Conscious Creation

Optimistic design and technical excellence

We see a beautiful future ahead – a place where insights, imagination, design, and technology conspire to deliver valuable and inclusive experiences for your customers, community, and society. That’s where we’re going.

Come with us.

Why Substantial

We believe in the unmatched potential of design and technology to transform our world

  • Design Research + Strategy

  • UX / Product Design

  • Full Stack Development

Why Us

Our Work

Advancing the human experience in a digital world

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Vroom

An integrated approach to supporting early learning

Social Impact iOS App Android App
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Khan Academy

Leveraging research and storytelling to benefit historically under-resourced communities

Edtech Design Research + Strategy
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USC Shoah Foundation

Modernizing experiential learning with a place-based mobile app

Edtech iOS App Android App
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Jane: Responsive Website

Simplifying the complicated world of legal cannabis for customers

B2B Responsive Website
All Work

Design Conversations

Optimistic Design

Optimistic Design is a practical, positive look at the future of design, ethical innovation, and technology. Tune in each month with Wilma Lam, Substantial’s Strategy Director, as she is joined by creatives, makers, and thinkers to talk about what it means to design with hope for our ever changing world.

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Recent Episodes

Episode 05

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Jennifer Gaze

Director, High Alpha Innovation

Jennifer Gaze is a director at High Alpha Innovation, where she partners with global leading organizations to launch new ventures and build venture studios.

Episode 04

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Beth Kolko

Design Professor at UW, Co-Founder at Shift Labs, and Venture Partner at Pack VC

Beth is a humanities-turned-engineering academic turned entrepreneur turned venture capitalist who has worked at the forefront of multiple technology-driven cultural shifts.

Episode 03

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Katie Silvers

Director of Design and UX, Salesforce

Katie Silvers is the Director of Design and UX at Salesforce and is an expert in aligning business needs and communication with core leadership. Before joining Salesforce, Katie was a manager of Corporate Strategy and Innovation at the Arielle X Group and LexisNexis. She specializes in Design Thinking tools and Agile methodologies and believes product and process innovation is an indispensable element in business growth.