by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Motion Pictures | May 17, 2016
Designing Alphabets, Messaging and Meaning. The alphabetic coding of “The Matrix.” The metaphors of threading content, digital rain, flow and the loom of meaning in context I was talking to a team of students from my college days, reteaching, again some of the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Apr 14, 2016
LOOK BACK TO FIND MORE As a designer, many of us watch the trends of design, over time — we look back 10 years, 20 years — 30, 50 years. We think about the cool airspun design of the 50s. Or we jump back to the 20s and 30s, we study post martial, WWII...
by Tim Girvin | Designers | Jul 23, 2008
Notes on making typography by hand, for perfectly tailored applications — a Girvin legacy. For decades, Girvin has been making typefaces by hand, completely customized to our client project applications. It’s a story that is surely understood internally...