A vivid company biography of leading furniture manufacturer Walter
Knoll based on its formative figures Wilhelm, Hans, and Walter
Knoll, and most recently, Markus Benz. Walter Knoll, the book,
charts the one-and-a-half-century-old history of this remarkable
furniture dynasty, tracing the evolution of its designs in relation
to key cultural and historical developments. When the Thomas Mann
House in Los Angeles was recently bought by the Federal Republic of
Germany and transformed into a representative "transatlantic
meeting place," it was Walter Knoll furnishings that defined its
interior design and showcased German creativity and performance in
arts and business. Based in Herrenberg, near Stuttgart, the
150-year-old furniture business is one of the most successful
furniture companies of the modern era and a global leader in
high-end furnishing manufacturing. Walter Knoll's impressively long
history dates back to Wilhelm Knoll, the founding father of the
Knoll dynasty, who first set up a leather shop in Stuttgart in
1865. Knoll rose from being a cobbler to the court purveyor to the
House of Wurttemberg. When his sons, Willy and Walter, took over
the company in 1907, they began producing chairs - introducing the
first club armchair to Germany and becoming the industry's first
exporter. Their advances marked a revolution in upholstered
furniture. After founding his own company in the 1920s, Walter
Knoll was a breakout sensation in the avant-garde interior design
world with a landmark exhibition at the Weissenhof Estate in
Stuttgart, under the direction of the Mies van der Rohe, in 1927.
His son, Hans Knoll, went to the U.S. in the 1930s and himself
founded his own company, Knoll Inc., and with it, re-wrote design
history. In 1993, Markus Benz, the son of Rolf Benz, joined the
Knoll ranks, continuing the successful cooperation with
internationally-renowned architects and designers. This fascinating
company story shows how the Stuttgart area, one of the strongest
economic regions in the world, was also a wellspring of modern
design and culture.
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