Willy helps organizations, entrepreneurs and students imagine, design, and realize ambitious ideas. His practice spans creative direction, design, brand development, communications, cultural strategy, placemaking, experiential retail, digital product, and other venturous pursuits...

The Atlantic: Interview
Design Boom: Interview
Monocle – The Urbanist: Interview
Dezeen – NYCxDesign: Interview
Daily News: Interview
NYMag: NYC Tourism
SEGD: NYC Info Centers
OPENForum: Branding
Crains: 40 under 40
Inspiration Room: Oasis Grandy
92Y: JATL Spoof 1 + Spoof 2

Barnard + Columbia College
Design Futures Guest Lecture
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

SVA MFA Design for Social Innovation
DSI Global Guest Lecture
01 December 2021

Asian Creative Collective
Panel: Social Impact Design
27 Februrary 2020

Parsons School of Design
Art, Media + Technology, Faculty Guest Keynote
24 May 2017

SVA MFA Interaction Design
Design in Public Spaces: Engagement
24 January 2017

AIGA/NY & Seaport District
City as Interface: Making the City
3 December 2015

Dwell on Design
Design in the Digital Age
2 October 2015

Museum of the City of New York
Branding: Why Good Design is Good Business
29 April 2015

DesignThinkers 2014
An Experiential Playbook for City Branding /
In-house Envy
5–7 November 2014

Bruce Mau Design
Irma Boom + Willy Wong
6 November 2014

Maryland Institute College of Art
Visiting Artist / Design for Change Workshop
25 October 2014

What Design Can Do 2014
Design and Tourism
8-9 May 2014

Center for an Urban Future
NYCxDESIGN Forum
12 February 2014

The New York Times
Design Speaker Series
2 January 2014

SVA MFA Design
Designer as Entrepreneur
21 November 2013

IDA World Congress
59th Annual Conference, Master Talk
9 October 2013

Aspen Institute
Creative Placemaking Roundtable
8–10 September 2013

Parsons New School
MFA Design & Technology Symposium
18 May 2013

Museum of Arts and Design
Supporting Design in NYC
10 May 2013

Fuse 2013
Design Thinking: Championing the Strategic Integration of Design
16 April 2013

Interbrand
World Changing Speakers Series
17 January 2013

SVA MFA Design
Designer as Author
8 November 2012

Finnish Cultural Institute
New Finnish Design CITY, Let’s Talk Design!
18 October 2012

American Institute of Architects NY
Design: Just What the Heck is it
17 October 2012

Japan ATC
Postglobal Academy Series: Tourism Design
17 June 2012

NYU-SCPS Tisch Center
Grossinger Distinguished Lecture Series
7 February 2012

Princeton University
Reach: Graphic Design Conference
2 April 2011

SVA MFA Interaction Design
Design in Public Spaces: Experiences
18 January 2011

Electric Artists & American Express OPEN
Transforming Brands for a Digital World
10 November 2010

AIGA, Gain Design and Business Conference
Design (Re)invents
16 October 2010

Brussels Design Forum
Design at City Scale
1 October 2010

Columbia University
GSAPP, Graphic Narratives: Urban Branding
25 September 2009

Apple & AIGA/NY
Pro Sessions: Design Remixed
6 May 2009

Center for Urban Pedagogy
People and Buildings: Positioning the City
25 September 2008