Knoll

A true hybrid product, Template brings Knoll systems expertise to the storage category, combining multiple storage and surface options to offer a unique kit of parts for designing open plan and private office environments.

Essentially a 15” thick panel, Template divides space and provides comprehensive storage solutions, including hanging files, simultaneously. Template integrates seamlessly with Antenna® Workspaces and Dividends Horizon®.

The compact, 15” deep footprint and dual-sided access give Template the versatility to be used in any workspace design: freestanding, as a spine in core planning, or as a workwall or architectural element in perimeter, team and private office designs.

A plannable storage system

Wallmounted Template Storage Solution in white laminate

Storage Workwall

Used as a perimeter structure, Template has the architectural presence to define work zones without the cost or permanence of traditional architectural walls. In addition to delineating the overall workspace, Template can serve as an interior border to define team spaces and shared resources, encouraging collaboration among small clusters of peers. Because it stands independently of a building’s architecture and other furniture, Template offers virtually limitless perimeter planning opportunities.

Storage Spine

By relocating the storage capacity of traditional overhead and pedestal units to a 15” deep spine, Template opens up individual workstations for increased communication and collaboration. With no aesthetic or functional difference between front and back, Template’s dual-sided architecture provides a shared storage solution for users on both sides of the spine.

Template defines space in the open plan environment and creates efficient open plan offices.

Open Plan

Integrating space division and storage, Template brings remarkable efficiency and utility to open plan work environments. A core set of components connect and combine in literally thousands of ways to serve as dividers, spines and perimeter walls, giving unmatched design flexibility. Available with open or closed shelving in ten different heights, Template offers various levels of privacy appropriate for any workspace.

Template storage system puts the worksurface front and center, keeping active work visible and accessible.

Private Office

Offering a wide range of finishes and detailing options, Template provides a functional and attractive backdrop for the private office, combining clean lines with space-maximizing storage. The Template “workwall” — extremely versatile in configuration — supports the diverse demands of today’s private office.

Knoll Antenna Workspaces and Template Storage for Open Plan Offices

Template + Antenna

Used as a spine, blended workspace, or perimeter boundary, Template integrates seamlessly with Antenna Workspaces to expand the possibilities for both storage and space planning in any office environment.

Dividends Horizon Template Anchor Storage ReGeneration Chair Sapper 50

Template + Dividends Horizon

Template serves as both space divider and shared storage when planned between two Dividends Horizon workstations. Template brings increased storage to Dividends Horizon private offices and group meeting spaces. Dividends Horizon panels can also be used in Template-based plans to offer increased privacy or serve as dividers where storage is not needed.

Product story

Using shallow storage units as space dividers was a concept that Knoll had been considering for years. As the open plan design philosophy moved away from the panel-enclosed individual workstation, and towards a more open, collaborative layout, Knoll saw a market for the innovative planning scheme. The central concept was a spine wall deep enough to accommodate hanging files, but compact enough to be used in between other systems components — basically a thick panel.

Antenna Design was brought in to realize the concept. With the help of Knoll team member David Noel, Antenna created a kit of parts, which could be used in literally hundreds of layouts and horizons to create efficient storage solutions while consolidating components and saving space.

By relocating the storage capacity of traditional pedestal and overhead units, as well as technology management, to the spine, the space around the primary worksurface was opened up.

“With the primary worksurface positioned perpendicularly, the horizontal spine becomes your back and forth, a conduit for collaboration,” explains Noel. Template’s dual-sided access also allows interaction between workstations on opposite sides of the spine, “It’s not two units back to back, but a yin and yang.”

Antenna Design

Antenna Design was founded in 1997 by Masamichi Udagawa, a Cranbrook Academy graduate, and Sigi Moeslinger, who holds degrees from NYU and Art Center College of Design. Antenna's people-centered design approach aims to make the experience of objects and environments more meaningful and exciting. Among Antenna’s best known projects are the design of New York City Subway cars and ticket vending machines, JetBlue check-in kiosks and displays for Bloomberg.

Antenna has been recognized with several prestigious design awards, including the National Design Award in Product Design from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Both Udagawa and Moeslinger are senior critics in graphic design at the Yale University School of Art.

Learn more

Additional Info

Construction and Details

PLANNING VERSATILITY. With multiple horizons and unique two-sided access, Template enables a topography of sightlines and surfaces to define space in core or perimeter workspace designs.
SIMPLE MODULAR LOGIC. Template’s modular, component-based construction allows for maximum flexibility and customization.
COMPREHENSIVE MATERIAL AND AESTHETIC OPTIONS. Template offers a wide range of finish options, multiple storage fronts and backs, various door styles and fully customizable shelving schemes.
COMPACT 15” PLANNING FOOTPRINT. By using less space than conventional storage systems, Template increases space efficiency.
INTEGRATION WITH OTHER SYSTEMS. Template combines seamlessly with Antenna Workspaces and Dividends Horizon.