Since Hans Knoll founded the company in 1938, Knoll has been known for treating furniture as part of architecture rather than as isolated objects. Florence Knoll formalized that idea through the company’s Planning Unit and its Total Design approach, a legacy that still guides its modern interiors for workplaces and other commercial settings.
Herman Miller, IncHerman Miller is a Zeeland, Michigan, company whose modern design identity took shape after D.J. De Pree renamed Michigan Star Furniture Company in 1923 for his father-in-law, Herman Miller. Designers including George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames later helped establish its enduring reputation for problem-solving furniture. Today, the company creates furnishings for workplaces, homes, and healthcare settings as part of the MillerKnoll collective.NEW YORK, NY
ThonetThonet has been shaping bentwood furniture since Michael Thonet began experimenting with the process in 1830, and today it designs and manufactures commercial furniture in the United States. Its American production began in Statesville, North Carolina, in 1941, and the company now hand-builds contemporary designs alongside enduring bent plywood pieces in its U.S. workshops. The company’s work carries a distinctive design lineage that includes collaborations with architects such as Otto Wagner, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.MORRISTOWN, NY
MillerKnoll, IncMillerKnoll is a collective of design brands that develops and sells furniture and related furnishings for workplaces, healthcare environments, homes, and other settings. The company brings together brands including Herman Miller, Knoll, Design Within Reach, Geiger, HAY, Muuto, and NaughtOne, drawing on more than 100 years of design research across its collective. Its portfolio spans commercial and residential settings as well as healthcare and educational environments.EAST GREENVILLE, PA
GunlockeFounded in 1902, Gunlocke makes American-crafted workplace furniture, from wood casegoods and desking to seating and conferencing pieces. Based in Wayland, New York, the company draws on more than 120 years of artisan craftsmanship and manufacturing experience; its furniture has even occupied the Oval Office. Gunlocke designs coordinated workplace environments with a focus on durable construction, considered details, and responsible sustainability.WAYLAND, NY