Knoll International was founded in 1938 by Hans Knoll, before becoming Knoll Associates in cooperation with his wife, Florence Knoll. The history of the company began with the innovative designs of Bauhaus, and the current Knoll International extends from classics from the likes of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe through Ettore Sottsass to Alexander Girard. In addition to the diverse range of furniture, since 1947 Knoll International has devoted itself to the design of fabrics suitable, and intended for, both home and office. With such a long tradition Knoll Designs are characterized by their elegance, timelessness and clear form language.
Florence Knoll
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...While the fact that in 1954 Knoll entered a licensing agreement with Belgian manufacturer De Coene is not irrelevant... In the early 1950s Hans and Florence Knoll established a number of partnerships and realised numerous interiors projects in Europe, Knoll International being established in Stuttgart in 1951 to coordinate and oversee the European ventures...
...Florence Knoll - Architect In addition to nurturing her educationally the Saarinens also took Florence Schust under their wing, making her in all but title part of their family, and taking her with them on their annual summer holiday to Europe... The Knoll Planning Unit Moving to New York in 1941 Florence Schust jobbed for several architectural practices before her path crossed that of Hans Knoll: scion of a German furniture dynasty, in the process of establishing his own furniture company in New York, a furniture company specialising in the modern European designs Hans had, in effect, grown up with...
...Focussing principally on furniture and lighting design Jehs+Laub have developed a wide range of products for international manufacturers as varied as, and amongst many others, Fritz Hansen, Wilkhahn, Knoll, Belux and Cassina...
...Horsepower by Antenna Design for Knoll Good design is, as we recently noted, not necessarily a case of finding the correct solution but of correctly understanding the question... Which is also the reason why we were immediately taken by Antenna Design's Horsepower for Knoll...
...In 2000 Glen Oliver Löw returned to Germany where he took up a professorial position at the Hochschule für bildende Künste, HFBK, in Hamburg and established a design studio in the city from where he has realised projects with clients such as Thonet, Steelcase and Knoll...
