Title: Knoll Designs
Author: Eric Larrabee
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 1981
Text by Eric Larrabee, photography by Massimo Vignelli; 305 pages, 413 illustrations, 230 plates in full color
Since it was founded in 1938, Knoll has been a leading producer of innovative modern furniture. With icons including Eero Saarinen’s Tulip chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair, and the Hardoy Butterfly chair housed in major collections and displayed in some of the century’s most elegant interiors, Knoll furniture shaped the commercial and private spaces of the 20th century. This detailed and generously-illustrated volume demonstrates the pervasiveness of Knoll designed products and the way in which their superb furniture and textiles have served as an inspiration and, in many cases, a palette for some of the most brilliant sculptors, designers, and decorators of the century. Knoll Designs is an indispensable resource in any architecture or design library, as the book itself seems to have followed the path of the furniture, earning renown for its timelessness and functional beauty.
