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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures | Oct 19, 2009
Customized type face design, font development and motion picture design Over the course of the last 3 decades, Girvin has designed literally hundreds of identity design strategies with hand-drawn typefaces for motion picture main titling design, one sheets, posters,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 21, 2023
In the legacy of design thinking, there is a contemplation that the most perfected solutions are mechanically drafted, that is, the theory of rightful proportion lies in the principles of geometry as found in cosmical solutions, its marvelous symmetry and structure.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Storytelling | Feb 22, 2023
In our own history, we have been honored to cross from core motion picture identity to its applicable resonance in production design. Working on the Lots at Paramount, Warner Brothers and Universal, and meeting with the production crews for various film properties and... Read More
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,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People | Sep 5, 2008
A sense of experience in design, vision, luxury: touchpoint management “Architecture has been…presumably practical, economic executions of so many square feet of floor with lots of machinery… very little for the whole human being – places where one... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 17, 2009
Exploring the origin, development and renewed applications of the word. Brand storytelling, animated in humanized beauty — mind, thought, hand, expression. Calligraphy is beauty and writing, combined. And it’s long been seen as a kind of remote and obscure... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Uncategorized | May 5, 2008
Paramount | Marvel imagery files ©2008 Notes on the history of the Iron Man brand, the evolution of identity and how it comes to be. There’s a certain conception of brand design in motion pictures. And the point is that cinema represents inherently stories that... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places, Scent | Mar 6, 2014
The Craft of Making Senses In the spirit of sensate journey, being out there, I was digging around in the basement of an old building in NYC, down south, Soho way. Late 1800s — a subway nexus, just off Houston. While I was there, looking for stories, things... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, General, Motion Pictures | Jan 24, 2010
Sky Captain, Hugh Ferriss, Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes and the implications of design in entertainment Over time, I’ve had the chance to link with, and work for, extraordinary talent. It’s a blessing. And it’s a gift of the work — as a... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Places | Jun 26, 2008
Reflections on retail design and the minimalist intent: brand and reflectivity in experience design, community and place. Since I’ve worked in the space of retail design for about 30 years, I’ve been long exploring the idea of design that relates to space.... Read More
