Books

While almost anyone can puff up his chest and call himself a writer, developing writing mastery takes as many hours of practice as it takes to become a ballerina. In ballet, it takes many years of training to be able to extend one’s leg in a perfect line that appears to stretch to infinity.  It’s called making a leg. Developing correct muscle formation in the feet and legs takes years of practice. No one ever thinks it will happen...

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...