Like so many of her groundbreaking designs that became the gold standard for the industry, the 1961 executive collection - including these conference tables - has made its way into the pantheon of modern classics.
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Like so many of her ground breaking designs that became the gold standard for the industry, the 1961 executive collection - including these conference tables - has made its way into the pantheon of modern classics.
Tubular steel legs in polished or satin chrome finish or black.
Table top's longitudinal veneer with beveled edge enhances beauty.
Veneer top finishes available: natural and ebonised oak, mahogany, beechwood and pearwood.
Three leg finishes available: polished chrome, satin chrome and matte black.
American Institute of Interior Designers First Award, 1954
Table desks width varies from 244cm to 800cm, depth from 101cm to 208cm, 71 cm H
Like so many of her groundbreaking designs that became the gold standard for the industry, the 1961 executive collection - including these conference tables - has made its way into the pantheon of modern classics.
While a student at the Kingswood School on the campus of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Florence Knoll Bassett (née Schust) became a protegée of Eero Saarinen. She studied architecture at Cranbrook, the Architectural Association in London and the Armour Institute (Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago). She worked briefly for Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Wallace K. Harrison. In 1946, she became a full business and design partner and married Hans Knoll, after which they formed Knoll Associates. She was at once a champion of world-class architects and designers and an exceptional architect in her own right. As a pioneer of the Knoll Planning Unit, she revolutionised interior space planning. Her belief in "total design" – embracing architecture, manufacturing, interior design, textiles, graphics, advertising and presentation – and her application of design principles in solving space problems were radical departures from the standard practice in the 1950s, but were quickly adopted and remain widely used today. For her extraordinary contributions to architecture and design, Florence Knoll was accorded the National Endowment for the Arts' prestigious 2002 National Medal of Arts.