Knoll
Type	Public (NYSE: KNL)
Founded	1938
Founder	Hans Knoll
Headquarters	East Greenville, PA, USA
Key people	Florence Knoll
Industry	Manufacturing
Products	Designer furniture
Website	www.knoll.com

Florence "Shu" Knoll Bassett followed her husband as head of the company

The Barcelona Chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer

The Tulip chair, designed for Knoll by Eero Saarinen in 1956

A Knoll print ad from 1969 promoting Eero Saarinen's Pedestal chair

Many of the company's products are on permanent display at MOMA in NYC:
The Tulip chair...

...and the Wassily Chair

Knoll is an American company that produces office furniture systems. The company has been recognized as a worldwide design leader. The company sells furniture for the home by design greats such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Harry Bertoia, Frank Gehry, Maya Lin and Eero Saarinen. A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by relatively few individuals. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. ... An entrepreneur (a loanword from French) is a person who undertakes and operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. ... East Greenville is a borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ... Florence Knoll was a designer. ... Manufacturing, a branch of industry which accounts for about one-quarter of the worlds economic activity, is the application of tools and a processing medium to the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale. ... // Modern furniture refers to furniture produced from the late 19th century through the present that is influenced by modernism. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Florence Knoll was a designer. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Barcelona Lounge Chair is a classic of 20th century modernist furniture design by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. ... The reconstructed German Pavilion in Barcelona Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (776x728, 85 KB) Summary Computer graphic of famous chair designed by Marcel Breuer Own work, 16th July 2006, Borowski Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bauhaus... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (776x728, 85 KB) Summary Computer graphic of famous chair designed by Marcel Breuer Own work, 16th July 2006, Borowski Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bauhaus... Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer The Model B3 chair, also known as the Wassily Chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer for the constructivist painter Wassily Kandinsky. ... Marcel Breuer Marcel Lajos Breuer (May 21, 1902 Pécs, Hungary – July 1, 1981 New York City), architect and furniture designer, was an influential modernist. ... Image File history File links Tulip_chair. ... Image File history File links Tulip_chair. ... The Tulip chair is designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956. ... Saarinens Gateway Arch frames The Old Courthouse, which sits at the heart of the city of Saint Louis, near the rivers edge. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Saarinens Gateway Arch frames The Old Courthouse, which sits at the heart of the city of Saint Louis, near the rivers edge. ... General Electric GE90-115B fanblade, on display at MOMA. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Tulip chair is designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956. ... Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer The Model B3 chair, also known as the Wassily Chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer for the constructivist painter Wassily Kandinsky. ... A Shaker rocker, or rocking chair. ... Design, usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, is used as both a noun and a verb. ... The reconstructed German Pavilion in Barcelona Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. ... Harry Bertoia (b. ... The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg in Toronto, Ontario on February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American architect. ... It has been suggested that Confluence project be merged into this article or section. ... Saarinens Gateway Arch frames The Old Courthouse, which sits at the heart of the city of Saint Louis, near the rivers edge. ...

The company was founded in New York City in 1938 by Hans Knoll. Production facilities were moved to Pennsylvania in 1940. After the death of Hans in 1955 his wife Florence Knoll took over as head of the company. The company is headquartered in East Greenville, Pennsylvania and listed at the New York Stock Exchange. Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Florence Knoll was a designer. ... East Greenville is a borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Borg, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ...

Notable products

Many of the company's product are included in museum collections. [1]

• In 1956 the company commisioned Eero Saarinen to design the Tulip chair for production.
• In 1953 the company was accorded exclusive manufacturing and sales rights to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe furniture, including the Barcelona chair designed for the 1929 Barcelona Pavilion. [2]
• The company holds production rights to the Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer.
• In 1947 Knoll acquired exclusive US production rights of the Hardoy chair ("Buttefly chair") by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy. Cheaper imitations flooded the market. Knoll took legal action in 1950, in the end losing theír claim of copyright infringement; the model was dropped in 1951.
• The Domus chair by Ilmari Tapiovaara was produced between 1951-1957.

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List of designers

• Raul de Armas
• Tim van Campen
• Gerald Abramovitz
• Paul Aferiat
• Anni Albers
• Franco Albini
• Don Albinson
• Marc Alessandri
• Davis Allen
• Emilio Ambasz
• Sergio Asti
• Gae Aulenti
• Enrico Baleri
• Jhane Barnes
• Wolf Bauer
• Anne Beetz
• Hans Bellman
• Jeffrey Bernett
• Marc Berthier
• Harry Bertoia
• Ayse Birsel
• Cini Boeri
• Antonio Bonet
• Marcel Breuer
• Lewis Butler
• Vincent Cafiero
• Achille Castiglioni
• Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
• Don Chadwick
• Andreas Christen
• Bosson Saunders Colebrook
• Stephan Copeland
• Pepe Cortès
• Dorothy Cosonas
• Lise-Anne Couture
• Jonathan Crinion
• Joseph D’Urso
• Robert DeFuccio
• Neils Diffrient
• Peter Eisenman
• Jim Eldon
• Dale Fahnstrom
• Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
• Formway Design
• Neil Frankel
• Enrico Franzolini
• Emanuela Frattini Magnusson
• Gianfranco Frattini
• Dino Gavina
• Frank Gehry [3]
• Rudy Gernreich
• Alexander Girard
• Charles Gwathmey
• Paul Haigh
• Peter Hamburger
• Bruce Hannah
• Eszter Haraszty
• Christa Haussler
• Robert and Trix Haussmann
• Marc Held
• Sheila Hicks
• Evelyn Hill
• Hans Hollien
• Suzanne Huguenin
• Dragomir Ivièeviæ
• Arne Jacobsen
• Pierre Jeanneret
• Florence Knoll Bassett
• Donald R. Knorr
• Antti Kotilainen
• Robert Kulicke
• Lawrence Laske
• Gary Lee
• Angelo Lelii
• Marc Lepage
• Maya Lin
• Piero Lissoni
• Living Divani
• Josep Lluscà
• Ross Lovegrove
• Roberto Lucci
• Vico Magistretti
• Erik Magnussen
• Carl Magnusson
• Angelo Mangiorotti
• Marco Maran
• Roberto Sebastian Matta
• Herbert Matter
• Maxdesign
• Michael McCoy
• Richard Meier
• Lucia Mercer
• Clay Michie
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
• Abbott Miller
• Andrew Morrison
• Pascal Mourgue
• George Nakashima
• Isamu Noguchi
• Kurt Nordstrom
• Paolo Orlandini
• Lloyd Pearson
• Max Pearson
• Jorge Pensi
• Don Petitt
• Charles Pfister
• Piiroinen
• Warren Platner
• Charles Pollock
• James Prestini
• Adrian Pulfer and Parry Merkley
• Christine Rae
• Ralph Rapson
• Hani Rashid
• Jorgen Rasmussen
• Robert Reuter
• Carlos Riart
• Linda and Joseph Ricchio
• Jens Risom
• Charles Rozier
• Eero Saarinen
• Richard Sapper
• Tobia Scarpa
• Richard Schultz
• Mathias Seiler, (for Sedus Design)
• Robert Siegel
• Ettore Sottsass
• Peter Stamberg
• Bill Stephens
• Marianne Strengell
• Kazuhide Takahama
• Ilmari Tapiovaara [4]
• Ufficio Tecnico
• Suzanne Tick
• Nob and Non Utsumi
• Robert Venturi
• Massimo and Lella Vignelli
• Hans Wegner
• Gretl and Leo Wollner
• Otto Zapf
• 2 x 4

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External links

• Knoll home page
• Knoll International
• KNL