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Knoll uses modern design to connect people to their work, their lives, their world. Since 1938, Knoll has been recognized internationally for creating workplace and residential furnishings that inspire, evolve, and endure. Today, their commitment to modern design, understanding of the workplace, and dedication to sustainable design have yielded a unique portfolio of products that respond and adapt to changing needs.

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A Belief in Modern Design

For more than 80 years Knoll has remained true to the Bauhaus design philosophy that modern furniture should complement architectural space, not compete with it. At Knoll, modern design has been the guiding principle, and their passion has been shared by customers and design professionals worldwide. 

Founders, Hans and Florence Knoll, embraced the creative genius at the Bauhaus School and the Cranbrook Academy of Art to create new types of furniture and environments for the workplace. Their approach, where craftsmanship joined with technology through the use of design, anchors their perspective and shapes the values they endeavour to live by today.

80 years of landmark collaborations, with pioneering modernists to bold contemporary designers, define not only the past but the future of Knoll through active, recent, and future partnerships with Antenna Design, Don Chadwick, Formway Design, Jehs & Laub, Joseph D’Urso, David Adjaye, Willo Perro and OMA.

A Comprehensive Product Portfolio

No company can match the array of Knoll's products, which combine a Modernist aesthetic with residential appeal.

This point of view nurtured by Florence Knoll, has become the trademark of Knoll design. Today, it connects to a new generation seeking homes and workplaces that are comfortable for everyday living.

Knoll offer thoughtful, inventive products that respond to individual work styles and transcend multiple generations. Furniture, accessories, textiles, felts and leathers that stimulate the senses and allow you to express who you are and what you value. 

While knowledge from the past can be used to serve customers today, Knoll's spirit and methodology are, and have always been, forward-looking. They evaluate technologies. They assess new materials. They test new processes. They are always pushing boundaries.

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Modern Always®

Knoll continues its ‘Modern Always’ print advertising campaign, developed for its 75th anniversary in 2013, by celebrating Knoll’s entire brand storytelling and its heritage pillars —past, present and future— since the company's founding in 1938.

Under the ‘Modern always’ headline, Knoll’s latest campaign imagery reveals the essence of modern living with a contemporary approach without losing a connection to the past. Knoll’s vision and its timeless values is perfeclty represented over the years juxtaposing latest collections along with modern classics and iconic products. Modern and evocative architectures become the ideal setting for Knoll’s designs.

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Knoll Designers

For 75 years, Knoll have teamed up with celebrated architects and designers to offer a creative, ground-breaking assortment of furniture, textiles and accessories.

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