Knoll celebrates its 80th anniversary at Milan's Salone del Mobile
20/04/2018
At the 57th Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Knoll celebrates its 80th anniversary, presenting new collections and iconic designs that reaffirm the creative vision that has made the brand famous worldwide.
Founded in 1938 through collaboration with the great masters of 20th-century design and architecture, today Knoll continues to evolve by working with the most outstanding contemporary talents.
The Salone del Mobile exhibition space was curated with great style and painstaking attention to detail, and also this year Knoll commissioned design firm OMA, with a project that reflects the minimalist tone applied by Marcel Breuer in the original project for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Taking formal and material cues from the original idea, the focus of the OMA-curated stand is a replica of the modular ceiling designed for the museum..
At the stand, the installation explores modular logic, prefabrication and geometry to create an adaptable, practical display space. OMA has chosen different materials that enbolden the concept of variety and create perfect backdrops for items from the Knoll collection: tactile and solid, organic and man-made - all rolled into one.