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SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REGION INFORMATION (Details 2) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
segment
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract]                      
Number of reportable segments                 3us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments    
Net sales by product category                      
Net sales $ 286,453us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 268,297us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 265,943us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 229,601us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 230,456us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 216,898us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 214,312us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 200,586us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,050,294us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 862,252us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 898,496us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Office Systems                      
Net sales by product category                      
Net sales                 429,503us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_OfficeSystemsMember
392,700us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_OfficeSystemsMember
432,124us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_OfficeSystemsMember
Seating                      
Net sales by product category                      
Net sales                 108,635us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_SeatingMember
109,650us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_SeatingMember
104,388us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_SeatingMember
Files and Storage                      
Net sales by product category                      
Net sales                 84,297us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_FilesAndStorageMember
68,185us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_FilesAndStorageMember
79,108us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_FilesAndStorageMember
Studio                      
Net sales by product category                      
Net sales                 279,167us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_StudioSegmentMember
154,083us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_StudioSegmentMember
147,550us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_StudioSegmentMember
Coverings                      
Net sales by product category                      
Net sales                 114,899us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_CoveringsSegmentMember
109,038us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_CoveringsSegmentMember
106,628us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_CoveringsSegmentMember
Other                      
Net sales by product category                      
Net sales                 $ 33,793us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_OtherProductsMember
$ 28,596us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_OtherProductsMember
$ 28,698us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= knl_OtherProductsMember