Designed by Florence Knoll
Introducing Florence Knoll Vertical Storage cabinets, a taller version of the classic 2-Position credenza. With 3 different configurations available, you can be sure that Florence Knoll has a storage solution for every need, even your coats.
Product story
Prior to the pioneering approach of Florence Knoll and the Knoll Planning Unit, executive offices in America were nearly all planned the same way - a way that Florence Knoll found illogical.
Seeking to create a space better suited to the executive's primary function - communication - Florence reconsidered the layout from an architectural perspective. She replaced an imposing, diagonal desk with the more inviting table desk, placed parallel to the back wall. Storage was moved to behind the table in a low, matching credenza.
To execute this new layout, Florence introduced the 2544 Credenza in 1961. The elegant design exuded executive quality, and clearly exhibited Mies van der Rohe's impact on Florence's approach to design.
Florence Knoll
After demonstrating an early interest in architecture, Florence Schust was enrolled at the Kingswood School for Girls, adjacent to the Cranbrook Academy of Art. There she met Eilel Saarinen, and went on to study under some of the greatest 20th century architects, including Gropius, Breuer, and Mies van der Rohe.
With Florence's design skills and her husband Hans' business acumen and salesmanship, the pair grew Knoll into an international arbiter of style and design. In creating the revolutionary Knoll Planning Unit, Florence Knoll defined the standard for the modern corporate interiors of post-war America.
Additional Info
Construction and Details
- Available in multiple interior configurations:
- Center Divide: Cabinet interior has vertical divider in the center with four adjustable shelves on each side
- Double-width Shelves: Cabinet interior has four full-width shelves: two fixed and two adjustable
- Coat Cabinet: Cabinet interior has vertical divider in the center with a full-height compartment and coat hook on one side and four adjustable shelves on the other. Left and right configurations available
- Tops are coated marble, natural marble or wood veneer
- Sides, back and door fronts are wood veneer or lacquer
- Base is polished or satin chrome
- KnollStudio logo and Florence Knoll's signature is stamped onto the base frame
Sustainable Design and Environmental Certification
Learn more about Florence Knoll™ Vertical Storage product certifications and materials at Ecomedes.
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