10 dept x GUVS
Knoll D. Albinson 1601 Chair x19

Don Charles Albinson (November 22, 1921 – November 17, 2008) was an American industrial designer who studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he met Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames, and Eero Saarinen.  He prototyped the award winning Eames-Saarinen designs for the 1941 Organic Design in Home Furnishings competition at the MOMA in New York.   He joined the Eames Office in 1946 and became Eames’ lead designer before opening his own design firm in Los Angeles.  While teaching at UCLA, an offer from Knoll made Albinson the Director of Design for the company in 1964.  Albinson worked with Knoll designers Don Pettit, Max Pearson, Bill Stephens, Richard Shultz, and others to bring their designs into production. His own Knoll design, a stackable chair made of cast aluminum and molded polypropylene (1965) was so successful that many in the company believed that sales of the Albinson chair helped sustain Knoll during a slow period.  This is the 1601 CHAIR.

ABOUT KNOLL COMPANY:

Knoll, Inc is a design firm that produces office systems, seating, files and storage, tables and desks, textiles (KnollTextiles), and accessories for the office, home, and higher education settings. The company manufactures furniture for the home by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll (Florence Schust), Frank Gehry, Charles Gwathmey, Maya Lin and Eero Saarinen under the company's KnollStudio division. Over 40 Knoll designs can be found in the permanent design collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The company was founded in New York City in 1938 by Hans Knoll. Production facilities were moved to Pennsylvania in 1950. After the death of Hans in 1955, his wife Florence Knoll took over as head of the company. The company is headquartered in East Greenville, Pennsylvania and has manufacturing sites in North America (East Greenville, Grand Rapids, Muskegon, and Toronto) and Italy (Foligno and Graffignana)

(wikipedia)