Cinthia Wen

Cinthia Wen is the founder and creative director of the noted San Francisco design and branding firm, NOON. NOON designs identities, print, books, products, packaging, campaigns, environments, web, and motion graphics. Recent work includes projects with Bocadillos, Girl Scouts of USA, Nokia, Restoration Hardware, ODC/Dance San Francisco, Piperade, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Cinthia was named one of the “People to Watch” in 2004. The work by Cinthia and NOON have been honored by many awards of excellence including: AIGA 365, AIGA SF Grown in California, The West Coast Art Director’s Club and The Type Director’s Club. Additionally, Graphis Identity, Graphis Brochure, Graphis Typography, Communication Arts, Creative UK, Print, How Magazine, Step, and have been published in various design titles around the world. Her work was exhibited at the SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Art + Crafts’ design exhibition in 2009, and in the UK.

In addition to creative direction, Cinthia is committed to every aspect of design, from strategy, design, to making comps. A true believer in visual communication, Cinthia is involved with the AIGA in efforts to continually improve the design profession, its ethics and relationship to the world. She is currently working on an exhibition piece reflecting the integration of living and working.

Currently Chair and Associate Professor of the Graphic Design Program at California College of Arts. In 2010, Cinthia launched Goods at NOON, a division of NOON aimed to utilize graphic design to create products and solutions that are earth friendly and sustainable.

Cinthia is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Watch the video NOON: Reel Web.

BFA, CCAC