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Knolling

Knolling

Always be.

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Jeff Waldman
Dec 28, 2023
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Andrew Kromelow coined the term while working in Frank Gehry’s furniture shop. It’s the practice of neatly arranging objects, mostly in parallel alignment and at right angles. Tom Sachs is fond of “Always be knolling” as a shop mantra. As far as mantras go, that’s pretty good. To the point. I assume it’s a play on the ABC line of Glengarry Glen Ross. 

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