Search results for: symbolic design
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts, Storytelling | Mar 13, 2019
A CLOUD OF MINDS, CROWDSOURCING IDEAS, INNOVATIONS AND DIRECTION: WHERE COULD YOU GO? AND HOW COULD YOU GET THERE? CUMULARITY AND MUSICALITY: THE THUNDERSTORM OF MINDS, A MUSICAL WHORLING TOWARDS THE NEW: NIMBUS NIMBLE, TORNADO TURNTABLE, STRATOS STRATEGY: I’ve... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Concepts | Jul 11, 2018
YES, THAT’S YOU: NOTHING, ERASED, WASHED-CLEAN, THE PROVERBIAL BLANK SLATE? I found this twice, two objects that were mysteriously titled: “intentionally blank.” First time in a hospital room. Then another in another in a different place. “Intentionally blank.” What... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Storytelling, Trends | Jun 8, 2018
PATTERN COMPUTER LAUNCHED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA. [image: Pattern Computer] What if there was a unique way to surveil vast rivers of data and see rippling strings of insights in a wholly new manner? It should be said that the notion of seeking trends and patterning is... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Sep 13, 2017
TO GO FORWARD, YOU GO BACK. WRITE WHAT WAS. In my own experience, the study of the craft of design — which is, as we have explored — the signing of persona and intention, message and visual character, personally interpreted. To presume that a designer acts as a kind... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Places, Trends | Jun 21, 2017
THE JOURNEY OF LOSS, FINDING, FORGETFULNESS AND THE EYE OF SURVEILLANCE. My Mother taught me about watchfulness and listening. Of studying situations, examining human movements, physical linguistics, moments and interactions, ticks and tells, notes and reveals — as an... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 7, 2017
THE BASTARD LETTER | LITTERA BASTARDA, JON SNOW & THE CALLIGRAPHY OF THE GAME OF THRONES GIRVIN CALLIGRAPHY CLASSES WALK OUR TEAMS BACK IN TIME — THE CRAFT AND HISTORY OF THE LETTER, A JOURNEY IN PALAEOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL HISTORY. What was drawn then, what was... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 15, 2016
The Alphabet and Evocation; drawing the letter; voicing the calling. Like anyone, I look for inspiration where I can get it. Even a letter. I got a note from some friends at the Oxford English Dictionary. It was about this word: “abracadabra” — and perhaps you’ve got... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 1, 2016
THE MYSTICISM OF CALLIGRAPHY — DESIGNING TALISMANIC ALPHABETS In the journey of the work, there comes a point where you might be pondering, “is there more to that which I make, what I’m doing, this thing that I spend all this time with?” Is is just work? Or is there... Read More
