Wilma Lam (she/her)

Design + Innovation + Comic Books
Strategy Director @Substantial

[Substantial @Substantial]

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 @DigitalPromise. Tune in now at https://t.co/POdb6zaMRV.

#SubstantialPresents #designpodcast

[Loving Day @lovingday]

🧵(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.

[Wilma Lam (she/her) @lamwwilma]

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

[Substantial @Substantial]

The sixth episode of Optimistic Design season 2 is now live! 🎉

In this month's episode, Wilma Lam spoke with Ken Tanabe, Founder at Loving Day. Tune in now at Tune in now at https://t.co/H9lmPFQwpp!

#SubstantialPresents #OptimisticDesign #LovingDay

[Substantial @Substantial]

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: https://t.co/seuk5GJw7Q

#SubstantialPresents #OptimisticDesign #Research #Design #Development

[Substantial @Substantial]

Our first episode of Optimistic Design season 2 is now live! 🎉

In this month's episode, @lamwwilma sat down with @ToddDiemer, User Research Lead at Khan Academy (@khanacademy).

Tune in now!
https://t.co/eKyLUaZW01

#SubstantialPresents #OptimisticDesign #Research #Design

[Substantial @Substantial]

Episode 5 of Optimistic Design is now live! 🎉

For this episode, @lamwwilma 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 ⬇️
https://t.co/bW2hoEOHan

[Substantial @Substantial]

Episode 4 of Optimistic Design is now live! 🎉

For this episode, @lamwwilma sat down with @mrandyleong, Product Design Lead @karat, where he’s helping build a more human-centered technical interview at scale.

Tune in now ⬇️
https://t.co/b42z2lrpyV

[Substantial @Substantial]

Our third episode of Optimistic Design arrives next Tuesday! For this episode, @lamwwilma sat down with @aamogos, a futurist fellow with @stanforddschool's K-12 Lab.

Tune in next week when the episode goes live Tuesday, July 20 at 9am. ⬇️

https://t.co/jHVvYoxTzY

[agbales @agbales]

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

[Substantial @Substantial]

For Ep.2 @lamwwilma sat down with Courtney Song. Courtney leads Brand and Experience Design at @SonderStays, where she is redefining the future of hospitality and living.

Live Tuesday at 9am ⬇️
https://t.co/4VnOpax1y9

#SubstantialPresents #OptimisticDesign
#Design #Innovation

[Substantial @Substantial]

Optimistic Design host @lamwwilma sat down earlier this month with @suryavanka. 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

[Substantial @Substantial]

📡 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

[Wilma Lam (she/her) @lamwwilma]

@UnitedHealthGrp My mother-in-law has had an aneurysm, stroke, and cardiac arrest and is in hospital under your insurance and we can't get approvals for a nursing facility or rehab center. This is unacceptable and #COVID19 is not an excuse to ignore other patients.
#unitedhealth

[John Maeda @johnmaeda]

Phew. First cut of the interactive version of the #DesignInTech Report 2018 is now up. Mobile version is coming next week. https://t.co/yocljniuvM

[Wilma Lam (she/her) @lamwwilma]

@sxsw @reddit - Incredibly interesting discourse on free speech, leadership, and The_Donald - also hilarious 😂

[John Maeda @johnmaeda]

Quick HD video walkthrough of the #DesignInTech Report is now up as well a summary over on LI. https://t.co/Mwi68rplmN

[SXSW @sxsw]

Watch @SenSanders full conversation with @jaketapper at #SXSW 2018 here: https://t.co/KiPT1enpSQ

[Wilma Lam (she/her) @lamwwilma]

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

[Wilma Lam (she/her) @lamwwilma]

2018 Design in Tech Report is live! 👏 https://t.co/rDgslDwOks @johnmaeda @sxsw

[Wilma Lam (she/her) @lamwwilma]

@spg @sheratonhotels his room was late, given to white customer who arrived after him, told he should leave - don't need his business (2/2)