Platner coffee table
Category
Coffee tables
Brands
Designers
Dimensions
D 40 cm - H 46 cm
Finiture
Steel, Glass
Year
1966
The Platner coffee table by Knoll, created by Warren Platner in 1966, is a play of light and structure, a balance between solid geometry and visual lightness. Its base, made of thin interwoven metal rods, seems to vibrate in space, while the suspended top enhances its sculptural grace. A timeless icon, capable of transforming any environment with its discreet and harmonious elegance.
Knoll
Knoll. Inc. is a design-led company that produces office systems, seating, filing and shelving, tables and desks, and textiles (KnollTextiles). It produces home furnishings by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll (Florence Schust), Frank Gehry, Maya Lin, and Eero Saarinen under the company's KnollStudio division. In 2011, Knoll received the prestigious National Design Award for Corporate and Institutional Achievement from the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The award honors design excellence and the public impact of Knoll's body of work.
Warren Platner
Warren Platner was an American designer, born in Baltimore in 1919. After graduating from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, he worked with Raymond Leowy and Eero Saarinen, participating in the design of several buildings. During the 1940s he began to take an interest in design, leading him to the creation of objects and furniture, reinterpreting the modern American style in a Deco way: his furniture was in fact proposed as an alternative to minimalism. The Platner collection created in 1966 for Knoll, a union of technology and craftsmanship, is still recognized today as an icon of modern furniture.
