Knoll Archives - Encyclopedia of Design

Wassily Chair by Marcel Bruer featured image

Dwell and Gear Patrol detail the Wassily Chair and Bertoia Diamond Chair

On: June 25, 2021

Tagged: coffee table, furniture, furniture design, furniture designer, furniture maker, interior design, Knoll

The chair shown in Dwell is the Wassily Chair. Inspired by a bicycle frame’s functional design, apprentice Marcel Bruer reduced the classic club chair to its elemental lines and planes using tubular steel.Read More →

Lobby, Grand Hotel, Washington DC 1987. Charles Pfister

Charles Pfister (1938 – 1990) was an American interior and furniture designer

On: June 7, 2021

Tagged: american, american design, american designers, furniture designer, interior design, interior designer, Knoll

Charles Pfister (1939 to 1990) was an American interior and furniture designer and architect. He was professionally active in San Francisco.Read More →

Otto Zapf German product and furniture designer

On: February 22, 2021

Tagged: Design firm, German Designers, Knoll

Otto Zapf has created an essential system of furniture designs. Including the Zapf Office System by Knoll and 7500 workstations by Pacific Telesis. He and Dieter Rams designed their first furniture in the 1960s and 1970s.Read More →