[2] After studying at Iowa State University and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago,[3] Schultz joined Knoll in 1951 as a designer, to work with Harry Bertoia.
[3][4] He initially assisted on working on the Bertoia Wire Collection at Knoll.
[5] He left Knoll in 1972 to freelance[6] until founding Richard Schultz Designs in Palm, Pennsylvania, with his son, Peter in 1992.
[7][1] Significant designs over the years include the Leisure Collection (1966), Petal Table (1960),[8] and Wire Mesh Chaise (1963)[9] for Knoll, and the Topiary Chair (1989)[10] for his own company.
It was reported that as of March, 2012, Knoll bought the Richard Schultz company.