Guille Noel
RIO - Research
Department of of Design and Dynamic Media
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Canada
Biography
Dr. Guillermina Noël holds a PhD in Design Sciences from the University IUAV of Venice, Italy, and a Master of Design from the University of Alberta, Canada. She has worked on the design of materials for people with severe speech and reading impairments, interacting with neurologists, educational psychologists, and speech therapists, emphasizing the importance of user-centered design and design for users with special needs. She has published articles in specialized journals, such as Visible Language and Information Design Journal. Since 2003 her design practice and research focus on health related design issues. She is now an Adjunct Researcher at the Health Design Lab and a sessional instructor at Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada.
Research Interest
Design of materials
