A 2017 Knoll Reunion

Except for a few years spent “wandering in the desert” immediately after college, this is the only industry I’ve been in, so maybe I’m wrong. But I’ve often thought the workplace design and furnishings industry is unique in the length, depth and breadth of the friendships formed among colleagues at the companies and design firms that comprise it. As people move around the industry those friendship bonds provide the matrix that makes our industry a great place to enjoy a career. I worked at Knoll from 1972 through 1985. That’s only 13 years spent at a company with the last year having been 35 years ago. And yet when I got the invitation announcing a Knoll reunion I couldn’t imagine not going. This has been a sad year for us old Knollies. Our dear friend and colleague Brian Lutz passed away in January, and then in March Jeffery Osborne joined …