PR for People

The Girvin Book Collection

PR for People Team

November 03, 2015

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...

Business

Girvin, the Human Brand

Patricia Vaccarino

November 03, 2015

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...

Business

Exemplary Girvin Projects

Patricia Vaccarino

November 03, 2015

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...

Business

Girvin designs many things

Patricia Vaccarino

November 02, 2015

Known for his exemplary commercial portfolio, Girvin designs many things. In his studio, he has designed tables crafted from industrially-reclaimed timber, long horizontal sheaths of wood showing the true grain, knots and separation of grain in the wood. Along the smooth grain, there is the pattern and imagery of a profound level of thinking. Giant symbolic brushstrokes render concepts of [circle] for holism, [the whorl] for...

Small Business

American Economy Lures Blanca Mata

Kindra Foster

November 02, 2015

Owning a successful business is the dream that brings more than one million people to the United States every year.* Blanca Mata, a Columbian-born American, is one such entrepreneur. She owns the bustling Arepas and More Café in Orlando, Florida. Her restaurant specializes in arepas, filled flatbread sandwiches prominent in Venezuelan cuisine.

With the sound of clinking dishes and cheerful conversation in the background and her...

News

The Alchemy of Design Thinking

Patricia Vaccarino

November 01, 2015

Tim Girvin is well known for being an award-winning American designer, but his talent takes many shapes and forms. Calligrapher, illustrator, writer, public speaker and photographer, these professional titles do little to capture the essence of a man who has become legendary. Oft-considered to be a designer’s designer, other designers revere him to the extent that some imitate him—...

Small Business

Swiss Immigrants Bake Their Way to the American Dream

Kindra Foster

October 30, 2015

Thomas and Helene Stohr came to North America from Switzerland a decade and a half ago. They first lived in Canada with their two sons, then moved to New England. Their Swiss bakery in Massachusetts serves authentic, all-natural Swiss foods, just like those families in Switzerland enjoy.

The Stohrs began their bakery as a home-based business in 2006. They baked all day and Thomas delivered the ultra-fresh foods in the evenings....

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