LA Design Festival kicks off with an all-out design block party at ROW DTLA featuring design collaborations, installations, exhibitions, and more.

Enjoy beats by dublab, site-specific dance performance by MashUp Contemporary Dance Company, live music by WINSTON HOUSE, desserts by My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream, and drinks by Flying Embers, Madre Mezcal, Seedlip, and Whispering Angel.

Ticket purchase is required for shows, exhibitions, and complimentary beverages at the bar. Please check in at the LA Design Festival Welcome Pavilion at ROW DTLA to collect a drink wristband. Tickets will also be available at the door.

Design Block Party Events:

5pm - 7pm: Design With Purpose Keynote Address with Brooks & Scarpa and reception [SOLD OUT]

Shows and exhibitions include:

• ON THE EDGE - A group exhibition featuring work from the 2019 EDGE recipients Cindy Hsu Zell, Eric Trine (Amigo Modern), Kenesha Sneed, Meyghan Hill ((wh)ORE HAÜS STUDIOS), and Uri Davillier (Neptune Glassworks)

• Creative Spaces at Poketo Project Space

• Dieline Exhibition

• Dunn-Edwards 2020 Color x Design Trends Experience with Caroline Geys

• Epicene

• INTRO/LA

• LA Original Pop-Up Shop

ROW DTLA Collective Design Collaborations include:

• A+R and IDS Vancouver x Lukas Peet

• AHLEM x Gabriela Noelle x Nadine Wells

• Dandelion Chocolate Tree-to-Bar Tasting

• GALERIE.LA x Create Space II

• Hawkins New York x Sarah Ellison Launch

• Heather Rosenman x Still Life Ceramics

• Kinto x Japanese Designers

• LCD x Tappan Collective

• Scent Bar x Institute for Art and Olfaction x SALT Landscape Architects

• Shades of Grey x Nik Nik Studio

• tokyobike + coralmonday

Lounges:

• Bend Goods (Market Row)

• LA Design Festival Lounge + Market Place (Building 2, Suite #168)

• Sunbeam Vintage Lounge (Building 2, Suite # 138)

Window Displays:

• A+R

• Debbie Bean's Floating in Space

• Jodi Siegal Ceramics x The Wooden Palate

Indoor Installations:

• Specific Textures by Bob Dornberger

• Susan Maddux x All We Ever Wanted

• Un/Raw x Alper Nakri

Outdoor Installations:

• Big Will & Friends by Architecture Office

• Dreamland Creative Projects - Spaces for Spontaneous Singing

• Intimacy Incubator x Evan Bliss x Omar Khaireddin

• Krystal Chang Projects x Flower Machine

• LENITA BY GRITA X SKO HABIBI

• MADWORKSHOP x UCLA Architecture and Urban Design x Succulent Walls

• OASYS

• OWIU

• Sticks & Stones by Pat & Co.

• Some People x Skygazing Tower

• Vertical Garden by Ghatit Studio

• X3 by XTEN x Chris Dowds