Press Releases May 22, 2018
Brand to celebrate new designs by Antenna Design, Dorothy Cosonas, Lars Beller Fjetland, Marc Krusin, Glen Oliver Loew, Marc Newson, and Rockwell Group with an introduction to Muuto.
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Features Apr 12, 2018
In honor of brand's 80th anniversary, Architectural Digest looks to the past, present and future.
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Features May 07, 2018
Interiors, Editor-at-Large and Home & Design celebrate the Risom Outdoor Collection’s heritage and contemporary appeal.
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Features Jul 27, 2018
From the recently debuted Newson Aluminum Chair to the reintroduced and reimagined classics, Knoll remains in the headlines this Summer.
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As Hans expands the scope of his company to include interior design projects, he hires a young Danish designer named Jens Risom to help with space planning. The present state of custom interior design leads Risom to design new pieces of furniture for specific projects. This is the original Knoll furniture.
The first Knoll Catalog is printed. It includes a few remaining imported pieces, but is comprised primarily of new furniture designed specifically for Knoll by Jens Risom.
[+] With wartime materials restrictions, Risom had to be clever and economical in his designs. He developed a line of furniture that could be constructed with pieces of scrap wood and discarded nylon webbing from parachute factories. Hans found small shops around the city that were not approved for war production and enlisted them to build the new pieces. Selected pieces of the original collection are still manufactured by Knoll today.
Hans Knoll
Jens Risom