Marcela Noriega

Assistant Chair, Design Formation, Langara College

Marcela has taught for over 25 years, teaching a wide range of topics in graphic design including branding and visual identity, advertising, editorial design, typography, marketing communications, colour theory and visual perception. She has taught in undergraduate and graduate programs in different institutions in Canada, and her native Mexico. She was creative director and owner of a design studio in Mexico City and works as freelance in Vancouver focusing on branding, visual identity, packaging and editorial design projects. Marcela thrives on the challenge of meeting the learning needs of students from various backgrounds and levels and focusing on teaching design process by developing projects from ideation to production. Marcela has been the Assistant Chair of the Design Formation program since 2013.