The Platner Collection
Originally introduced by Knoll in 1966, the Platner Collection represents the designer's attempt to infuse modernism with "the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful kind of design that appeared in period style like Louis XV."
The Platner Collection
In 1966, Knoll introduced the Platner Collection. Bringing a well-versed understanding of architecture to the development of his designs, Warren Platner created something unlike the Modernists before him. As opposed to wholly rejecting ornament, he used it to create a structure that itself was inherently ornate. The now-iconic designs are rational yet expressive, all while staying true to the Modern spirit that defines Knoll.
Platner Easy Chair
Platner applied an architectural point-of-view and emphasis on the human element of design in his collection for Knoll. “What I wanted to achieve was a chair that, number one, was complimentary to the person sitting in it, or to the person in the space between the wall and the chair – what the chair did for the person in respect to the scale of the person and the space, something that would be handsome but you’d forget about it when someone sat down in it,” reflected Platner.
Warren Platner
Platner's furniture collection for Knoll is what earned him worldwide renown. He personally formulated the production techniques for the complicated designs with each chair requiring over a thousand welds and more than one hundred cylindrical steel rods.
