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• Modern always. Explore 75 years of iconic Knoll design, from pioneering modernist vision to bold contemporary designs for home and office.
• The company’s roots extend well into the creative and artistic fervor of the early 20th Century, at home a abroad. Explore this timeline to discover more than 80 years of Knoll and its place in modern design history
• To set the scene: the Deutscher Werkbund, formed in 1907, was born out of the confusion and concern regarding the place of the artist in the second half of the 19th Century. The Bauhaus came soon after.
• Meanwhile, Hans Knoll, born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1914, is the second son of Walter Knoll, a successful second-generation furniture manufacturer.
• His grandfather, Wilhelm Knoll, founded the family business in 1865 and built a reputation for high-quality furniture. Walter and his brother, Wilhelm II, who followed the Werkbund movement closely, chose to redirect the business and create furniture for new modernist interiors.