{"title":"Richard Schultz","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter studying at Iowa State University and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in the USA, Richard Schultz joined Knoll Associates in 1951 to work with Harry Bertoia. Alongside his work for Knoll, he designed an office for Stow\/Davis. He later taught basic design at the Philadelphia College of Art. His sculpture attracted enormous attention at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and was even given a room of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis better-known work includes Bertoia's wire chairs, whose production process he played a key role in developing. He also created the petal collection that accompanied the Diamond Chair. At Florence Knoll's personal request, he later designed a collection of furniture that could withstand the elements. The result was the \"Leisure Collection\" (today the \"1966 Collection\"), which became an instant classic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1992, Richard Schultz started his own furniture company, where he and his son Peter produced an impressive range of outdoor furniture, including Topiary, Swell and Mateo. In 2012, after 20 years, he returned to Knoll. Together, Richard Schultz and Knoll now offer distinctive modern garden furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.connox.com\/collections\/richard-schultz.oembed","provider":"Connox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}