Search results for: type / font design
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures | Mar 10, 2010
The Character of the Alphabet and the Maze of Knowing, the Real and Uncertain. What’s real, anyway? And — to the question of “any way, which?” what is the right “reading”? There’s a mystery in the alphabet — one, ages... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Apr 27, 2022
Obviously, the question of beauty doesn’t propound solely a complicated design— instead, it could be profoundly simple—so delicately balanced and restrained that it catalyzes disciplined elegance. But when one calculates the etymology—in reverse—of beautiful graphics,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers | Apr 19, 2016
Branding Buildings | Building Brands — Aligning Typefaces With Architecture In my earlier years I lived in a neighborhood laden with architects — like when I was 12 years old, in Spokane, Washington. I lived in a MidCenturyModern house [the one at 42nd & Perry]... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Apr 30, 2021
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own. I resign. —NUMBER 6 I introduced a friend of mine to Patrick McGoohan’s “The Prisoner,” a series that he conceived, starred in and produced for a limited run in the 60s.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | Jul 9, 2025
An color-washed innovation in handcrafted lettering for commerce During my earlier years, I got a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, in funding a journey, a type designer’s odyssey—my so-called “Alphabet Odyssey,” to meet, talk and share with the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Jan 12, 2023
DESIGNING LOGO ART IN THE CONSTRUCT OF PALÆOGRAPHY AND LETTERFORM CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE. GIRVIN MOVIE LOGOS In a string of presentations in LA, as well as other parts of the country, I’ve spent time walking our process to motion picture studios, advertising agencies... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Designers | Jun 29, 2020
MY MEETINGS WITH MILTON GLASER t h a n k y o u ––––––– A voyage of inspired imagination. Milton Glaser passed onwards after 91 years of creativity. What a legacy that he has left behind to us all. When you are young, you recall points of connection that are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Cool People | Oct 24, 2011
The Legacy of Type Studies | Reaching Back “It’s been said that the first stroke of any alphabet is the vertical, drawn with the finger — from heaven, to earth. In the mysteries of the origin of writing, it is the first stroke that cracks the light... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Motion Pictures | Feb 11, 2013
Design studies for the LOTR and Peter Jackson The process of film identity and brand development is intensely competitive, there are a series of talents, team and agencies whose sole enterprises are focused 100% of the time on theatrical advertising — for an... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Designers | Aug 2, 2017
THE MYSTICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE ALPHABET To know the past is to know the future. So in grasping the past, I look into the words to build design strategies — and what it means in the craft of the work, as well as the solution-finding of design [un]thinking. That is,... Read More
