News from the District
DTLBDD Welcomes First Poet-in-Residence
The Downtown Long Beach Design District welcomes Long Beach native Mike Sonksen—“Mike the Poet”—as its inaugural Poet-in-Residence.
Christian Svanes Kolding x Studio One Eleven Maker Space
Studio One Eleven brought artist Christian Svanes Kolding’s locally inspired soccer-ball designs to life in its maker space for Art & Design Walk.
Westways Magazine Features the DTLB Design District
Westways Magazine recently spotlighted the creative energy shaping the Downtown Long Beach Design District.
Studio One Eleven’s New Podcast Episode: Eating Our Own Cooking
Episode 2 of We’ve Never Done This Before tells how a simple office move grew into the Downtown Long Beach Design District.
CSULB Supports Immersive Design Lab in DTLB
CSULB’s Immersive Design Research Lab at Mosaic has received a Beach 2030 Strategic Plan Award, a long-term investment in design in Downtown Long Beach.
Games City: Long Beach Moves Toward 2028
A short film made with Intertrend and Renaissance High School students honors Long Beach’s Olympic legacy ahead of the 2028 Games.
How Intertrend and CSULB students are giving Long Beach’s DoLy’s Delectables resources to move into the future
Intertrend and CSULB interior design students team up to help a local bakery, DoLy’s Delectables, plan its next chapter.
DTLB Design District Shop Now Open
Totes, tees, and hats themed around “10 Degrees Cooler,” plus DTLBDD-branded gear, now in our own shop.
10 Degrees Cooler
We partnered with Poster Territory on “10 Degrees Cooler,” a grassroots poster exhibition celebrating Long Beach’s creative spirit, style, and community.
Business leaders unite to build stronger community Downtown
The Business Journal profiles the business leaders, designers and partners working to bring new creative life and community events to Downtown Long Beach.
A Long Beach design district? Downtown wants to create just that—and it deserves one
Brian Addison makes the case for a formally recognized design district in Downtown Long Beach, the idea Studio One Eleven set in motion.