by Tim Girvin | Oct 28, 2024 | Diary
Out south, walking the far mist I am, this morning—looking off to the Ghost Forest, the ancient legacy of a monster wave, cracked in the earth, Japan, And rolling here—out there, the fogged forest, where dead trees tell their story, a force so great, they are washed...
by Tim Girvin | May 8, 2024 | Diary
This relates my history with ravens, likely—10 years old. Six and more decades later, I still think about it—that day. It goes like this: I was dropped off by my parents at a summer place at that was a boat-in-only location on Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. No roads to...
by Tim Girvin | Dec 13, 2017 | Diary
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. So when Miucci Prada was...
by Tim Girvin | Dec 6, 2017 | Diary
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...
by Tim Girvin | Nov 28, 2017 | Diary
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...
