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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 | Brands, Cool People, Designers, Human brands, Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Nov 20, 2018
WHAT I LEARNED FROM STAN LEE. AND OTHER UPSTART BRANDING LESSONS FROM STEVE JOBS AND THE WACHOWSKI SIBLINGS. Isn’t it so that, in any journey forward, you go back, to find the points where your heart first opened? And in any journey to know, you must go— out there,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Designers, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Oct 3, 2018
ALPHABET DESIGN VISIONING AS THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF BRAND IDENTITY As a brand designer, you’re thinking—“where is this business going?” “What’s the point, who cares, what’s it about—how’s it going to work?” And then, after these opening queries—that project work comes... Read More
by GIRVIN | Motion Pictures, Storytelling | Aug 29, 2018
IN THE SCHOLARLY WALK-BACK IN DESIGN TIME, COULDN’T YOU LOOK INTO THE SCRIPTED CALLIGRAPHY OF A TIME OF CENTURIES BEFORE? YOU SHALL STUDY THAT WHICH EXHALED LIFE INTO THE WRITTEN NOTATIONS OF MARY STUART’S ASTONISHING LIFE. You could go back. To go forward, look back,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM | Mar 28, 2018
THE STUDY OF THE PAST TO ROLL TO THE FUTURE: INVESTIGATING THE HERITAGE OF ART, ENERGY, MEANING, MEMORY AND CONTEXT IN THE WRITINGS OF HSIEH HO, 6TH CENTURY CHINESE ART CRITIC. It’s been said by one that “Energy is eternal delight.” William Blake As I keep working... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Cool People, Motion Pictures | Oct 4, 2017
BLADERUNNER 2049 VISUALIZING *EXPERIENTIALITY: LOOKING FOR IRREGULARITY AND DISSOLUTION. In the world of humanity, the pattering of humankind, people jumbling, engaging in the places that people congregate, there is invariably messiness and chaos. In fractionalizing... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Dec 5, 2017
AS A DESIGNER, A BRAND PERSON — A CREATIVE, A STRATEGIST, A MARKETER — YOU WORK IN THREADING ALIGNMENTS OF CREATIVITY. THAT COMES TO THIS PARALLELISM: THE SYNCHRONY OF HOW YOU THINK, WHAT YOU’VE WORKED ON AND WITH, AS WELL AS WHERE YOU’VE BEEN. IT COMES DOWN TO: WHAT... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Interior Design, Retail | May 24, 2017
Thinking processes for experience design strategy and deployment During the 1990-early 2000s, I spent time working with the Disney Imagineers and Park Strategists at Disneyland — designing experiences, brands and their integrated strategies in Orlando and Anaheim. As... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Incubation, Storytelling | Feb 22, 2017
HOW’S THAT FEEL? Girvin BRAND REACTIVITY: THE INTUITIVE RESPONSE IN INSTINCTUAL RECOGNITION IN BRAND STRATEGY THESE ARE THE DAYS OF EXPERIMENTS: EVERYWHERE, EVERYTIME. AND GREAT IDEAS, INSPIRATIONS, AND ANSWERS — COUPLED WITH THE WISDOM OF EXPERIENCE — CAN CLICK IN AN... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Jan 31, 2017
FLINT + SPARK = FLAME ON! THE ETYMOLOGY OF BRAND, INNOVATION, CULTURE + FIRE BRANDFIRE | THE ENTERPRISES THAT ARE FIRED BY PASSION As a designer, presuming strategic intention, the practice of designing — buildings, print, objects — is never about what’s on the... Read More