2024-11-24T03:07:33-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/71140680/rem-koolhaas-and-tools-for-life-called-into-the-principals-office Gravitas 2013-04-12T20:19:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/y0/y0izj2xwij7p1udw.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>...even for a big gun like Koolhaas, the global depression has had an impact. Thus his new furniture line for Knoll called &ldquo;Tools for Life.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s a pretty standard track for any architect when the commissions start to dry up; have some interns fart out designs for a furniture line, ship it off to China for production, then slap a price tag on it with no less that 4 zeros and BOOM! you&rsquo;re back makin&rsquo; Bentley payments and wearing Prada suits in no time.</p></em><br /><br /><p> <img alt="" src="http://theworldsbestever.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rem-koolhaas.jpg"></p> <p> Every week The Principals call someone new into their office, this week it's Rem Koolhaas and "Tools for Life."</p>