by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 30, 2026
What about flow? The fluency of ideas, drafts of inspiration—and, as a wanderer, the meander of mindlessness? As I’d mentioned earlier, the journey of the journal is a way of managing the today, which then becomes yesterday, that draws a line to the future. You look...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers, Storytelling | Sep 24, 2026
[Image is a poster keepsake, GIRVIN’s journal workshop, of the rules of the journal-maker in documenting their pathways.] Your Mind Deserves a Room of Its Own I taught classes in journal making—which I see as a kind of room, a palace of memories and inspirations—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 Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Jun 10, 2026
L I S T E N T O T H E L I N K S I was talking to a client about music [brand experientiality]—the magnetic nature of the melodic narrative and, intimately, the human attribute of the swing of musical cadence, the ebullience of its expression in the context of human...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | May 27, 2026
Trends, Surfing Allegories, and the Soul of the Sea The storm-riven roil of the sea— which is stirring the waves of change—and riding the future. Where I surf the waves are irregular and wild—they gather steam from global swells and mix up in a frothy mix that is...
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | May 20, 2026
The font work of the road, the remote walls, restroom stalls and using industrial brush tools. I was influenced by graffiti artists and hobo code markers. To know graffiti, practice the art. In the 70s, I started marking stalls in funky bathrooms in NYC, marking over...
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Storytelling | Apr 29, 2026
When you work in a place, perhaps there’s a way to offer an uplifting message? A place could be a statement of mission— “I’m here, this is a reminder of why. I’m here.” Having been in probably 100s of offices in my history as a designer, I’ve explored a variety of...
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Apr 15, 2026
Integrative moves on the brand board of enterprise. The logo above, for the US / China Chess Summit, is a global tournament that GIRVIN created for a group of chess aficionados that see chess as a investment forum for growing acute thinking—the agency to strategic...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Apr 9, 2026
A walk-around hello, on the Lot, Summer, 2007 When I was working on the Paramount lot on Melrose—with the executive team in the theatrical advertising office—I frequently worked onsite in hand-drawing and tuning, improving logo art for various projects, including, for...
