Knoll opens New York flagship showroom on Park Avenue

American design brand Knoll has opened a new flagship showroom on New York's Park Avenue, where metal mesh curtains serve as spatial dividers and backdrops for furniture vignettes. The space was designed as a collaboration between Knoll SVP of design Jonathan Olivares, architect Pernilla Ohrstedt, and material and colour expert Salem van der Swaagh. Housed The post Knoll opens New York flagship showroom on Park Avenue appeared first on Dezeen.

Knoll opens New York flagship showroom on Park Avenue

American design brand Knoll has opened a new flagship showroom on New York's Park Avenue, where metal mesh curtains serve as spatial dividers and backdrops for furniture vignettes.

The space was designed as a collaboration between Knoll SVP of design Jonathan Olivares, architect Pernilla Ohrstedt, and material and colour expert Salem van der Swaagh.

Minimalist furniture showroom with curtains of metal mesh and brightly coloured fabric — Curtains of metal mesh and brightly coloured fabric allow the Knoll showroom to be configured as desired

Housed within a corner building at 251 Park Avenue South, in Manhattan's Gramercy Park neighbourhood, the minimalist showroom presents both residential and commercial furniture from the brand's collections.

"The retail space is planned as a residence and the workplace floor is planned as an office, but the same level of rigour, elevated colours, materials and finishes, and architectural purity is carried across all Knoll interiors," said Olivares.

Furniture showroom with large windows and a bright yellow chair on a matching rug — The space is housed inside a corner building on Park Avenue

The New York City showroom is a continuation of the brand's recently refreshed retail environments in London, Chicago and Dallas.

It features a flexible layout, which takes cues from historic showrooms designed by Florence Knoll – the wife of founder Hans Knoll, who supervised the design teams for decades and took over as president after her husband's death.

Large conference table in front of a yellow and metal mesh curtains — Furniture from Knoll's residential and commercial collections is displayed in the store

Metal mesh curtains and brightly coloured fabric panels are mounted on a system of perpendicular tracks, so they can be maneuvered and overlaid with one another as desired.

The bold primary hues match the upholstery of Knoll seating designs on display, which include some of the modernist design movement's most recognisable pieces.

Red chairs in a bright white furniture showroom — The bold modernist furniture on show includes designs by Harry Bertoia, Marcel Breuer and more

Amongst the iconic products that populate the space are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Chair, Marcel Breuer's Wassily Chair and Harry Bertoia's Diamond Chair, which was spotlighted in Dezeen's mid-century modern series last year.

In the area showcasing office furniture, glass-walled compartments emulate individual workspaces and small meeting rooms, while larger conference tables and open-plan arrangements are also presented.

A minimalist, modular system named the Cove Collection is showcased to demonstrate how it can be scaled from private offices up to much larger workspaces.

Newly launched products such as a contemporary edition of the Morrison Hannah Chair, designed by Andrew Morrison and Bruce Hannah in 1973 and recently reissued, are also displayed.

An office vignette with dark wood furniture and upholstered chairs — A variety of staged vignettes provide examples of how the products can be used together

Artworks chosen to complement the interiors are dotted through the space, and include pieces by Harry Bertoia, Willy Reed and Jonathan Muecke.

Throughout, white walls and ceilings, pale flooring and fluorescent strip lighting are used to create a bright and neutral backdrop for the products to stand out against.

Sculpture in front of a blue curtain with a dark wood partition in the foreground — Artworks by Harry Bertoia, Willy Reed and Jonathan Muecke are amongst those dotted throughout the showroom

American furniture brand Herman Miller acquired Knoll for $1.8 billion in 2021 and the group was renamed MillerKnoll shortly after.

Knoll has continued to operate and release products under its sole moniker, including new colours for its Bauhaus-era collections – many of which are on view in the showroom.

The photography is courtesy of Knoll.

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