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Blu Dot is an American modern furniture retailer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It operates 17 retail locations across the United States, Mexico, and Australia. [1] [2]
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| Industry | Furniture |
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| Founded | 1997 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
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| Headquarters | Minneapolis, MN , U.S. |
| Website | BluDot.com |
Blu Dot was founded by Maurice Blanks, John Christakos, and Charlie Lazor in 1997. [3] The idea for Blu Dot was conceived back in 1988 during a backpacking trip across Asia, when the founders were still undergraduate students at Williams College. [3] [4] In April 2008, Blu Dot received a $10 million growth equity investment from private equity firm CHB Capital Partners. [5] [6] [7]
In 2018, Blu Dot was given the Product Design award at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards. [8]
Blu Dot oversees its product development internally, managing the process from initial design to retail through its in-house team [4] [9] and does not put its designers' names on the products. [10]
Blu Dot's products include indoor/outdoor dining chairs, glass nesting tables, plastic lounge chairs, [11] storage ottomans, pillows and room staple sofas. [12] These products are marketed as "skewing midcentury, but with a sleeker, more contemporary edge." [13]
