Florence Knoll Bassett, Designer of the Modern American Office, Has Died

That's sad to hear, but I was unaware she was still alive. I'm a huge fan of the Knoll design ethos - a few years ago I purchased a Barcelona chair [1], and it remains my favorite piece of furniture for reading.

If you are ever in New York and want to take a gander at some of the iconic pieces in person, the Design & Decoration Building has a Knoll showroom. A few years ago I also saw many Knoll pieces in a modern furniture exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, but I don't think that's still showing.

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1. Technically Knoll didn't design the Barcelona, that was Ludwig Mies van der Rohe almost a century ago. But Knoll licensed the design and commercialized it.