• “Swap Meet Case Study” (2:06)
  • Got cool robots? We’ve got cool chairs.
  • Trade your inventions for a little living room reinvention.
  • 2,000 bids submitted. 36 lucky ones accepted.
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“Genius marketing.”
- Suzanne LaBarre,
Fast Company

The Blu Dot Swap Meet was a celebration of creative currency. Out of 2,000 bids, 36 swaps were accepted — from a motorcycle made of 9,000 popsicle sticks to a share of Enron stock to an epic keg party.

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The Blu Dot Swap Meet received over 15 million media impressions and counting, with press from Good Magazine, ReadyMade, Fast Company's Co.Design, FFFFound, and Apartment Therapy, among many others.