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reactcreative
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03/06/2011 11:30 pm  

Just recently realized she was still living. She retired from Knoll in 1962 - Her company is bigger than ever - Irving Harper, and Jens Risom are active nowadays - even in their 90's. Why has she stayed out of the public? Is she reclusive? It seems like she would have requests for interviews, etc in the past 10 years as MCM has exploded - yet nothing. So strange.


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barrympls
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04/06/2011 5:18 am  

I believe
when she retired, she was remarried, retired to Florida and just wanted to be out of the spotlight.
It's a damn shame that Risom, Harper and Knoll haven't been given a Kennedy Center honor....or something major like that.


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mario
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04/06/2011 5:48 am  

Old bones need some rest........
by the way thank you for choosing something interesting to post about cuz lately it's a goonberry festival in the forum.
Old Schu gave a rare interview to Metropolis magazine awhile back as she turned over her KNOLL archive to the Smithsonian. Mrs. Knoll-Bassett became political and had a desire to chill and leave the design game to the young guns.
Look for the article it's worth reading.
Hans Knoll death had to be hard on the old girl........


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SDR
 SDR
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04/06/2011 5:54 am  

Mario --
can you repost your images at 520 pixels wide or less ? I want to read the obit -- but it's virtually impossible now !
Thanks for the interesting submission.


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mario
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04/06/2011 6:05 am  

sorry about that.....
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Spanky
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04/06/2011 8:16 pm  

here ya go
here ya go


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