Charlie Lazor

Professor in Practice, Architecture

Charlie Lazor co-founded the furniture design office, BLU DOT in 1997 with his partners, John Christakos and Maurice Blanks. Blu Dot's work has been recognized for its precise and often inventive use of materials, fabrication technology and assembly methods to produce furniture that is both elegant and accessible.

In 2002, BLU DOT was nominated as a finalist for The Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards. Their work has received numerous awards, including the 2003 International Contemporary Furniture Show Editor's Award, an ID citation and numerous Good Design awards from the Chicago Athenaeum. Their work has been exhibited by the Museum of Modern Art, The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Walker Art Center, and the Centres Pompidou. BLU DOT has been published in Spoon, New American Furniture Design, and Inside Design Now as well as national and International magazines.

In 2003 Charlie founded LAZOR OFFICE / FlatPak to pursue a broader spectrum of design programs and scales, including architecture and environments. The design work of LAZOR OFFICE / FlatPak begins with identifying key needs and problems and through a process of observation and analysis, develops a solution that seeks to synthesize the complex whole into an elegant, holistic solution. The commands of the day; cost, sustainability, and new technology, housed within the constraints of the everyday world, govern our work. We use both the latest generation of digital fabrication technology or the simplest tool in the shop, to guide a design process that yields purposeful, valued forms that are easily made with minimal material and labor inputs and built to last.

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Credentials

M.Arch.,Yale University  

BA, Williams College

Charlie Lazor

Contact

Address
145 Rapson Hall
89 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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