Knoll
Knoll is an American furniture company — founded in 1938 in New York City by Hans Knoll, son of German furniture manufacturer Walter Knoll, as a furniture dealer for importing modern European designs. In 1946 Florence Shust (Cranbrook Academy, student of Mies van der Rohe at IIT Chicago and of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer in Cambridge) joined the company. In 1953 Knoll acquired exclusive production rights for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's furniture programme (Barcelona Chair, Barcelona Stool, Brno Chair, MR Collection, Tugendhat Chair). 1994 Compasso d'Oro for the entire career of the company. 2021 acquisition by Herman Miller for USD 300 million; combined group name: MillerKnoll.
Iconic designer collaborations (KnollStudio): Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Barcelona Chair/Stool 1929/since 1953 at Knoll, Brno Chair 1930, MR Collection 1927–29), Florence Knoll (sofa collection 1954, lounge chair, table desk), Eero Saarinen (Womb Chair 1948; Womb Settee; Tulip Chair/Table 1956), Harry Bertoia (Diamond Chair/Wire Collection 1952), Marcel Breuer (Wassily Chair 1925 at Knoll; Laccio Tables 1925), Warren Platner (Platner Collection 1966), Frank Gehry, Maya Lin, Lella & Massimo Vignelli, Piero Lissoni, Antonio Citterio, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby (KN Collection). Over 40 Knoll designs in the permanent collection of MoMA New York. Sustainability programme: ISO 14001-certified production, Design for the Environment (DFE). Brand group under MillerKnoll: Knoll Office, KnollStudio, DatesWeiser, KnollTextiles, Spinneybeck|FilzFelt, Muuto.
For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hospitality, office and public contract projects an American design icon house founded in New York in 1938 and operating under the MillerKnoll corporate group since 2021 that with the KnollStudio portfolio holds exclusive production rights for the furniture of Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia and Marcel Breuer and operates with 40+ design classics in the permanent MoMA collection — Knoll began in 1938 to conceive the modern office and modern living as a Gesamtkunstwerk: Florence Knoll's Total Design philosophy, the Barcelona Chair since 1953, Womb Chair and Tulip Chair — and today as KnollStudio under MillerKnoll.
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Knoll
Knoll is an American furniture company — founded in 1938 in New York City by Hans Knoll, son of German furniture manufacturer Walter Knoll, as a furniture dealer for importing modern European designs. In 1946 Florence Shust (Cranbrook Academy, student of Mies van der Rohe at IIT Chicago and of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer in Cambridge) joined the company. In 1953 Knoll acquired exclusive production rights for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's furniture programme (Barcelona Chair, Barcelona Stool, Brno Chair, MR Collection, Tugendhat Chair). 1994 Compasso d'Oro for the entire career of the company. 2021 acquisition by Herman Miller for USD 300 million; combined group name: MillerKnoll.
Iconic designer collaborations (KnollStudio): Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Barcelona Chair/Stool 1929/since 1953 at Knoll, Brno Chair 1930, MR Collection 1927–29), Florence Knoll (sofa collection 1954, lounge chair, table desk), Eero Saarinen (Womb Chair 1948; Womb Settee; Tulip Chair/Table 1956), Harry Bertoia (Diamond Chair/Wire Collection 1952), Marcel Breuer (Wassily Chair 1925 at Knoll; Laccio Tables 1925), Warren Platner (Platner Collection 1966), Frank Gehry, Maya Lin, Lella & Massimo Vignelli, Piero Lissoni, Antonio Citterio, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby (KN Collection). Over 40 Knoll designs in the permanent collection of MoMA New York. Sustainability programme: ISO 14001-certified production, Design for the Environment (DFE). Brand group under MillerKnoll: Knoll Office, KnollStudio, DatesWeiser, KnollTextiles, Spinneybeck|FilzFelt, Muuto.
For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hospitality, office and public contract projects an American design icon house founded in New York in 1938 and operating under the MillerKnoll corporate group since 2021 that with the KnollStudio portfolio holds exclusive production rights for the furniture of Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia and Marcel Breuer and operates with 40+ design classics in the permanent MoMA collection — Knoll began in 1938 to conceive the modern office and modern living as a Gesamtkunstwerk: Florence Knoll's Total Design philosophy, the Barcelona Chair since 1953, Womb Chair and Tulip Chair — and today as KnollStudio under MillerKnoll.