by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jul 17, 2014
THE JOURNEY FROM MIND TO KEYBOARD AND THE FLUENCY OF THE FIST, IN-HAND, FINGERED — handwritten –– Thought-bound, WORDS, POEMS AND HEARTS DRAWN OUT LARGE. There is more to handwriting than one might expect. We’ve talked about the nature of design and the signature —...
by Tim Girvin | General, Human brands | Jul 9, 2013
Designing the Hand-made Letter Craft of a Human Brand What the person is, show shall his signature tell his story. The signature is a graphical amalgam of emotion, traits and experiences that craft the character of the hand, the gesticulation of time, the musculature...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Mar 20, 2013
The Marking of Meaning, Goodness and Brand Storytelling. We think about the idea of design as a kind of signature — with mind, motion, memory and meaning. What is design — but the sign, illustrated. And of course, to signing and illustration, that would be...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Mar 16, 2011
Girvin There is something to the touch of the hand. And what can be made from it, in the note from the one to another. The idea of the hand — the writing — there are psychic links that reach to the soul, the electrical bolting that drives the inspiration...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Feb 3, 2010
Examining the idea of brand, signature and personality I was thinking about the idea of hand-writing and the character of the person. By a typical extrapolation, I’d liken the brand to the human — in the warmed sense that brand is more than merely the skin...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Feb 17, 2008
What is the way, found? I was thinking about this. In the context of the work that you do. And what I do. I’ve wondered about that, the character of being lost, being found. Finding your way. And there’s a part of the work that we do that is just about...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Feb 2, 2008
The signature is a marking, a signing, that links the gesture of the hand, the fingertips, the wrist, the arm to the mind. It’s a kind of drawing of the mind — your signature is the reflection of your intelligence. That is, I suppose, the character of...
