Headquartered in East Greenville, Pennsylvania,
Knoll serves clients in North
America through a network of more than 200
dealerships and 100 showrooms and regional offices.
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"The Palisades Interstate Park Commission plays a premier role in
preserving the environment and
natural beauty of the Hudson River Valley, its
Palisades and Highlands," said Capitman. In 2001
, awards were
presented to Massimo and Lella Vignelli for design, William T.schdecken astute
Leading American
furniture manufacturer Knoll, Inc.org or by calling 845-424-3812. The Palisades park system now includes
twenty-four parks
and eight historic sites, covering over 100,000 acres in eight counties
(Bergen
, Passaic, Morris and Warren in New Jersey, and Rockland, Orange,
Sullivan and Webster in New York
. Darrow commented, "We wish
Mike the best as he rejoins Broyhill where he spent 18 years of his career
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Founded in 1938
by Hans Knoll, who died in 1955 and drawing leadership and design direction
from
his wife, Florence Knoll until 1965, this company introduced and
successfully promoted many of the
iconic industrial designers of the Bauhaus
International Style and mid-century Modern period. Wright
acquired the 75-acre property, an abandoned stone quarry, in
1942 and designed Dragon Rock, the Studio
and a vast woodland garden as a
total environment over the course of 35 years. The
organization
's stewardship mission has been expanded beyond the cliffs to a
larger area of land along the Hudson
River and westward around the New Jersey
and New York border., Clayton Marcus is a leading manufacturer
of medium-to-
better residential upholstery in both fabric and leather.newage starburst
"Without Knoll, Modernism
would have had a much lower visibility in America
and would be far less accessible to the public
today.
About Manitoga
Manitoga, Dragon Rock and the Russel Wright Studio are listed
on the
National Register of Historic Places, and Manitoga is a featured site in the
National Trust
for Historic Preservation's Historic Artists' Home and Studios
program.
About the Russel
Wright Awards
Manitoga's Russel Wright Awards were created in 2000 when the first Russel
Wright
Award for Design was presented to Michael Graves. Governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster
Voorhees of New Jersey joined the cause, and in 1900, the two state
legislatures created PIPC
.corbusier foof
is 2005 winner of the Russel Wright Award for
the Manitoga/The Russel
Wright
Design Center, the non-profit organization which owns and operates acclaimed
20th century
industrial designer Russel Wright's home, studio and 75 acre
woodland gardens, is pleased to announce
its selection of recipients of the
2005 Russel Wright Awards. Award presentation will be at the
organization's
2005 Russel Wright Awards and Benefit Auction Luncheon at The Garrison,
Garrison
, New York on Sunday, October 2, 2005.
Marketing of Modernism Award to Knoll, Inc. "The Modernist
tradition that inspired Russel Wright
and our founders continues to energize Knoll today. The Commission
is made up of ten commissioners,
five appointed by each Governor, who serve staggered five-year terms
.
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"As the Palisades Interstate Park Commission has
done since its
creation in 1900, Russel Wright savored the land's natural
forms while he revitalized it," Ash observed
.
About Knoll, Inc.schdecken livingroom
We are extremely pleased to be recognized by Manitoga/The
Russel Wright
Design Center for this ongoing commitment to design," Mr.
In 2003, the design award was presented
to Jack Lenor Larsen, the
environmentalism award to Professor Harvey Flad of Vassar College and the
marketing of modernism award to Rob Forbes, founder of Design Within Reach.Clayton Marcus President
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This
culminated in the 20,000 acre Sterling Forest acquisition in the late 1990's,
which
achieved its funding goals with public monies from the Federal, New York
State and New Jersey State
governments and with key contributions from The
Nature Conservancy, the Open Space Institute and
numerous other foundations
and organizations," Capitman continued. Our hiking trails, summer
Nature
and Design Camp and the restoration and preservation of Russel Wright's
home and studio are very
similar to PIPC programs, which is why we applaud
this institution so enthusiastically," he concluded
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Environmentalism Award to Palisades Interstate Park Commission
The Palisades Interstate
Park Commission (PIPC) was chosen as recipient of
the 2005 Russel Wright Award for Environmentalism
. Over its 100 year history, the PIPC has grown to a
100,000 acre park system with jurisdiction over
24 state parks and eight
historic sites, including Bear Mountain State Park and Storm King Mountain
State Park, key protected lands of the west bank of the Hudson Highlands. Membership and tour information
can be accessed at
http://www. In addition, Knoll has
plants in Foligno and Graffignana, Italy
.legless incluing
Capitman. Rockefeller, J.
La-Z-Boy Incorporated president and CEO Kurt L. Products include
sofas, sleeper sofas, loveseats, chairs and ottomans in traditional, casual
and transitional styles
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Whether it is the design
of a product, a program or some form of communication, design integrity
is our
guiding principle. David Leavitt was the
architect who turned Wright's vision for his
home and studio into a reality. MONROE, Mich.
Additional information is available at http://www
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20th century to the present, which are intended primarily for interior residential use, that are purchased
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Perkins, his son, grandson, granddaughter-in-law and granddaughter and
generations
of Rockefellers and Harrimans, served almost continuously as PIPC
Commissioners. In recent years
, the PIPC led exhaustive public campaigns to
gain control of the dwindling stock of undeveloped Hudson
Valley land.
During his short tenure at Clayton Marcus he was responsible for leading
a
great team in successfully reinvigorating the company.sectionals astute
The Knoll commitment to high
environmental
standards is mandated by a comprehensive Environmental, Health +
Safety Management Plan.diningroom newage
Vanderbilt
and other business
leaders of the Gilded Age before World War I., La-Z-Boy Incorporated
(NYSE:
LZB; PCX) announced today that Michael Delgatti has resigned his
position as president of Clayton
Marcus to accept a senior management position
with Broyhill. The La-Z-Boy Upholstery Group companies
are
Bauhaus, Centurion, Clayton Marcus, England, La-Z-Boy, and Sam Moore.corbusier tabletops
P. Honorees are
selected
by Manitoga's Board of Directors, and award winners have always
accepted their awards in person at
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The PIPC
was founded in
1900 by the states of New York and New Jersey to acquire and protect the
unique
and dramatic Palisades cliffs stretching for 30 miles along the western
bank of the Hudson River
.
Carol Ash, Executive Director of the PIPC will accept the Russel Wright
Award for the Commission
.
Founded in 1938, Knoll pioneered the principles of modern design in the
workplace, from space
planning to furniture to accessories. More than 40
Knoll products are exhibited in the permanent
Design Collection of The Museum
of Modern Art in New York.slivers livingroom
"The PIPC benefits from a strong
blending
of public and private funding starting with the original gifts of
John D. In 2002, award winners
were Eva Zeisel for design, Frances Reese
for environmentalism and Murray Moss and Moss for the marketing
of modernism. Although we are sorry
to see him go, the team he built will work together until we
identify a
successor.
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Palisades Interstate Park Commission receives 2005 Russel Wright Award
for
Environmentalism and Knoll, Inc. has been selected to
receive the 2005 Russel Wright Marketing
of Modernism Award."
Accepting the Russel Wright Award for Knoll will be its Chief Executive
Officer, Andrew Cogan. Cogan
said. The Company operates four
manufacturing sites in North America:
East Greenville, Pennsylvania; Grand
Rapids and Muskegon, Michigan; and Toronto, Ontario."
Clayton Marcus is one of six upholstery companies within La-Z-Boy
Incorporated including Bauhaus
, Centurion, England, La-Z-Boy, and Sam Moore.newage diningroom
In the 1980's, the Commission played an important role
in the establishment of Manitoga as a bequest from Russel Wright. Key families, including George
W. "His meticulous intellectual
design has left us an environment that remains faithful to its
creation, a
wonderland for its visitors that shows off its most interesting features; its
natural
contours, enormous boulders, hemlock groves, sunny fields, spectacular
vistas and water, Wright,
with his own hands, created at Manitoga a simple,
but ultimately delightful world," the PIPC Executive
Director concluded.
Manitoga is located in Garrison NY, Route 9D, three miles north of the Bear
Mountain
Bridge and is open for daily tours from April through October,
weather permitting.russelwrightcenter
. Golden for
environmentalism and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian
Institution
. The interstate agreement was forged in an effort to
preserve the natural landscape of the Palisades
region for future generations,
and the commission set about acquiring land along the river for public
parks.
The corporation's vast proprietary distribution network is dedicated
exclusively to
selling La-Z-Boy Incorporated products and brands, and includes
334 stand-alone La-Z-Boy Furniture
Galleries(R) stores and 334 La-Z-Boy In-
Store Gallerys, in addition to in-store gallery programs
at the company's
Kincaid, Pennsylvania House, Clayton Marcus, England and Lea operating units.
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Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center Announces Russel Wright Award Winners For 2005
"In many
ways, Manitoga's program and
mission parallels the PIPC on a much smaller scale.
About
the PIPC
The Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) is a bi-state organization
overseeing
public lands in New York and New Jersey that together comprise the
Palisades park system.livingroom sectionals
In
the
1960's, Russel Wright worked with the PIPC creating a landscape design and
summer camp programs.
Morgan, William K.
In 2004, the design award winner was Jens Risom, the environmentalism award
winner
was the Institute for Ecosystem Studies and the marketing of modernism
award winners were Michael
and Stephen Maharam of Maharam.chaise astute
Manitoga's ongoing admiration for Knoll is also reflected in the
fact that
past Russel Wright Award Winners for Design Massimo and Lella Vignelli (2001),
Jack
Lenor Larsen (2003) and Jens Risom (2004) all completed commissions for
Knoll. England, senior vice
president
of non-branded upholstery.
Background Information
With annual sales of
$2 billion, La-Z-Boy Incorporated is one of the
world's leading residential furniture producers,
marketing furniture for every
room of the home and office, as well as for the hospitality, health
care and
assisted-living industries. The La-
Z-Boy Casegoods Group companies are American Drew
, American of Martinsville,
Hammary, Kincaid, Lea and Pennsylvania House.schdecken lubben
Throughout its history
, Knoll has continuously brought the best of
textiles, furniture and lighting in the modern tradition
to market through its
introductions and sympathetic corporate acquisitions such as the 1968 addition
of Italian furniture manufacturer Gavina, which brought designs of Marcel
Breuer to the Knoll
portfolio.
"What impresses us most about Knoll today is that while it is primarily a
highly
technologically-oriented Office Systems company in which modular office
systems and related products
constitute 65% or more of its $700 million in
annual sales, the company continues to offer and promote
its famous modernist
designs from throughout its history and continues to manufacturer them to it
highest standards," explained Manitoga Co-President Andrew W. The park system has a wide variety
of
recreational facilities, museums and nature centers, and hosts nine million
visit a year.
In the interim, Rod England will provide continued supportive
leadership.C.com/ .chaise livingroom
Knoll designs
included
works by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia and Isamu
Noguchi. A
key factor in Russel
Wright's success was his effectiveness in communicating the values behind his
designs, and Knoll sustains its success by promoting similar traditions.
In 1937, the US Congress
authorized a federal charter to merge the two state
creations into one entity. Delgatti reported
to Rodney D.sofas legless
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