1. 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 College 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 Retail: Principle 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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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 Retail 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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3. 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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