📡 Substantial is proud to introduce Optimistic Design: our new monthly video speaker series hosted by Substantial's Strategy Director, Wilma Lam. Episode 1 live this Thursday, May 27. #SubstantialPresents #OptimisticDesign #Product #Design #Innovation

Optimistic Design host Wilma Lam (she/her) sat down earlier this month with Surya Vanka. The founder of Authentic Design & creator of Design Swarms, Surya has a legendary career spanning over 20+ years as both a practitioner & an academic. #OptimisticDesign #Product #Design #Innovation

For Ep.2 Wilma Lam (she/her) sat down with Courtney Song. Courtney leads Brand and Experience Design at Sonder, where she is redefining the future of hospitality and living. Live Tuesday at 9am ⬇️ Substantial.com/OptimisticDesi… #SubstantialPresents #OptimisticDesign #Design #Innovation

Thrilled to have this piece live today!! I hope you can read & share this #dataviz story about 2021 anti-trans bills, the anti-trans coalition and their strategies, and ways to take action. 🏳️‍⚧️ #ProtectTransKids #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Our third episode of Optimistic Design arrives next Tuesday! For this episode, Wilma Lam (she/her) sat down with Ariam Mogos, a futurist fellow with Stanford d.school's K-12 Lab. Tune in next week when the episode goes live Tuesday, July 20 at 9am. ⬇️ substantial.com/OptimisticDesi…

Episode 4 of Optimistic Design is now live! 🎉 For this episode, Wilma Lam (she/her) sat down with Andy Leong, Product Design Lead Karat, where he’s helping build a more human-centered technical interview at scale. Tune in now ⬇️ substantial.com/optimisticdesi…

Episode 5 of Optimistic Design is now live! 🎉 For this episode, Wilma Lam (she/her) sat down with Fred Kukelhaus & Ben Young, Founders of Hugo & Hoby, where beautiful, locally crafted, and sustainable furniture is more widely accessible. Tune in now ⬇️ substantial.com/optimisticdesi…

Our first episode of Optimistic Design season 2 is now live! 🎉 In this month's episode, Wilma Lam (she/her) sat down with Todd Diemer, User Research Lead at Khan Academy (Khan Academy). Tune in now! substantial.com/optimisticdesi… #SubstantialPresents #OptimisticDesign #Research #Design

Our second episode of Optimistic Design season 2 is now live! 🎉 In this month's episode, @Iamwwilma spoke with Michelle Lee-Schmidt, Managing Director, Play Lab at IDEO. Tune in here: substantial.com/OptimisticDesi… #SubstantialPresents #OptimisticDesign #Research #Design #Development

Very excited to share the new episode of Optimistic Design with the amazing Ken Tanabe where we talk about design, community, and the importance of Loving Day. #lovingday #design

🧵(1/5) Today is #LovingDay, the anniversary of Loving v. Virginia (1967). This Supreme Court decision struck down laws against interracial marriage in the US. Observed around the world on June 12th, it’s a day of education, visibility, and community.

The eighth episode of Optimistic Design Season 2 is now live! 🎉 In this month's episode, Wilma Lam spoke with Adha Mengis, Project Director, Community Collaboration + Design at Digital Promise. Tune in now at hubs.ly/Q01k5JZs0. #SubstantialPresents #designpodcast

As if we could be any more excited about having Jessica Helfand and @michaelbierut at Yale School of Management! x.com/jen_mcfadden/s…

Read the 2017 Design in Tech Report from John Maeda. Thrilled to see Inclusive Design and Yale School of Management highlighted: designintechreport.wordpress.com

According to Bill Nye, the founding fathers of the US were nerds 🤓 #PaleyLive #BillNyeSavesTheWorld

Watch Sen. Bernie Sanders full conversation with Jake Tapper 🦅 at #SXSW 2018 here: ow.ly/AxN030iRKKy

2018 Design in Tech Report is live! 👏 slideshare.net/mobile/johnmae… John Maeda SXSW

Thoughts from @SxSW Facebook on #digitalethics #design - edge cases vs base case is really about assigning value to some ppl’s needs vs others

Quick HD video walkthrough of the #DesignInTech Report is now up as well a summary over on LI. linkedin.com/pulse/2018-des…

Phew. First cut of the interactive version of the #DesignInTech Report 2018 is now up. Mobile version is coming next week. designintech.report/wp-content/upl…