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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People | May 14, 2010
And me. A week back someone said, “why are you always writing about Steve Jobs, I mean, really — what’s the connection?” Calligraphy The connection goes back to Stanford. And the Stanford Conference on Design. Back then, I would go to these... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Jan 31, 2019
THE DRAWING OF MOVIE LOGOS AS A STATEMENT IN THE ARTISAN INSIGHT: FROM MIND TO EYE TO HAND AND THE ILLUSTRATION OF LANGUAGE AND IDEALS. When I was in college, I didn’t really study conventional “graphic design,” in fact, I skipped it altogether. The module on... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Apr 27, 2009
The study of the Sixth Century Legacy of Hsieh Ho “Energy is eternal delight”. William Blake Earlier in my career, decades back, I was exposed to the study of classical Chinese art theory and its applications to art, architecture and spiritual principles.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Designers | Jun 10, 2008
Exploring nature, industrial design, architecture and planning — patterns of designed intelligence. Arthropods are animals that belong to the Phylum Arthropoda that include the insects, the arachnids and the crustaceans. When I was young, and to this day,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | May 22, 2025
All the work that GIRVIN designs is bespoke, it’s customized per project. Designing customized typographical treatments for identity programs would be obvious for any designer worth their salt. Since the latter 70s, about 5 years into the draft of design, I’d always... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Oct 31, 2022
MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR THIR13EN GHOSTS. BRAND DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING. THE USE OF SIGILLIC GRAPHICS AS A PLACEMAKING DESIGN THEOREM. What about graphical contexts in making place[s]? I think about it as a pattern language, a place storytelling—especially... Read More
