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Former GRID2 President Martin Roberts Founds New Retail Store Design Firm

Retail design veteran Martin Roberts, founder of New York City based GRID2, has opened a virtual office at MRobertsDesign.com, providing retail design and creative services to the home furnishings industry. Published first in Furniture World Magazine Roberts opened GRID2 in 1991, employing an award-winning staff of brand strategists, retail planners, art directors, graphics and web

Martin Roberts Launches Design Firm, Closes Grid2

New venture’s main address is an online one Design veteran Martin Roberts has opened a new “virtual” business, Martin Roberts Design, and closed the Grid2 design business he founded with partners in New York in 1991. Published first in Furniture Today. Roberts said the new business model allows him to cut costs and use new

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