Cal State Long Beach BFA Interior Design

CSULB BFA Interior Design Professional's Night + Senior Show
All industry professionals are invited
Please come out and partake in our year end celebration of The Class of 2026 in the Design Department Duncan Anderson Gallery

CSULB BFA Interior Design senior and junior students participated in the LAAIA ACLA 2026 'Design Like a Girl Day' which was a 2 day event held at The Smith Group where they hosted activities for young female students who are interested in the various design and construction fields.

The activities included various activities and lectures. One such activity was attending a construction site that had bingo cards of different structural elements that allowed the “designers” (the young students, aka the 'girls') to identify the different elements that were discussed in the lecture.

Our students assisted the girls in designing their own pavilion based on using the structural elements they learned in order to make sure their pavilion had the support it needed. Our students supported the process while encouraging them to take the lead in their ideas and designs.

The day was spent engaging with young girls who are interested in design through creative activities and a brief introduction to architecture, which made the experience feel both interactive and meaningful.

At the end, the girls presented their work in front of their parents, and one
could truly see how proud they were. Super fun event for all. We look forward to participating in next year's event.

Our students who particpated:
Camille Davis
Camila Foster
Megan Jess
Gladys D. Ramirez
Paige Benson
Sahara Daily
Christina Dwe
Bree Cubbage

Office Untitled is looking to hire an interior designer with about 6-8 years of experience.

Looking for someone who is strong in Revit, materials, construction drawings, consultant coordination, and construction administration. Basically someone well-rounded who can help carry projects through all phases.

Here’s a link to the job posting:
https://www.officeuntitled.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-OU-Intermediate-Interiors-Job-Description.pdf

Please email Dallas Pelico if you are interested:
[email protected]

Main: +1 (310) 730 6698
Direct: +1 (424) 341 0621

OFFICEUNTITLED
4200 Sepulveda Blvd, #104
Culver City, CA 90230

www.officeuntitled.com

Happy International Women's Day!

Happy and Proud to announce that CSULB BFA Interior Design Student, Yanira Rivas has won 1st Place in the 2025 Steelcase NEXT Student Design Competition.

Yanira was the only non graduate level student in the Top 5 Finalists as she is a junior in our program who is blessed with intellect, optimism, a caring and selfless heart, an immigrants passion to succeed and a fierce yet methodical work ethic which is fierce, and years ahead of her junior standing.

My faculty colleague, Lecturer Britt Griffith was blessed to have had another very talented student, An Kida, who was in the Top 10.

Our other 2 students who represented CSULB BFA Interior Design, Megan Jess and Julie Tran, also finished in the Top 25% in North America (universities from USA, Canada, and Mexico participated).

Our core studio faculty consisting of Professor Von Dominguez, Lecturer Britt Griffith, and Lecturer Alec Johnson, and myself (Professor Eduardo Perez) are ALL CRITICAL parts of our team and we collectively share this W.

We have 3 - 1st Place Award Winners since 2020 and numerous Top 10 / Finalists / Semi Finalists/ Honorable Mentions as well.

CSULB BFA INTERIOR DESIGN!!! LIKE NO OTHER! GO BEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS. I attached a condensed version of Yanira's project, photo of her, and photo of her with the other 4 finalists (in front of the FLW home that they had a private dinner in), and lastly, a photo of her studio mates that absolutely adore her.

PSS. Lastly, While Yanira was in Michigan (and in the airport and on the flight), she was working on a deadline for a project that was due yesterday 2/26 - she arrived in LA in the late evening on 2/25 - yes, she is special indeed.

AECOM LA Interiors team is looking for late spring and summer interns and an Entry level/Junior designer (0-2 years of experience)

To give you a bit of a background of our AECOM DTLA Interior Studio,

The interiors studio is part of the greater “Buildings + Places” within AECOM, and they specialize in commercial interior design. The interior team is a tight-knit group of 6 which operate as a small studio within a structured company.

Project types range from Federal/Government, non-profit, corporate workplace designs, and the LA28 Olympic infrastructure as a new breath of work!

They are looking for individuals with great attitude, team player, self-motivated, professional, and willingness to learn! Because they work on federal and government projects, the candidates need to have citizenship.

Please submit your resume/portfolio to:

Allison Lim ([email protected])

Transforming Los Angeles's future | AECOM The people of Los Angeles are vibrant and diverse. Our team reflects the communities we serve: inclusive and ready for change.

CSULB BFA Alum, Ruiting Xu, C/O of 2018 was recently awarded an international design award - Gold Award for her SCI-Arc (M.Arch 2024) Thesis Project 'The Vessel Type' by the German Design Council which is a national design institution in Germany founded in 1953.

The award recognizes outstanding achievements in architecture, product design, communication design, and interdisciplinary design, and it is widely recognized within the professional design and architecture community in Europe and internationally

The award is based on a professional jury review and is granted to projects that demonstrate strong innovation, design quality and social or environmental relevance.

CONGRATULATIONS Ruiting Xu!!!!!

This past fall, Britt Griffith and I had our 2 BFA Junior Interior Design Studios participate in the 13th Annual NEXT Steelcase Student Competition where we were allowed to submit 2 students from each studio for the competition.

All 4 of our students made the first round of professional judging, placing them in the 'Final 68' out of 1,700 student participants from across the country, Canada and Mexico.

Last week we found out these 4 students were in the Top 4% of competitors.

Earlier this week, we had 3 of our students make the next cut which placed them in the 'Final 29', the top 1.7% of competitors.

This past week we found out that 2 of the 3 students had made the Top 10:

An Kida was recognized with an Honorable Mention Award!

Yanira Rivas-Ramos was selected as a Semi-Finalist (Top 5) and will fly to Michigan in February and present her project in front of the professional jury!!!! (We will upload her project AFTER the final professional jury in February)

We wish to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of Julie Tran who finished in the Final 68 students, Top 4% in the nation!

We also wish to acknowledge the equally passionate and hard work by Megan Jess who finished in the Final 29 students, Top 1.7% in the nation!

We are extremely proud of all 4 of these students, as well as, all of their classmates as the character demonstrated through this very challenging program (the toughest yet) and the professionalism exhibited from start to finish is one that we all cherish and are forever proud of and are endemic to the BFA Interior Design Program.

The final in person judging will take place in February and we will know the winner on Friday February 27th - fingers crossed for more good news.

A video from the community outreach project listed in the previous post:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTd8yZAkkST/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

This is more than a design project — it’s Long Beach investing in its own legacy. When we believe in our community, we don’t just preserve what’s good… we uplift it, reimagine it, and make sure it lasts. Link in bio to feel the stronger wave of love behind this movement. @intertrend @creativeclass_lb @csulb_interior_design @dolysdelectables

Article discussing the community collaboration from Britt Griffith and Eduardo Perez's Fall 2025 Junior Studios:

https://longbeachize.com/how-intertrend-and-csulb-students-are-giving-long-beachs-dolys-delectables-resources-to-move-into-the-future/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPTtl5jbGNrA9O2K2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHoj3RBVjxG2FGMIFWANFejR9lMyxi-fBlufR-A3Jwhe8HBFznUN5AHoksLMa_aem_IoDSoAnFvbHHhbXC4yOMow

How Intertrend and CSULB students are giving Long Beach's DoLy's Delectables resources to move into the future | Longbeachize This is the story of how marketing firm Intertrend and Cal State Long Beach interior design students came together to help move DoLy's Delectables into the future.

Please help us in congratulating CSULB BFA Interior Design Junior, Michelle Brizuela as she is the recipient of the 2025 REmmy Awards NextGen CRE Scholars Fund. Thank you to CoreNet Global - Southern California Chapter for their generosity and their commitment to supporting the next generation of CRE professionals. PS. Michelle is also one of 2 IIDA Student Representatives for the 2025-26 academic year and has been doing great work with IIDA. Congrats Michelle!