Storyteller, narrator, tale teller, spinner of yarns, raconteur. The best narratives involve conceptual thinking and a strategic approach. An integration of well-honed skills, experience, and a certain amount of charm is essential to understanding clients' needs, developing large-scale advertising projects, and managing cohesive campaigns across multiple platforms.
Agency: PopSockets in-house; CCO: John Kieselhorst; Concept and Visual Designer: German Murillo. From multiple narrative forms, visual design permeates our daily lives, transforming even the most common spaces. The signage design for PopSockets’ new headquarters, offered the perfect opportunity to energize the company’s spirit, into a new era celebrating its global presence, cool rebranding, and new expansion of the products line.
Clockwise: Agency: Made; CCO: Dave Schiff; CDO: John Kieselhorst; ACDs: Nate Bruning, Steve Dolan; CWs: Claire Wyckoff, David Satterfield; AD: Stephanie Sullivan; Studio Artist: German Murillo. Scentsicles are those piney aroma sticks to make artificial Christmas trees smell as authentic as the real thing. Agency: CP+B; CCO: Alex Bogusky; CDO: John Kieselhorst; Studio Artist: German Murillo. A multi-platform campaign for the VW New Beetle. Geek Squad, from its inception to the development of early brochures. Burger King magazine spreads at their finest, and most aromatic. A complete redesign of the traditional pizza box, unlike anything seen before.
Narrative storytelling at its finest comes to life in high-end visual presentations. These multi-million dollar projects demand the best production designers to showcase their top-tier storytelling abilities. From top left: Presentation Summit in San Diego, learning from industry greats like Julie Terberg, Mike Parkinson, Echo Swinford, Nolan Haims, Ric Bretschneider, and Rich Altman. Each presentation is a world of its own, from a single keynote speaker to expansive multi-screen immersive experiences setups, such as Qualcomm's annual report or Apple's developer conference.
Concept, Editorial Design, Layout, and Photography: German Murillo. Specialty book construction: German Murillo Workshop. Editorial design and page layout are among the oldest forms of narrative storytelling. From the top: Photographic study for the book Geographaces. Approach to Descriptive Drawing, a fully hand-drawn and hand-written technical drawing instructional on descriptive geometry. Momentos, a personal memoir captured in 10 moments. Art Proposal for the Barn, a business proposal for the City of Westminster. Not So Short Résumé, yours truly. At the bottom: series of self-published history books on the early life of little Miranda.
