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by Tim Girvin | Artists, Storytelling | Jun 20, 2024
The Dance of the pen—the drafted thought—and the illustration of language It’s an intriguing observation—the idea of the rhythm of speech—people talking, listening to words and expressions of thinking—the journey of minds, and the trails of their contemplations: the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jul 3, 2024
The Quest for the New, in Remembering the Past Contemplations on brand innovation and evolution patterning I bought a new car in Portland, Oregon, and I recalled my days working down here. Time goes by. And back then, I was working with Lloyd Reynolds—and later, a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Mar 7, 2025
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Fairest of Them All? Any study of this film’s current premise and promotion, the pitch and proposition— critical notes from the social community—might be up for a overload of remarkably acidic commentary. People, apparently, are... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands | Jul 31, 2024
The Strategy and Design of Mystically-Inspired Brands In our history, we’ve had a string of opportunities to collaborate with brand partners who are different in their visioning of their enterprises— rather than focusing, for typical partners, on the notion of “how... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures | Jul 10, 2023
Creative input from motion picture leadership Out—looking in. In—looking out. Exploring questions, questing for answers. In the history of our efforts in motion picture design, advertising brand design packages for films, it’s not infrequent that there is a direct... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Aug 22, 2024
How many times—thinking about it personally—have you been told that? Don’t touch! Hey, don’t even think about touching that! Hand’s off—not for you! Please, just look—no touching! Mostly, these days, I don’t ask, don’t look around for approvals, I just touch— unless... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Sep 5, 2024
Deep perceptions, brand metaphors and the avian sentience. For most of my life, I’ve been a student of the birds. I admire them from the perspective of their calligraphic flight, fluttering and drifting, flourishing in elegant strokes in the air. I’ve cut them in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Sep 19, 2024
The interplays in life, heartfulness and the courageous spirit. Thinking about the heart—and life journeys—in talking to my mother; we were walking the idea of courage. People, friends, family—they come and go—as we all do; it’s one in a string of challenges that we... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places | Sep 27, 2024
As you walk a journey—there are symbols in the path of your stride. As a person that has history in building places, thinking design in destinations, I tend to think about everything as a migration of symbolic content. Surely, simply, contemplate walking in a door—you... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Oct 30, 2024
The Nine Gates of Brand Intelligence In the long watch of the brand shepherd, steward and sentinel— it’s important to consider a 360º surveillance of territories. In a kind of mirrored language, it shall be called outlook and look out. If you visualize your brand as a... Read More
