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Florence Knoll Bassett (b. 1917) is an American architect and furniture designer who studied under Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen. She was born in Saginaw, Michigan as Florence Schust. She graduated from the Kingswood School before studying at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. She also received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Armour Institute (now Illinois Institute of Technology) in 1941 and briefly worked with leaders of the Bauhaus movement, including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Wallace K. Harrison. While a student on the campus of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Florence Knoll Bassett became a protegée of Eero Saarinen. In 1946, she married Hans Knoll, and they formed Knoll Associates. When Hans Knoll died in a car accident in 1955, Florence Knoll took over operation of the company. As a pioneer of the Knoll Planning Unit, she revolutionized interior space planning with her belief in "total design.” For her contributions to architecture and design, Florence Knoll was accorded the National Endowment for the Arts' prestigious 2002 National Medal of Arts.

American furniture brand Knoll has been adhering to the Bauhaus design concept for 75 years, that is, modern furniture should fill the interior space of the building instead of occupying space. At Knoll, modern design has always been our guiding principle and our passion has always been shared by our global customers and design experts. Good design has always been the driving force behind Knoll's progress. Since 1938 Knoll has been focusing on and thinking about how people interact with their environment and how their environment affects their work. No company can match our product lineup because our products combine modern aesthetics with a living experience. For many years. Knoll has always worked with renowned architects and designers to provide creativity, groundbreaking furniture, textiles and accessories that inspire the experience and enhance your self-expression and self-worth. Knoll has extensive research on ergonomics and health, such as ten tips for healthier workspace infographics; Ergonomic setup guide: sit-up workstations; ergonomic skills in 10 healthier work areas, etc. Knoll puts health first, which is the biggest change in the positioning of furniture products in work life. . Knoll is also a responsible brand and a founding sponsor of the World Heritage Foundation (WMF) Risk Modernism Program. WMF is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the world's architectural heritage. Committed to protecting modernist masterpieces that were built less than a century after construction, they are often dismantled, destroyed or abandoned.