In the autumn of 1938 an ambitious young German immigrant named Hans Knoll tacked up a sign over the door of a second-floor room he had rented in New York, proclaiming the space "Factory Nr 1."
Knoll: A modernist universe was intended to the follow edition to the 1981 book designed by Massimo Vignelli. It is a detailed history of the company with a series of chapter openers that detail the vast network of designers and artists that worked with Knoll.