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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Aug 16, 2023
It’s Not So Much About What’s There, or What’s Not There—It’s the Intention of the Movement; the Imprint That it Makes. And What the Viewer Holds Forever. As designers, we think about the statement of our design solutions—and the impact and memorability of the work.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Concepts, Retail | Aug 3, 2023
The Patterning of a Place, Storytelling Symbols in Space Culturally, any explorer of the world’s architecture will sense and see symbolic dimensions expressed in how places are designed—a cathedral would be an obvious journey-making in symbolic expressions. It might... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Retail, Storytelling | Apr 13, 2023
DESIGNING LOGOS AS A PUZZLE MASTERY SOLUTION Everything’s a puzzle, in a manner of speaking—each game is a labyrinthine array of choices, that play to decision-making that, in amazement, leads to the conclusion, a win or the continuation of another game. In the legacy... 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 | 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... Read More
by Tim Girvin | BRAND MYSTICISM, Brands, Concepts | Sep 15, 2022
IN THE RING—THE STANCE, THE FOCUS, THE BALANCE AND THE SPEED. I tend to think about everything as a metaphorical expression—there’s a poem, everywhere; there’s a story behind everything; there is something which lies beneath—and it’s worth looking in, listening,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Jun 22, 2022
THE STRIKE OF THE TWIN LIGHTNING BOLTS THE EVIDENCE OF LEGACY | TOM CRUISE AND TOP GUN Titling Design Trailer In my history as a designer of theatrical branding, I’d already been on the run for about 10 years [since Apocalypse Now] of working on motion picture and... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Places | Jun 10, 2022
M A K E Y O U R W A Y S BRAND SPACE—THE STRATEGY OF MAKING—STORYTELLING, PLACE-MAKING, THE PERSONAL JOURNEY OF THE WORK—WHAT YOU MAKE AND THE WAY YOU MAKE IT. Isn’t it so that our journey—as creatives, designers, wordsmiths, strategists—is a stride towards finding?... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands | May 5, 2022
SIMPLIFYING THE CONCATENATION OF BEING. Sometimes, simply being is—just by itself, complicated; it’s trying to be good to oneself, respectful of others, following a plan and a pathway, and doing good. Sometimes, it feels like it’s all a little bit much—then again, in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 18, 2022
IN EVERY ENCOUNTER THERE IS THE LOOK—THE APPEARANCE— OF WHAT’S ON THE SURFACE. AND THEN THERE’S: WHAT’S UNDERNEATH, THE BEHIND, THE SHADOW—THE DEEPER GLANCE. S O M E T H I N G M O R E Even in the digital space, there’s a story above, there’s a story below, there is a... Read More
