Knoll Expands Its Workplace Portfolio with the Launch of Konzert and Morrison Hannah™

At Clerkenwell Design Week, Knoll debuted Konzert, a comprehensive system offering extensive options for creating sophisticated, integrated offices. The brand also launched the Morrison Hannah Chair in the UK, an iconic 1973 task chair by Bruce Hannah and Andrew Morrison for Knoll, revived by Bruce Hannah in a remastered palette. 

KONZERT

Konzert is a harmonious private office system designed by Italian architect and designer Paolo Dell’Elce. Designed to anticipate the evolving needs of today’s dynamic workplace, Konzert empowers designers to achieve architectural balance through flexibility. Building on Knoll’s legacy of revolutionizing interior planning and shaping the future of work, Konzert exemplifies the brand’s dedication to total design, a core philosophy for the brand in which all design elements work in harmony to create a holistic experience—from the furniture to the interiors to the architecture.

“Konzert anticipates future needs through an immersive understanding of design planning, and real estate tendencies,” commented Jonathan Olivares, Knoll Creative Director.

Extensive Possibilities, Elevated Design

With this comprehensive system, architects, designers, and dealers are empowered to create expressive spaces meticulously tailored to the needs of every client. Featuring a collection of panel, table, seating and storage elements that can come together in numerous sophisticated ways, Konzert can seamlessly change depending on the interior, enabling an array of different arrangements. With Konzert, designers can invent nearly every element of the space through what Dell’Elce calls tectonic planning—allowing cabinets and shelves to be designed both horizontally and vertically through a variety of heights and depths.

“It’s the ultimate design toolkit,” commented Paolo Dell’Elce. “It allows planners and designers the freedom to play and bring all their visions to life across an array of configurations.”

Through a wide breadth of options and refined details ranging from multiple integrated lighting and upholstered banquette options to specifiable grain direction, this system puts human needs and coherence front and center.

Best-In-Class Materials

Konzert transforms spaces with an impressive selection of premium materials, including veneer, Techgrain, laminate and melamine—available in a wide range of colors and finishes. With a belief that furniture isn’t complete without thoughtful incorporation of color, material, and finish, Konzert builds on the Knoll tradition of giving architects and designers creative freedom to make its products adapt to every unique interior.  These material options ensure every environment is as inspiring as it is high-performing, and contributes to an interior created as a total design.

Total Design in One System

Every element of Konzert was thoughtfully designed in relation to the next—the handle designed with the drawer in mind, the drawer with the cabinet, the desk with the wall panels—creating a seamless, unified aesthetic that embodies Knoll’s philosophy of total design.

MORRISON HANNAH

Knoll launches the Morrison Hannah Chair in the UK following its European debut at Milan Design Week. The task chair delivers ease and joy to a fast-paced world. Designed by Andrew Morrison and Bruce Hannah in 1973, Knoll introduced the chair as “easy to manufacture, easy to reupholster, easy to live with, and easy to love.” As Hannah said, “it’s a chair that smiles at you.” Extremely comfortable and intuitive, the design has been thoughtfully updated for modern lifestyles.

The Morrison Hannah Chair’s simple adjustments and holistic ergonomics deliver comfort without fuss. The chair welcomes sitters, molding to their shape with a pillow-like seat and back cushions. In keeping with Hannah’s mindset that “design is never done,” the chair has been revitalized with more comfortable foam and a wider range of tilt so that users can easily settle themselves.

The functionality of the tilt has also been enhanced, and a new rocking mechanism allows for seamless movements. Ideal for hybrid use, the chair brings residential-like comfort to an array of workplaces and easily adapts to anyone who takes a seat. Simultaneously, it delivers stealth office functionality that fits in perfectly in one’s home.

Designer Bruce Hannah commented:, “Andrew and I loved to build, and we wanted to make a chair with fewer parts, requiring us to get to the essence of what we needed. We were practicing poetry because when you write a poem, you try to get to the essence of what you’re trying to say by using as few words as possible.”

The ultimate chameleon, the Morrison Hannah Chair now comes in a remastered palette, allowing it to transform from a playful piece in bright hues to a more sophisticated design in monochromatic neutrals. With four models, six frames, and a range of textiles and leathers to choose from, the chair’s personality can quickly change depending on the setting. 

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