Florence Schust Knoll
(1917 - )
As a protegée of Eero Saarinen, Florence Schust Knoll became one of the most influential designers in Amreican history. She worked briefly for such Bauhaus figures Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Wallace K. Harrison. Her belief was in "total design" ? embracing architecture, manufacturing, interior design, textiles, graphics, advertising and presentation ? and her application of design principles in solving space problems were radical departures from the standard practice in the 1950s, but were quickly adopted and remain widely used today.
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