DESIGN NEWS: Knú Desk #2, a cool contemporary home office desk

Knú Desk #2 is a compact, well-conceived workstation with perfectly-sized storage cubbies; one for envelopes, one with a wire management grommet inside to store your laptop (up to 17"), and two more that can easily hold file folders, paper or CD's. On top is a shelf large enough for a phone, large monitor and a printer!

As with all our products, Knú Desk #2 made of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified wood whenever possible and is available in six different eco-friendly veneer choices. It is finished with an extremely tough environmentally-friendly catalyzed varnish.



The dimensions are 35" deep x 48" wide x 29" tall. Knú Desk #2 is very easy to assemble, simply pull it out of the box and attach the legs with 16 machine screws and Allen wrench (all included). There are six veneer choices available: ash, cherry, ebony, maple, walnut and wenge; shown here in ash (light) and wenge (dark).



The legs of this desk are tubular steel, powder-coated with an aluminum finish. Each leg has a nickel plated leveler to keep your desk steady.

Also comes with a handy pencil drawer made from black recyclable injection molded plastic and steel ball bearing drawer slides.



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Knu Desk #3, for the green contemporary home office

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DESIGN NEWS: Knú offers eco-friendly home office furniture storage choices: lateral files, bookcases and entertainment centers

The great thing about choosing a Knú desk is that you also have the choice of office furniture accessories to accompany it! Knú offers convenient storage solutions available in the same 6 eco-friendly veneer choices as all of our desks. All Knú furniture is built to last and built in the USA.

The Knú Lateral File and Entertainment Center can be manufactured in your choice of ash, cherry, ebony, maple, walnut or wenge (shown below in ebony). Our engineered veneers are produced from sustainably harvested poplar plantations and are dyed to mimic rainforest species.

The legs of these pieces match the legs of Knú Desks 1, 2 and 3 and contain an average of 40% post-consumer waste recycled steel. Build a green home office now in the style and color you choose!

DESIGN NEWS: Knú Desk #4: An eco-friendly, contemporary wood desk with brushed stainless steel legs

We originally called Knú Desk #4 the "Jump Desk", simply because it looks like it about to leap into the air. Designer Brad Davis created this piece to invoke a feeling of forward momentum, and he succeeded. Several interior designers have commented that Knú Desk #4 appears to be running in place.

With a MSRP of $1,379, this has become our bestselling piece. Folks across the country are snatching them up. Get one for yourself on our website at www.getknu.com

Desk #4 was DWELL MAGAZINE'S PRODUCT OF THE DAY.







Knú Desk #4 looks great with a Herman Miller Aeron task chair.

NEW DESIGN: The Knú Aluminum Coffee Table

Made from completely reusable and recyclable materials, the Knú Aluminum Coffee Table enhances our continually growing line of contemporary home furnishings.

The table base, although it looks like chrome, is actually a highly polished billet-cut aluminum. There are no toxic finishes, this base was buffed by hand.



Available now at www.getknu.com. MSRP: $2,175 plus shipping and handling.

GREEN DESIGN NEWS: Eco-Friendly Children's Furniture from Knú

Knú has created the ideal place to color in your coloring book, build a puzzle or play with your Legos.



Knú introduced it's new Kid's Table and Chairs at the Las Vegas Market Living Green Pavillion 2 weeks ago. We received a great response from retailers and interior design professionals. Here's a few photos of the set, is available now atwww.getknu.com.

What makes it green? We're using FSC-certified Baltic birch, the steel legs contain an average of 40% recycled content, the wood is dyed with an array of brillantly hued lead-free dyes, and the finish is a low-VOC catalyzed varnish that is easy to clean.

As with all Knú furniture, strength and longevity are major considerations. The chairs of this set easily support the weight of our 275lb marketing director (he's a big, big fella). The table is beefy and strong, using the same legs as the majority of our desks and other office furniture designs. Rounded edges and rigid stability ensure a safe place to play.

KNU IN THE NEWS: Exhibitors pleased with Living Green exhibit

Larger, more visible venue in Vegas draws attention
Heath E. Combs -- Furniture Today, 1/30/2008 8:12:00 AM

LAS VEGAS – John Byfield, president of Zola Eco-Friendly Furnishings, headed into his showing at the Living Green exhibit here at market with a little extra momentum: a large pre-order just before the show from a customer he’d seen last year.

Add to that satisfactory first day order-writing – most orders in July were placed after the show – and more space – this year’s show features about 14,000 square feet of product, compared to 6,000 in 2007 – and the result has been a very good market so far for the higher-end furniture manufacturer.

"It's stronger business out of the gate," Byfield said.

Those in the Living Green exhibit most certainly couldn't complain about the space. The exhibit is prominently featured near the front entrance of the MGM Grand Pavilion, while last year’s exhibit was tucked near the back of the Sands Expo Convention Center.

"So far so good. People are writing orders," said Tim Loveday of Channel Logic, which negotiates the exhibit's contract with the World Market Center. This year, 27 companies exhibited in the space. He said he's also received phone calls from other national and international shows that are interested in creating similar exhibits.

Zola's Byfield said that this year he's noticing that shoppers are asking a very important question: What are your credentials?

And he has a ready response.

"We talk about how the company operates, we purchase renewable power, we use all FSC-certified woods, low VOC stains and finishes, true organic cotton and 100% natural latex," Byfield said.

Much of his traffic thus far has been from specialty retailers focused on eco-friendly offerings.

"We have a very targeted audience," Byfield said. "If people are making the effort to come over here to the green pavilion, they have in mind a kind of product they’re looking for. Or someone asked them about it. Or they realize it’s coming," Byfield said.

Others, like Bradford Davis, president and CEO of office and occasional producer Knu, said he's using this show to see if he can find the right retail partnerships to expand significantly into residential home furnishings. Currently, the company sells about $9 million annually in contract furnishings.

"We went to a San Francisco show and it wasn't great. We did more interesting business here in two hours than in two days there," Davis said.

Knu has received a strong response to its designs here this week, Davis said. But to make the move into residential worthwhile, the company will have to line up some stores that are capable of moving significant volume.

"Onesee and twosees are a tough road to hoe," Davis said.

Davis said Knu’s credentials include offsetting its carbon footprint 100%; using hazardous air pollutant compliant, low VOC finishes; and sourcing wood primarily from FSC-certified vendors. Many of its products contain an average of 40% recycled steel and highly polished aluminum on the legs, and the company gets most of its supplies from within a 50-mile radius of the factory.

All in all, he said he's pretty satisfied with the response Knu has received at market.

"Are we writing a lot of orders? No. Are we meeting some people? Yes. This is a foray into uncharted waters," Davis said.