Tim Girvin

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Startup Brand Lessons from Steve Jobs, the Wachowski Brothers and Stan Lee

By Tim Girvin — with Social Media commentaries and recommendations by Fletcher Helle

When there is a lesson to be learned, listening makes for the best course of cumulative action. Learn and listen, listen and learn. Watch how it grows. In my history, it’s the leaning-in to experiences on the trail of wisdom and great brand strategies that has taught me the most. And to lean-in is to list, as in —tilting-in to hear better the...


Tim Girvin | Designer Genes

GIRVIN’S HISTORY IS IN SCIENCE. Tim Girvin comes from a medical family and his own collegiate legacy was marine biology, comparative zoology, invertebrate physiology and botany. Tim studied dolphin intelligence in his first collegiate gig under colleagues of Dr. John Lilly.

GIRVIN has a wealth of experience designing within the science field. Tim and his teams have done everything from logos, visual corporate repackaging, and...


The Girvin Book Collection

The Seattle office of GIRVIN maintains and grows a multi-thousand volume collection of books on design. There is a wide range of reference works that has taken multiple decades to collect.  There are rare books, ranging from signed and numbered limited edition books, to rare books that are centuries old. A hand-illuminated Quran reside beside an ancient cuneiform ceramic cone from ancient Mesopotamia, a first century Greek tutelary epigraph...


Girvin, the Human Brand

Girvin has always been held in awe by many of his colleagues and peers. Years ago, when I was having lunch with the owner of a major ad agency, Girvin’s name came up in conversation.  He said, “Girvin really is who he says he is. He is a different thinker and an extraordinary talent.” 

Despite Girvin’s success, he carries himself with a certain humility. He knows shopkeepers, restaurant owners and waiters by first name and is...


Exemplary Girvin Projects

Girvin | Strategic Branding and Design lives, works and plays across a rich tapestry of creative projects. GIRVIN named and created the Yogurt Culture Company — a wholly new farm to city fresh yogurt restaurant in NYC on Park Avenue, just south of Grand Central Station.  Tim Girvin personally designed the original logo for Kettle Brand — in 1978, a small company that started from the back of a truck and is now a global enterprise...