Reuter and Rozier

ROBERT REUTER

After earning a degree in architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Robert Reuter came to Knoll and spent three years working with Andrew Morrison to develop the Morrison office system from 1977 to 1980. A testament to the completeness of Morrison and Reuter’s investigation and process, the system was Knoll’s top-selling office product for the next two decades.

Reuter served as Knoll Senior Development Manager until 1987 and has continued to design numerous office products for the company, including the highly innovative Currents system, which he co-designed with Charles Rozier. Currents features a central “spine” through which all data, power and communications wiring runs, and was the first Knoll system designed from the ground up for the information age.

Most recently, Reuter and Rozier co-developed Autostrada. With the help of Director of Design, Carl Magnusson, the pair synthesized everything Knoll had learned in more than 40 years of systems design, combining the best aspects of all previous Knoll systems into a single, comprehensive product offering.

Robert Reuter currently heads his own design consultancy, Reuter Design, and is an adjunct faculty member of Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies.

CHARLES ROZIER

Charles Rozier earned a bachelor’s and master's degree from Brown University as well as a master's degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Holding graduate degrees in both engineering and art, Rozier opened his own studio, which has since been recognized with numerous awards for industrial design including the Braun Prize and the ID Best of Category award for consumer products.

Rozier came to Knoll in the early 1980s to help direct the development of the groundbreaking Morrison System. He conducted extensive market research, helping Andrew Morrison expand his concept to become one of the most thorough office systems ever introduced. Rozier went on to serve as Vice President of Product Development at Knoll, a position that led him to co-design the Currents and AutoStrada Systems, introduced in 1998 and 2004 respectively.

Rozier has served on the adjunct industrial design faculty at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and he has lectured at the Rhode Island School of Design and Cranbrook Academy of Art.