Textile designers Suzanne Tick and Hazel Siegel both served as creative directors at Knoll Textiles where each made important contributions to the stylistic and technical range of textiles. In this conversation, the designers will talk about the innovative work that they did for Knoll—how it informed, or remained independent of their current work in the studio—and their role in educating a new generation of designers.


Suzanne Tick is the head of Suzanne Tick, Inc. From 1997 to 2005, she was
creative director of KnollTextiles, and she continues to design for the company.

Matilda McQuaid is deputy curatorial director and head of the textiles
department at Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum.

Hazel Siegel was creative director of KnollTextiles from 1989 to 1993. She is currently a visiting assistant professor at Pratt Institute.