by GIRVIN | Artists, General | May 17, 2019
This month’s design comes from our designer Hannah Moore. Known for endless positivity and creativity, Hannah gets her inspiration from nature, witty word play, and a well-told story. An aspiring novelist, as well as graphic designer, Hannah’s whimsical creations...
by GIRVIN | Artists, General | Apr 17, 2019
This month’s design comes from our senior designer Allison Boisvert. Known for the simplicity of her design work, Alli pulls her inspiration from everyday objects that have helped shape her life. Forever searching for balance and inspiration from her surroundings, her...
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...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brand Mysticism, Cool People, Designers, Storytelling | Nov 28, 2018
CONCEPTIONS OF ITINERANT LEARNING—EXPLORING THE “GO THERE, GET OUT OF HERE” MODELING OF EDUCATION. “YOU COULD LEARN MORE IF YOU ACTUALLY WENT THERE.” I was talking to an LA team on my traveling, vagrant-based approach to learning—leaning-in to learn by...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Cool People, Interior Design, Marketing 2.0, Places, Retail | Sep 19, 2018
SYNAESTHETIC EXPERIENTIALITY AND DESIGN LEADERSHIP As a journeyer of decades of design, all over the world, and in partnering with many adepts in that journey, it’s interesting to study different models of design leadership. There are collaborators and team-builders,...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brand Mysticism, Cool People, Designers, Interior Design | May 31, 2018
THE HYPERREALITY OF SYNAESTHETIC DESIGN THINKING [images from Clodagh] It’s been suggested by many that designing holistically is really the tasking of design towards a sextet of responsive and sensational layers for beings and their experiences in wandering places...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Apr 11, 2018
APPROACHES OF BRANDED STORYTELLING IN THE CONTEXT OF IDENTITY. Paramount Studios Most people know we have a long history in the study of design and identity for films it’s been a legacy of decades of work and participating in hundreds of projects. It started out,...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People | Jan 5, 2018
OUR NATIONAL ART TREASURES | LAMENTING THE PASSAGE OF HAROLD BALAZS. ISN’T IT SO THAT EACH OF US HAS A PERSONAL FLOWERING THAT COULD HAVE SPROUTED FROM A SINGLE LUMINOUS POINT OF INSPIRATION? JUST THINK OF IT: YOUR LIFE CHANGES, MOMENTS OF IGNITION, ILLUMINATIVE...
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Designers, Interior Design, Marketing 2.0 | Nov 8, 2017
THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE MIND: FROM THOUGHT TO WORD IN DESIGNED LETTERFORM LINGUISTICS | ALPHABETS AS BRAND VOCABULARIES. Working on hundreds of logos and corporate identity packages, in decades of design and brand development for clients around the world, over time...
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...
