by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts | Dec 14, 2022
THE QUEST FOR DEEP METAPHORS IN SYMBOLIC PATTERNING, BRAND VISUAL LINGUISTICS In Paris, the above plaque was an installed signage in a small studio’s shopfront off the Seine, Rive Gauche. It was a place that I shared with Pierre Dinand, as a working collaborative lab,...
by Kevin Henderson | Artists, Cool People, Designers | Dec 13, 2022
Are you looking to shake up your traditions and try something a little more footloose? Try a new twist on a familiar favorite this season: chocolate chip cookies with bacon! This is Senior Designer Kevin’s favorite recipe—it was a big hit at the office holiday party,...
by GirvinIT | Artists, Cool People | Dec 7, 2022
Enjoy this free downloadable Blackletter exemplar! Start by printing out the download, then we suggest using some tracing paper and a calligraphy pen (recommended 3.8 – 4.5 mm) to get started. Download 11×17...
by Hannah Moore | Artists, General | Dec 1, 2022
Enjoy this free mistletoe pattern to use as your own winter-themed background on your computer, iPhone, or iPad—or even use it to create your own wrapping paper! DESKTOP: 1024×768 \\\ 1280×1024 \\\ 1680×1050 MOBILE: iPhone \\\ iPad Pro...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Designers, Interior Design | Nov 30, 2022
THE INTERIOR PATTERNED DESIGN LANGUAGE OF TALISMANIKA™ GIRVIN’S SYMBOLIC DESIGN SEQUENCING FOR INTERIORS, FURNITURE AND GRAPHICAL LANGUAGE IN PLACEMAKING. Any designer knows that a simple plane, an empty piece of paper, a coverless book, an empty package or the...
by Tim Girvin | Brand Mysticism, Brands, Concepts, Retail | Nov 16, 2022
YOU MAKE YOUR WAY—IT’S YOUR MAPPING, YOU MARK THE WAY FORWARDS— A PATHWAY THAT YOU TAKE, AND YOU ACTIVATE YOUR FIRST STRIDE FORWARD. To get somewhere, it’s up to you to take the first step. That, of course, speaks to your life— the journey you’re on, what you’re...
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...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Scent | Oct 27, 2022
Gunung Merapi, Java IN THE MYSTERY OF THE MIST OF FRAGRANCE Living where I live—here in the Pacific Northwest—I’m constantly ambling in the rain and mist; and I note that scent of place is invariably mist-borne. The ocean calls out many stories, carries many...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Oct 20, 2022
INSPIRATIONS FOR CREATIVE ACTION, MESSAGING AND DESIGN | THE DEEP STORYTELLING OF THE SEA When I was a child, growing up in Spokane, there would be the occasional parental inquiry—“it’s time for the Opera—a vacation, and where would you like to go?” I had an answer,...
by Tim Girvin | Interior Design, Places, Retail | Oct 13, 2022
2001: A Space Odyssey IN 1968, I WAS FIRST STRUCK BY THE NOTION OF INTEGRATED DESIGN. I WAS 15. When I think about powerful moments of design discovery, it was likely Stanley Kubrick’s film, 2001: A Space Odyssey that taught me about the idea of thematic consistency,...
