alone. I was 23 years old. But it was the beginning of a journey that would change my life. I’d been corresponding with designers in the US, as well...
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Nov 6, 2025
As a Brand Expert, ever Get a KPI in units sold, or tonnage? What if you had a project that had a number of units for sale as a core goal—your KPI deliverable? I’m wondering, have you ever been in a situation where the expectation is in millions of units sold, or some...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Interior Design | Oct 16, 2025
Brand Identity Integration + Experience Design Logo design stylization in scientific experience strategy and guest journey at Omeros. When you think about identity, brand identity—the principle expressed with integrated, comprehensive design, message and color...
