Blu Dot Flagship in San Francisco Debuts, Designed by the Office of Charles F. Bloszies FAIA with Brand’s Leaders
Second store location by Charles Bloszies firm for Blu Dot displays sensitivity to local context, as well as expertise in adaptive reuse and elegant, sustainable design solutions
In the firm’s second key commission for repeat client Blu Dot, a leading design retailer, the Office of Charles F. Bloszies FAIA has completed a major new showroom store at the foot of Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Created by reimagining and reshaping a pair of vacant buildings at the corner of Missouri and 17th Streets, the new, neighborhood-friendly adaptation offers a simplified, soft-modern backdrop for the successful Minneapolis-based manufacturer and designer of modern furniture.
Following Bloszies’s 2013 award-winning design of a previous San Francisco retail location at 560 Valencia Street, the firm collaborated again with Blu Dot design director Maurice Blanks and his visual merchandising team to adapt the pair of vacant buildings into a serene, comfortable retail setting spanning 13,000 square feet on a prominent corner site.