For The Media

Come and get a tour of Two Bit Circus and find out more about what goes into creating the world’s first micro amusement park. You will also find out about the Two Bit Circus Foundation, which is a nonprofit educational organization designed to cultivate the next generation of inventors, advance environmental stewardship and spur community engagement.

Website: www.twobitcircus.com

Media contact: Andrew Levey, [email protected]

Steve Grody, Cartwheel Art tour guide, graffiti historian, documentarian, and author of Graffiti LA, will lead a graffiti and street art tour of the neighborhood. Tour participants will learn about the history of graffiti in Los Angeles and view some of the graffiti lettering, graffiti art, and street art pieces that make the DTLA Arts District so colorful. Based here in the Arts District, Cartwheel Art is focused on immersive experiences, designing community-driven and diverse programming such as custom private group tours, guided public tours, art activated events, and curated exhibitions. We offer event planning, media partnerships through our magazine and extensive social networks, consultation services and more, tailored to groups, large and small, individuals or organizations.

Website: http://www.cartwheelart.com

Media contact: Cindy Schwarzstein, [email protected]

Wisdome Immersive Art Park is one of the newest and most unique attractions in the Downtown LA Arts District. Constructed with 5 massive, hi-tech, geodesic domes and exterior buildings made of sustainable shipping containers, Wisdome.LA curates interactive art, experiential entertainment, immersive films, live music, and augmented reality— all without goggles, allowing for heart-centered social interaction and community connection; plus astounding Microdose VR modules which can make anyone a visionary, digital painter. Currently featuring the Android Jones’ Samskara Exhibition and award-winning Samskara immersive film, the Wisdome.LA art park has been an instant hit on social media, drawing large crowds of all ages, delighting audiences and proving the business viability of immersive entertainment.

Website: www.wisdome.la

Media contact: Stephen Powers, [email protected], (818) 359-5452

Lime is founded on a simple idea that all communities deserve access to smart, affordable mobility. Through the equitable distribution of shared scooters, bikes and transit vehicles, we aim to reduce dependence on personal automobiles for short distance transportation and leave future generations with a cleaner, healthier planet.

Website: https://www.li.me

Media contact: Krystin DeVita, [email protected]

Explore the campus and technology of the company bringing hyperloop to reality.

Virgin Hyperloop One is the only company in the world that has successfully tested its technology at scale, launching the first new mode of mass transportation in over 100 years. The company is now working with governments, partners, and investors around the world to make hyperloop a reality in years, not decades.

Website: www.hyperloop-one.com

Soylent is an innovative company transforming the way people think about nutrition, and is inspired by other innovative, like-minded companies pushing the boundaries in their areas of expertise. That’s how the Soylent Innovation Lab was born. Soylent Innovation Lab is inviting up-and-coming, innovation, digital and mission-based companies to join us in our sprawling, 30,000 sq ft coworking space at 555 Mateo Street.

We want to partner with you and give you the unique opportunity to increase your business’ influence by working alongside our team of dreamers, doers, and makers.

Website: https://www.soylentinnovationlab.com/

Media contact: Nora Cristobal, [email protected]

inHouse Produce fosters distinctive farm-to-table experiences by growing microgreens right in the dining area of food service establishments. We build and maintain our vertical gardens which serve as both a lush interior design piece and as a high-performing, hyper-local, edible living wall.

Website: http://inhouseproduce.com/

Media contact: Andrew Blume, [email protected], (818) 429-2357

Journey Foods is an AI-powered platform that supports product management and nutrition services for food companies. The team is creating the future of nutrient consumption through software that supports smarter R&D and efficient, data-driven production of packaged foods. Their prototype and “edible training data” was developed as a re-imagination fruit snacks by focusing on nutrient-density and additional functional ingredient complexes to target immunity, digestion, energy, and brain function.

Website: journeyfoods.com

Media contact: Riana Lynn, [email protected]

See a reactor demo for the future of bioproduction.

Kaspel is a reactor company. The world’s food and medicine should be produced by a computer. A reactor is that computer. It will make food healthier and more nutritious for people, while lessening the environmental strain on the earth.

At Kapsel, bioreactors, traditionally used in the pharmaceutical industry, are being reinvented from the ground up for food production. One day, these reactors may even be able to replace animals for food production.

Website: www.kapsel.bio

Media contact: Greg Raz, [email protected]

Lab tour of interactive, immersive, and collaborative technologies (with no goggles required).

Come see what spatial computing is all about with our 40-foot interactive display wall and collaboration tools. We’re most known for our flagship product, Mezzanine, which brings content-rich visual collaboration capabilities to conference rooms around the world. It’s built on our core technology, g-speak. We’ll be swimming in it at the warehouse: Imagine abstract concepts taking shape in real-world space, controlled by simple gestures—all in service to solving complex business challenges. It’s not sci-fi. It’s what we build with our biggest customers who are creating disruptive products, navigating big unstructured data sets, or launching initiatives to better the world.

Website: oblong.com

Media contact: Jennifer Uner, [email protected]

At this urban lumber mill that transforms L.A.’s downed trees into useable lumber, you’ll see all of the trappings of a working mill: massive saws, drying kilns, and 20 foot tall stacks of local trees that have been intercepted from the waste stream. Angel City Lumber’s customer base extends from DIYers building their own shelves to West Hollywood hotels incorporating 60 tons of LA lumber into their landscape architecture design. 

Website: www.angelcitylumber.com

Media Contact: Charles DeRosa, [email protected]

Visit our LA-based craft brewery located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. We’ll be leading tasting of our flagship beers and giving you insight into the brewing process. For safety reasons, depending on activity level in the brewery, our touring might occur from a distance. But you’ll learn about the brewing process and how it impacts the taste of our various products.

Website: angelcitybrewery.com

Media contact: Lupe Saldana, [email protected]

Sew FYI’s helps creative minds achieve their best work in a supportive and resourceful environment, one where new faces and seasoned veterans come together to practice the art of fashion design and production. We promote sewing by providing instruction, inspiration, and encouragement to all fashion enthusiasts. Sew FYI offers a variety of services and is a great place to start your project. We also hold unique functions such as industry meet-ups, fittings, or company team-building activities.

Website: www.sewfyi.com

Media contact: Yena Sam, [email protected], (213) 537-0520

Come for a tour and a taste! At Greenbar Distillery, you can get up close and personal with the beautiful copper stills, pose with giant whiskey barrels and learn why taste and flavor is critical in all we do. Sample from our range of organic spirits and bitters in this mini tour of LA’s original Distillery.

Website: greenbardistillery.com

Media contact: Bennett Rea, [email protected]

COMUNITYmade is a unique brand and retail experience with our own line of premium shoes for men and women that are handcrafted locally. With every purchase we donate to support local community initiatives in the Arts, Education or Ending Homelessness as directed by the purchaser. We sell shoes in our DTLA showroom as well as handcraft custom shoes that we create in our COMUNITY cobbler station. Stop by to see our cobbler in action and learn more about the many events we host in our space to build community!

Website: http://www.comunitymade.com

Media contact: Shannon Scott, [email protected]

Perch is similar to WeWork, but for Juicers and Chargers. Juicers and Chargers are the contractors (gig economy workers) that keep micro mobility devices charged, organized and ready to be used. Perch offers unlimited charging for a low fee to help individuals scale their gig economy businesses.

Website: www.perchmobility.com

Media contact: Thomas Lord, [email protected]

The Crafted Kitchen story began with the desire to build more than just a state-of-the-art shared-use kitchen. It started with the belief that, through community, an individual “me” could become part of the greater “we”. With community as our catalyst, Crafted Kitchen defines success as more than just the bottom line. We believe it’s about growing, learning and thriving alongside other culinary creatives and innovators. By leveraging industry resources, regulatory & licensing experience, bulk purchasing power and culinary expertise, we provide tools and resources to help food entrepreneurs accelerate business growth.

Website: www.craftedkitchenla.com

Media contact: Cindi Thompson, [email protected]

JuiceBot is the world’s first-ever robotic juice dispenser. It keeps light and heat oxidation out and freshness in for really amazing, really organic, cold pressed juice ready at the push of a button! Our “tour” will consist of a demonstration of how to use the bot and a sampling of our seasonal flavors.

Website: www.juicebot.com

Media contact: Charlie J. Thebaud, [email protected],  (908) 644-7190

LADWP will be demonstrating how we distribute power within the Metro community. Manufacturing depends on reliable water and power. Come learn how that power is produced and distributed! The City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) provides water and power to the residents and businesses of the City of Los Angeles. The tour will provide an overview of the LADWP Power Generation and Distribution systems and a specific view of an active Distributing Station adjacent to its office and warehouse Facility in the Arts District. The Station distributes power to the residents and businesses in the Downtown area.  

Website: www.LADWP.com

Media contact: Jonathan Fonti, [email protected]

The Spirit Guild is a craft distillery and tasting room located in Los Angeles’ Arts District. Imbuing traditional European craft with a pioneer’s imagination, the Guild’s distillers transform fruit from California’s farms into a distinctive gins and vodka, with more products coming soon. Come visit our facility and learn how we marry art and agriculture on our fun hands-on tour.

Website: www.thespiritguild.com

Media contact: Miller Duvall, [email protected], (347) 393-9279

The Giving Keys is a pay it forward company who employ people transitioning out of homelessness in LA, to make necklaces and jewelry with different inspirational words. After you choose your word that resonates with you in the season of your life, you are encouraged to embrace that word, then pay it forward to a person you feel who needs the message more than you.

Website: www.thegivingkeys.com

Media contact: Riji Raja, [email protected]

Los Angeles, California based manufacturer specializing in footwear and accessories design and production

Website: http://www.lalaland-design.com/

Media contact: Alexander Zar, [email protected]

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) La Kretz Innovation Campus is a space where science, entrepreneurship, environmentalism and policymaking merge to advance the development of a sustainable future that includes clean and abundant water supplies, a commitment to 100% renewable energy, and an inclusive green economy. It is also a showcase for labs, working exhibits and educational opportunities for customers, students and visitors alike, offering ways to save money, conserve water and electricity and learn valuable information on rebates available to all LADWP customers.

Website: https://lkic.la/

Lotus Elevated is a sustainable product development firm located within the Los Angeles CleanTech Incubator. We work alongside businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors who are interested in adopting a more sustainable business model and in the process, build a more sustainable future for our planet. Lotus creates timeless, elegant and integral products through models that utilize rapid prototyping, biomimicry, and ecopsychology, thus allowing room for innovative and sustainable solutions at a competitive marketplace. At our core is a desire to enable businesses who aren’t looking to maintain the status quo in product development and design. Instead, we want to elevate them to be part of the change needed to overcome these major global challenges. From Ideation and prototyping to manufacturing,Lotus provides solutions at every stage of the product development process. We will be giving a tour of our shop and an in-depth look of what it takes to bring a product from idea to market.

Website: lotuselevated.com

Media contact: Katherine Silva, [email protected]

SCALE 1:1, known for its award winning flex furniture that multitask like people. Check out the spectacular conference tables that transform from mobile marker-board, to conference table to ping pong table; tour a boutique design manufacturer focused on collaborative workplace where the inspiration comes from the user experience. Learn why open work environments are more productive and efficient than the corner office and why the era of the cubicle is long gone! See why tech firms and co-working companies like Google, WeWork, Sales Force, Virgin Pulse and Dyson love working with SCALE 1:1 furniture. Meet the mastermind designers behind this creative company that is transforming the way people interact at work at their giant warehouse and showroom, and learn more about why they manufacture in Los Angeles over a wine and cheese happy hour.

Website: scale1to1.com

Media contact: Clara Reis, [email protected]

At the Bread Lounge they share the art of baking with our art district neighbors.

Website: breadlounge.com

Media contact: Ran Zimon, [email protected]