Richard Garvin, AOCA Practicing professional retail and product designer for 30 years Address: 10 Glenmont Park Road Cell: 416 729-2310 Toronto, ON M4E 2M9 Home: 416 691-4071 Professional LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-garvin/a/473/48b Portfolio Web Site: https://www.behance.net/richardc55a Illustrative Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/gallery/RT-Garvin-Concept/7942959 Education: AOCA, The Ontario College of Art 1982 (Industrial Design) Sheridan College, Computer Graphics & Animation 1984 Design History 2015 – 2016: Envision Sales: Project Creative Director

• Environmental/ Architectural design for Envision’s main client base which included RBC, CIBC, Citi Bank and Bank of America. Responsible for creative branch design incorporating new interactive technology, contemporary consultation furniture and digital in-branch experience zones with a focus on customer retention. Brought in Shoppers Drug Mart as a client to design next generation cashless check out kiosks now in trials in several stores.

2013 – 2015: Ontario Col lege of Art & Design University

• Industrial Design Faculty: Taught Industrial Design foundational principals to first year students: Introduction and intermediate drawings skills in perspective drawing, traditional rendering and visualization. Lunch and Learns were offered to the entire student body based on my knowledge and research on smart fabrics, emerging new material technology and transportation design.

2011 - 2015: Garvin Total Retai l : Pr inciple Owner

• Clients include: Shoppers Drug Mart, BMO, Joe Jackman Reinvents, LPI Group Advertising, The Taylor Group, Toronto Rehab Institute, Bruno’s Signature Gourmet Foods, Rabba Fine Foods.

• Services included store planning, merchandising and specialty fixturing, branding and presenting trends and retail innovations upon clients request.

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Richard Garvin, AOCA Design History Continued… 2010 - 2012: Member of Central Group, Applied Innovation Center

• Presentations on Trends and Technologies to Industry leaders and manufactures including P&G, Delegation of South African Retailers, U of T MBA Presentations

2008 - 2011: MC3 Global Retai l Design: Vice President Strategic Planning and Design

• Clients include: Staples, T-Mobile, Pioneer Petroleum, Rey Super Mercado (Panama), Panafoto (Panama). Extensive large store planning for Panama’s largest grocery store chain.

2005 - 2008: Envision Sales: Vice President Strategy and Design

• Clients include: Rogers, Mark’s Work Warehouse, Wal-Mart, BMW, Holt Renfrew, BMO, TD Bank, The Bay, Sapient USA

• Managed design studio of 12 to 18 designer 2007 - 2008: A&P, Metro: Vice President, Store Planning and Design

• Managed store planning for all conventional grocery banners such as Dominion, A&P and the Food Basics discount segment. I head the Design Planning Group responsible for typically 35 remodels and 2 to 5 new stores per each capital plan. Kaiser Tenglemann – A&P Parent Company (Germany). Designed new format stores in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Munich

2005 - 2006: Cossette: Vice President, Grapheme Division, Branding and Design

• Clients include: Shoppers Drug Mart, MacDonald’s McCafe, BMO, Porter Airlines • Managed design studio of 15 to 20 designers

1987 - 2005: WATT International: Vice President, Retail Creative Strategic

• Senior Management involved on Management committee and studio management • Travelled the world to service our clients based in first and second world markets

• Clients Include: Loblaws Grocery & Super Centres (8 years), Sobeys Grocery, Longos Grocery,

A&P Grocery Canada, Food Basics, King's Supermarkets NJ, USA, CIBC Financial, BMO Financial, Shoppers Drug Mart, Shell Petroleum, Wal-Mart USA, Safeway Supermarkets USA, HWI Building Centres USA, Mitre 10 Building Centres Australia, ASDA Supermarkets UK, ICA Supermarkets and Hypermarkets Sweden, Jumbo Hypermarkets Argentina and Chile, Jumbo Hypermarkets Isreal, Makro Hypermarket South Africa, Smart & Final Cash & Carry, USA, HWI Building Centres, Panama, Holt Renfrew Fashion, Canada, Lindt Chocolate, The Beer Store Ontario, CTV Networks Canada

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Richard Garvin, AOCA Awards:

• ARIDO Canada, 2005 Honorable Mention - Furniture and Product Design CBC Retail – Moveable Storefront, CBC Showcase Retail Store, Toronto, CA

• NASFAM Retail Design Awards 2004 Outstanding Merit: CBC Showcase Retail Store, Toronto, CA

• ARIDO Canada, 2004 Honorable Mention - CBC Showcase Retail Store

• Retail Council of Canada 2004 Excellence in Retailing Award: empori.com Small Retailer Category Toronto, ON CA

• NASFAM Retail Design Awards 2003 Outstanding Merit: empori.com, In-Store Retailing – Interactive Site Category Toronto, ON CA

Publications: Books: Designing the World’s Best Supermarkets by Martin M. Pegler Published 2002 by Visual Reference Publications Inc. Highlights my design work on:

• Page 158-159, Jumbo Mendoza, Argentina • Page 160-161, Longo’s Supermarket, Ontario, Canada • Page 164-65, ICA Kvantum, Enkoping, Sweden

Focus on Designing by Vello Hubel and Diedra B. Lussow Published 1984 by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Industrial Design Text for North American Educational Institutions

Textbook Illustrations on pages 6, 23, 77, 78, 79, 91, 92, 125, Magazines:

• Grocery Business Magazine, Feb 2012 Hypermarket Design, Jumbo SA

• Progressive Grocer Magazine, Jan 1999

In Store Design: Expressing a Marketing Position in Physical Space

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