Launching at LA Design Festival June 26 - and on display throughout the summer of Art + Design in DTLB. DTLB Design District and Poster Territory present 10 Degrees Cooler, a grassroots poster campaign celebrating Long Beach’s creative spirit, style, and community. As a port city that exports culture to the world, Long Beach now […]
DTLB Design District x LA Design FestivalJune 26–29 | Downtown Long BeachThe DTLB Design District will be a featured site of this year’s LA Design Festival, joining forces with ArtCenter Pasadena, ROW DTLA, and Helms Bakery District. Under the theme “Design Futurism,” four days of panels, exhibits, and events (including a block party on the […]
Long Beach Walls & Art Renzei 2025 Celebrating 10 Years of Impact: Art as a Catalyst for ChangeJuly 20–26, 2025 Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei returns for their 10th anniversary, transforming the city into a living gallery of murals, installations, and community-driven creativity. This year’s theme, “Art: A Catalyst for Change,” explores how public […]
Art + Design Walk: Warped Tour Edition July 26 | Downtown Long Beach 2-7pm This summer’s Art + Design Walk (taking place during Vans Warped Tour) gets a musical twist, with live performances popping up in unexpected corners of DTLB. The event coincides with Long Beach Walls and features the 10 Degrees Cooler poster exhibition, a […]
Immersive Design Research Lab (IDRL) - Open Lab September 19 | Downtown Long Beach 4-7pm Always excited for collaboration, we hope you stop by to take a peek. There will also be ongoing research and demos of Move.ai for motion capture. Please share with anyone you think may be interested. This downtown space, hosted by […]
US International poster biennial October 11 - November 30 | Downtown Long Beach The U.S. Poster Biennial arrives in DTLB with a juried selection of bold, provocative, and beautifully crafted posters from designers across the international. Celebrating the power of print in the public realm, the exhibition transforms city streets into an open-air gallery, inviting […]
Art + Design Walk October 11 | Downtown Long Beach (Mosaic Promenade, Studio One Eleven, ISM Brewing, and Design District sites) 2-7pm Experience Downtown Long Beach transformed into a vibrant, walkable gallery celebrating art, design, and community. This year’s Art + Design Walk features exhibitions, pop-ups, and live activations citywide. At its core is the […]
As Los Angeles confronts the realities of fire, drought, and climate pressure, acclaimed essayist D.J. Waldie reflects on the four classical elements—earth, water, air, and fire—as a framework for understanding the city’s past and present. With clarity and compassion, Waldie unpacks the fragile balance between beauty and precarity in Los Angeles, weaving history, memory, and culture into […]
Long Beach Underground Series: Temples October 16 | Intertrend’s Psychic Temple and the historic Masonic Temple Altar Society 6-9pm Step inside the hidden stories of Pine Avenue with the launch of the Long Beach Underground Series, a three-part journey organized by LB Food Coma and the DTLB Design District. The series begins with Temples on […]
Library of Technics presents: Community Repairs at DTLB Farmers Market First Fridays | Downtown Long Beach Farmers Market, 300 N Promenade 9am-12pm Bring a beloved item—your favorite sweater, a passed-down jacket, or a vintage shirt with holes—and share its story as we mend it together. All repairs are done by your hands, with our guidance. […]
Join DTLB Design District & Lili Weigert for a conversation on sustainable, flexible, intergenerational living through ADUs. Join the DTLB Design District and author Lili Weigert at Studio One Eleven for an evening on how thoughtful ADU design can support sustainability, flexibility, and intergenerational living. We’ll hear insights from Weigert’s new book Making Space: ADUs for Modern Living and a panel featuring Bo Sundius (Bunch […]
Long Beach Underground debuts Temples: an immersive night of design, story, and spirit with LB Food Coma & DTLB Design District. After the success of this summer’s Design Dinner at the LA Design Festival, DTLB Design District and LB Food Coma return with Long Beach Underground: TEMPLES, an immersive night of design, story, and spirit. […]