Tim Girvin’s writing on motion picture design,
originally curated by GIRVIN friend and motion picture composer,
Stuart Balcomb.
Beginning with “Apocalypse Now,” Tim Girvin has designed over 400 film titles.
We present to you his writings about the Process of Branding.
The Kimber Script Logo
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...
Blandism and the Detailing of Typographic Design Linguistics
What sways to blandishment? A lot of discussions around last week’s blog— and the notion of brand blandism, and some asked, “wait, so you’re saying that san serif is too bland, too plain, not… ‘exciting’ enough?” No, that’s not the point. As I’d mentioned before, in a...
Mary, Queen of Scots Movie Titling: It’s No Hatchet Job
By delving into these women, Elizabeth I and Mary, their history, and their passions, we developed ten identity renderings for Mary, Queen of Scots.
Protected: DESIGNING THE IMPOSSIBLE: MISSIONS IN GRAPHIC IDENTITY
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LOGO JOURNALISM | DESIGNING IDENTITIES AND TITLING FOR MOTION PICTURE BRANDING
Designing Identities And Titling For Motion Picture Branding.
Notes on The Matrix design
There's another symbolic value to the O and the 1 beyond the nature of the digital translation of content and interpretation. O, the curved enclosure -- is, in sequence etymologically -- from Sanskrit -- the sunya; Arabic, sifr; Medieval Latin, ciphra; the cipher, the...