Latest Knoll Posts from Smart Furniture
Modern Outdoor Love
Which Outdoor Lounge Chair Are You?
The world-renowned Myers-Briggs questionnaire claims to categorize an individual's personality into one of 16 major groupings. Jung debated that there were 32. Nevertheless, the results often reveal your attitude, lifestyle preferences, and social tendencies. All in all, rather enlightening. But Myers-Briggs can't help you find the perfect Outdoor Lounge Chair. That's what we are here for. So we've rounded up our Top 8 Outdoor Lounge Chairs to help you identify the perfect summer seating for you.
Spring Color Palette: Pastels!
St. Patrick's Day: Bring on Green
The color green has been universally recognized as representative of new life and growth. Emerald, Pantone's 2013 Color of the Year , has been said to enhance "our sense of well-being further by inspiring insight, as well as promoting balance and harmony."
Orange Crush
Smart Furniture's Dining Essentials
This year has flown by and before you know it leaves will be falling off trees, temperatures will have dropped, and you'll be setting your tables for the holidays. But if you're anything like my family, you have - for the third year in a row - forgotten to get the extra chair used only at Thanksgiving dinner fixed. Every year someone is stuck doing the wobble - and I don't mean the line dance.
Charles Pollock Remembered
This is a sad designer profile, one for which we wish the circumstances were different. We're accustomed to profiling either living designers or those who have passed away long ago. But the recent passing of Charles Pollock makes us stop and think for a while; life is fragile and beautiful, and when it's cut short too soon we all experience loss in some way.
Fall into Autumn With Pantone
Pantone is at it again. That's right, we're back to talk about our favorite global color authority and their Fall Color Trends. For over 20 years, Pantone has surveyed the designers of New York Fashion Week and Fashion Week around the world to bring you each upcoming season's most important color trends.
Eclectic Harmony using SmartSpace
Niels Diffrient Passes Away
Designer Niels Diffrient, the "Grand-daddy of Ergonomics," passed away yesterday. Not only did Diffrient design many of Humanscale's top selling chairs of today, but he also influenced industrial design over the last several decades - touching everything from the sewing machine to airline livery. We've recounted his rich history in the design world here.
Trend Tuesday: Mixed Dining Chairs
Eero Saarinen: Designer Spotlight
Presenting: Knoll Task Chairs
Knoll is well known for their work with some of the most iconic mid-century designers. From Eero Saarinen to Mies van der Rohe and Warren Platner, Knoll carries pieces from many of the greatest furniture designers of all time. But more than just mid-century icons, Knoll also manufactures premium office chairs that rival many of the top selling products on the market. We've gone through a brief overview of three of our favorites below.