Knoll Student Resources

Selected Bibliography

A Modern Consciousness: D.J. DePree, Florence Knoll. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C., April 11 - November 9, 1975. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Florence Knoll Bassett papers, 1932-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

In Nature's Embrace: The World of Harry Bertoia. Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Reading Public Museum, September 16, 2006 - January 7, 2007. Reading, PA: Reading Public Museum, 2006.

Izutsu, Akio. The Bauhaus: A Japanese Perspective and a Profile of Hans and Florence Schust Knoll. Translated by Brian Harrison. Japan: Kajima Institute Publishing Company, 1992.

Larrabee, Eric, and Massimo Vignelli. Knoll Design. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990.

Morse, John D. “The Story of Knoll Associates.” American Artist 15:7 (September 1951): 46-50.

Rouland, Linda and Steven. Knoll Furniture, 1938-1960. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1999.

Schiffer, Nancy F. Knoll Home and Office Furniture. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006.

Tigerman, Bobbye. “I Am Not a Decorator:” Florence Knoll, the Knoll Planning Unit, and the Making of the Modern Office. M.A. thesis, University of Delaware, 2005.

Vignelli, Massimo. Knoll au Louvre. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Pavilion de Marsan, Museé des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, January 12 - March 12, 1972. New York: Knoll International, Inc., 1971.


Selected Periodicals

"A-Ok: Knoll's New Chicago Showroom." Interior Design 37 (December 1966): 118-121.

"Bank Interiors by the Knoll Planning Unit." Arts and Architecture 77 (May 1960): 28-29.

Byars, Mel. "Florence Knoll: 'No Compromise.'" Graphis 53: 312 (December 1997): 97-99.

Cliff, Ursula. "Gallery 4: Florence Knoll." Industrial Design 8 (April 1961): 66-71.

"Executive Office: New York, New York: Florence Knoll, Interior Designer." Progressive Architecture 37:5 (May 1956): 109.

"Florence Knoll and the Avant Garde." Interiors 116 (June 1957): 58-66.

"Florence Knoll Bassett Papers." Archives of American Art Journal 39:1-2 (1999): 59-61.

"From Knoll Associates: A Catalog Designed by Herbert Matter." Arts and Architecture 68 (January 1951): 34-35.

Giovannini, Joseph. "Florence Knoll: Form, not Fashion." The New York Times, April 7, 1983, C12.

"Knoll-plus ca change." Interiors 130 (May 1971): 122-125.

"Knoll Associates Move Into the Big Time." Interiors 110 (May 1951): 74-83, 152-156.

"Knoll au Louvre." Interiors 131:9 (April 1972): 136-139, 160-161.

"Knoll, Chicago: New Tune in the Same Key." Interiors 113 (February 1954): 46-51.

"The Knoll Interior." Architectural Forum 106:3 (March 1957): 137-140.

"Knoll's Kaleidoscopic Knock-Down." Interiors 112 (December 1952): 112-115.

"Knoll's Newest Showroom: Airy and Sun-Dappled Extension of its Southern California Locale." Interiors 120:9 (March 1961): 138-139.

"Knoll's Spare Parallel Bar System." Interiors 115 (January 1956): 106-107.

"Knoll Without Knolls?" Interiors 126 (August 1966): 150-157.

Magnusson, Emanuela Frattini. "Florence Knoll, Una Storia." Abitare (June 1999): 170-177.

Makovsky, Paul. "Shu U." Metropolis 20:11 (July 2001): 89-97, 122.

"New Furniture from Knoll Associates." Arts and Architecture 75 (November 1958): 28.

"New Showroom for Knoll Associates, Inc., in Los Angeles, California." Arts and Architecture 77 (November 1960): 14-15.

"Office on Both Coasts by Knoll." Interiors 114 (January 1955): 60-63.

"Showroom by Knoll Associates (Dow Textile Fibers Division)." Arts and Architecture 79 (April 1962): 26.

"Showroom for Knoll Associates, Inc." Arts and Architecture 74 (May 1957): 22-23.

"The Year's Work: Florence Knoll and the Knoll Planning Unit." Interiors 115 (August 1955): 68.

Tigerman, Bobbye. "Florence Knoll and the Knoll Planning Unit." Decorative Arts Trust Newsletter XIV: 3 (Fall 2004): 1-3.

"Walls of Air, Color, Light and Water: Knoll's New Furniture Showroom is an Outstanding Example of Interior Camouflage." Architectural Forum 94 (May 1951): 138-143.

Warren, Virginia Lee. "Woman Who Led an Office Revolution Rules an Empire of Modern Design." The New York Times, September 1, 1964, p. 40.
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