Inspirational Brand Strategy
INSPIRATIONAL BRAND STRATEGY | EXPLICATING SOUL IN DESIGNING UNFORGETTABLE BRANDS VS THE QUEST FOR BRANDSOUL—DEEPENING BRANDSPIRIT®— EMPOWERING MEMORABLE BRAND STORYTELLING AND VISUALIZATIONS. VS What if the core proposition of a brand—surely not every brand—spoke to...
A GIRVIN Gift for You: December Week 5
Happy New Year! Our last gift of December is something we hope will contribute to a successful start to the new year: a free weekly planner template! We’ve also included an optional cover page with custom art that could be used as a poster as well. Download the 8.5 x...
A GIRVIN Gift for You: December Week 4
Here's to a season's celebration of uplift, joy and thanksgiving. Happy Holidays from the GIRVIN team! Download your own 8.5"x11" PDF of the artwork.
Materia Spiritus | Brand Patterning
THE QUEST FOR DEEP METAPHORS IN SYMBOLIC PATTERNING, BRAND VISUAL LINGUISTICS In Paris, the above plaque was an installed signage in a small studio’s shopfront off the Seine, Rive Gauche. It was a place that I shared with Pierre Dinand, as a working collaborative lab,...
A GIRVIN Gift for You: December Week 3
Are you looking to shake up your traditions and try something a little more footloose? Try a new twist on a familiar favorite this season: chocolate chip cookies with bacon! This is Senior Designer Kevin’s favorite recipe—it was a big hit at the office holiday party,...
A GIRVIN Gift for You: December Week 2
Enjoy this free downloadable Blackletter exemplar! Start by printing out the download, then we suggest using some tracing paper and a calligraphy pen (recommended 3.8 - 4.5 mm) to get started. Download 11x17
A GIRVIN Gift for You: December Week 1
Enjoy this free mistletoe pattern to use as your own winter-themed background on your computer, iPhone, or iPad—or even use it to create your own wrapping paper! DESKTOP: 1024×768 \\\ 1280×1024 \\\ 1680×1050 MOBILE: iPhone \\\ iPad Pro
THE DESIGNER’S GRIMOIRE
THE INTERIOR PATTERNED DESIGN LANGUAGE OF TALISMANIKA™ GIRVIN’S SYMBOLIC DESIGN SEQUENCING FOR INTERIORS, FURNITURE AND GRAPHICAL LANGUAGE IN PLACEMAKING. Any designer knows that a simple plane, an empty piece of paper, a coverless book, an empty package or the...
WATCH FULLNESS | JOURNEY, PROCESSION + THE STRATEGY OF BRANDS
YOU MAKE YOUR WAY—IT’S YOUR MAPPING, YOU MARK THE WAY FORWARDS— A PATHWAY THAT YOU TAKE, AND YOU ACTIVATE YOUR FIRST STRIDE FORWARD. To get somewhere, it’s up to you to take the first step. That, of course, speaks to your life— the journey you’re on, what you’re...
DESIGNING TERRIFYING ARCHITECTURE WITHIN MAGICAL CONSTRUCTS
MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR THIR13EN GHOSTS. BRAND DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING. THE USE OF SIGILLIC GRAPHICS AS A PLACEMAKING DESIGN THEOREM. What about graphical contexts in making place[s]? I think about it as a pattern language, a place storytelling—especially...