Inspiration

In 1938, Hans Knoll founded H.G. Knoll Furniture Company with the intent of bringing the Modern ideals championed at Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany to America.

Eero Saarinen's objective was simple: he wanted to “clear up the slum of legs” underneath tables and chairs.

As part of our new series Design Deconstructed, take apart the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's iconic Barcelona Chair and chart the history of the chair's production.

Revisit Marcel Breuer’s inaugural modernist house in Litchfield, Connecticut, which features designs by Gerrit Reitveld, Eero Saarinen and Marcel Breuer.