By Tim Girvin at 8:38 am on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
When you’re looking at something, how closely are you tuned? I was watching people watch. This is a habit. That is, studying people as they “study” — watching to see how people are paying attention. This couldn’t be any more … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 1:55 am on Saturday, January 20, 2007
T H I N G S T H A T W E F O U N D I N T H E F I R E Meditations on fire. In the consideration of passing, things move on. Moments flicker. Friends … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 11:35 pm on Wednesday, September 27, 2006
All things bright and beautiful I wonder if this crow feels beautiful — adorned as he is, banded in silver, white, red, blue? There is surely an added confidence in his stride, looking and bounding about. And he doesn’t seem … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 1:47 pm on Monday, February 20, 2006
Hello and good morning… I find this, seeing this, an odd mnemonic to the day — of Presidents, no less. I suppose that we associate eagles with the presidency, do we not? Not sure, entirely, what we are celebrating there…but … Continue reading →
By GirvinIT at 8:43 am on Tuesday, April 6, 2021
As many of my friends and colleagues retire, I contemplate what that means for me, if anything. My Dad retired one year earlier than the age I am as of this writing. What it comes down to is the relationship … Continue reading →
By GirvinIT at 9:00 am on Wednesday, December 13, 2017
The Design of Prada You might know something about Miucci. Then, too, you might know about Luxottica. Of course, I’ve studied these things pretty closely. I’m very interested in design and art, and how Design can make Art more powerful. … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 8:30 am on Wednesday, December 6, 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 … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 11:00 am on Tuesday, November 28, 2017
As designers, we stand to create ideas, impressions, messages and visualizations. And they are patterns — patterning of recognition, patterning pathways, patterning constructions. We create code, don’t we? You might ask, just what is a pattern? It’s an ancient phrasing … Continue reading →
By GirvinIT at 10:30 am on Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Sure, we all love type. We love letters that we can relate to — whether handrawn, clean fonts, old-style work or hyper-modernist future fontography. I go old, deep, dark, pre-Christian. Really old. And really new. I like both. Really old. … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 7:09 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
What I have learned in one day is t h a t : ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– E V E R Y D A Y i s a J O U R N E Y [SMALL OR LARGE] ––– That: however long, difficult … Continue reading →
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