Image Unavailable, Please Login https://www.dezeen.com/2019/01/28/florence-knoll-bassett-office-design-pioneer-dies-obituary/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily Dezeen&utm_content=Daily Dezeen+CID_6db154145a9b2af34aa3db5e252c96e7&utm_source=Dezeen Mail&utm_term=Office design pioneer Florence Knoll Bassett dies aged 101#disqus_thread 20th century design icon, creator of the open office concept (1946), and more. Mad Men everywhere are in mourning!
I didn’t really know her. She had dementia. Lived in Miami and was not really “there” for a long while.
Though Op post is 2 years ago still an interesting tidbit of info (wikipedia) . Coincidently she doesn't seem to have been related to the Bassett furniture family though it seems she pioneered the office space furniture layout.
Ironically, she was married to Harry hood-Bassett. Unsure if there is a relation. She married Harry after my grandfather Hans knoll passed away in the 50s