Florence Knoll was a pioneer of modern office design. She is known for her innovative open office designs, populated with modernist furniture and organised (for the first time) rationally for the needs of office workers.
Knoll once described her designs as the fill-in pieces which had to be provided. "I needed the piece for a job and it wasn't there, so I designed it."
In creating the revolutionary Knoll Planning Unit, Florence Knoll defined the standard for the modern corporate interiors of post-war America.
Drawing on her background in architecture, she introduced modern notions of efficiency, space planning, and comprehensive design to office planning.
Florence ardently maintained that she did not merely decorate space. She created it. The Planning Unit rigorously researched and surveyed each client — assessing their needs, defining patterns of use and understanding company hierarchies — before presenting a comprehensive design, informed by the principles of modernism and beautifully executed in signature Knoll style.
Florence and the Planning Unit were responsible for the interiors of some of America’s largest corporations, including IBM, GM and CBS. Florence also seeded contributions with her friends Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, and Mies van der Rohe.
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