by Tim Girvin | Aug 13, 2010 | Diary
DRIVING, AND SHOOTING, IN A JOURNEY OF 4 HOURS. SPONTANEITY AND IMAGERY. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHY — AND I WRITE ABOUT IT, DESIGN AROUND IT, SHOOT IT. AND I PACKAGE AND DESIGN OTHER PHOTOGRAPHER’S WORK. DOING THAT, GIVES ONE A RESPECT...
by Tim Girvin | May 14, 2010 | Diary
Presentation wall, with calligraphic drawings and educational references, photographic brand boards, working tools, broadsides and flow examples. Yesterday, exploring the hand drawing of letterforms, with a team from Girvin, Inc., and it was about finding motion,...
by Tim Girvin | Mar 28, 2010 | Diary
the arc of heaven one spring stroke, that great, arcing curve of beauty, a bow to heaven which is the doubl’d arrow-slinger that celebrates that dawn, that just now closes — revealing the pearl, she hanging in the sky like one luminous pendant —...
by Tim Girvin | Mar 27, 2010 | Diary
BRANDFIRE As a designer, presuming strategic intention, the practice is never about what’s on the surface alone, but more to what lies beneath. The legacy of any design decision lies in historical experience — it is about the story of what has been, what...
by Tim Girvin | Sep 2, 2009 | Diary
Photo by Tim Girvin Those of us that have been around…crows, rooks, ravens, jays, magpies and jackdaws. Have known and loved the raven, and family, in all manifestations for years. Why now, would there be such renewed and continuing enthusiasm about the crow...
by Tim Girvin | Aug 16, 2009 | Diary
Notes on installations, surprise and the awakening of beauty, discovered. I’ve written about the idea of poetry on the wind, words that gesture to an impression, that tied to a string, written on handmade paper or the stock of recycled paper bags, flutter and...
