Hans G Knoll was a German-American who, together with his wife, Florence Knoll, founded design company and furniture manufacturer Knoll.
10 Facts About Hans Knoll
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Hans Knoll's father was a modern furniture manufacturer, who supported the Nazi regime.
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In 1943, Hans Knoll was approached by Florence Schust, an architect who had studied under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen.
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Hans Knoll fell in love with Schust, and in 1946 they were married.
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In 1943 Hans Knoll assisted the war effort by helping the US Air Force construct the German Village, a simulation of German working class dwellings to be used to perfect fire-bombing techniques on German residential areas.
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Hans Knoll Associates acquired the rights to the Barcelona chair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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In 1945, Hans Knoll launched its Hans Knoll Planning Unit under Florence's direction.
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Hans Knoll moved the firm's headquarters to Pennsylvania in 1950, believing that he would be able to find talented craftsmen among the region's large German population.
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Hans Knoll had his Porsche sent to Cuba for a business trip, and died in a car crash with a runaway truck in 1955 at the age of 41.
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Hans Knoll was survived by his widow Florence who became president of their company and his two children from an earlier marriage, Peter Knoll and Maria Knoll.