Everything in its place.Everything square.
Knolling is laying things out flat, in neat rows, with every edge parallel or at 90 degrees. This is its home.
This mat is a mess. Tap each thing to knoll it.
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How to knoll
- 01
Gather
Find everything that is out on the bench.
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Put away
Put back what you are not using. Not sure? Leave it out.
- 03
Group
Like goes with like. Pens with pens. Tools with tools.
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Square up
Line it all up, parallel or at 90 degrees. Then stand back and look.
Where the word comes from
In 1987, Andrew Kromelow was the janitor at Frank Gehry’s furniture shop. He would take every loose tool and lay it out square on the bench, so you could see the lot at a glance.
The shop was making chairs for Knoll, a company known for clean, square furniture. So he called his habit knolling.
The artist Tom Sachs worked in that shop. He took the habit with him and gave it a motto: always be knolling.