Designer Florence Knoll changed the way American
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Florence Knoll often presented plans using actual textiles and materials. "It was an effective way to visualize the results," she noted. Her rough sketch for the design of her husband's 12 x 12 ft. office at 575 Madison Avenue has all the hallmarks of the "Knoll look" - spare clean lines, touches of bright color, innovative space planning - an uncluttered elegance. As a salesroom, it persuaded many reluctant clients. After Hans Knoll died in an automobile accident in 1955, Florence Knoll became president of company and later president of Knoll International. In 1958, she married Florida banker Harry Hood Bassett. Two of her most widely published projects were the Connecticut General Life Insurance Building in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Eero Saarinen's general headquarters building for CBS in New York.
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