.svg){kind=small}
Solidity and Softness: Tollgard at Focus 2026
At Focus 2026, Tollgard presents new work from Tollgård & Castellani - the design duo of Staffan Tollgård and Filippo Castellani - for its Italian house, Riva1920, at the heart of a stand shared with De Castelli, Jeroen De Ruddere and Ceccotti Collezioni.
Solidity and softness runs through every piece: functional sculpture, made in the studio's own hand, where architectural forms have their edges quieted and their presence softened.
Wood - Older Than Architecture
Join us at theTollgard Showroom for Wood, Older ThanArchitecture - a conversation exploring the enduring language of wood indesign, with product designers Jeroen De Ruddere, Staffan Tollgård and FilippoCastellani, hosted by Pip Rich, Executive Editor of Livingetc.
Date: Wednesday 16thSeptember, 4.30pm
Location: TollgardShowroom, Unit 115, Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, London SW10 0XE
Please email rsvp@tollgard.com to confirm attendance.
Suiseki, for Riva1920
Suiseki (水石) translates as "water stone" - the Japanese art of appreciating a naturally formed stone for the landscape it evokes, held in miniature and contemplated for tranquility and longevity. Offered as a low table, a console and a dining table, the Suiseki collection moves Riva1920's language toward something more sculptural and fluid. Sharp edges are eased into organic shape. Monolithic, soft, harmonious.
Heiko, for Riva1920
Heikō (平衡) means balance and equilibrium. The Heiko dining chair is built around exactly that: structure and aesthetics in quiet dialogue. Sculptural and iconic, it is also grounded and refined, holding visual lightness alongside a chair that is genuinely comfortable to sit in.
De Castelli
works metal until a hard column eases into rhythm and light, in Francesco Forcellini's Dorica sideboard and Adele Martelli's Light&Shade wall light.
Jeroen De Ruddere
Belgian designer Jeroen de Ruddere rests a softly diffused light on solid, turned wood, with his FL4 and FL5 floor lamps. The FL5 is a fitting close to the story. Its silhouette is drawn from a tree trunk: a solid, tapering wooden base in oak, mahogany or American walnut, carrying a softly diffusing fabric shade. Handmade and dimmable, it is architectural in presence and gentle in the light it gives - solidity and softness, in a single object.
Ceccotti Collezioni
Alongside the shared stand, Tollgard brings forward five new pieces from Ceccotti Collezioni, the Italian house at its Centre Dome showroom. The standout is the Captain Hook wall clock by Guglielmo Ulrich - a piece of design archaeology recreated from a single archival photograph of his 1940s original. A perpendicular beam in solid American walnut holds a brass dial, its numerals enamelled by hand, hands and fixings in burnished brass. Part of Ceccotti's Masters Tribute, it honours the overlooked design objects of the last century - the solid, softened, in its most literal form.
One idea, several houses
From Italy to the Netherlands and Belgium, Focus 2026 makes the case for a single thread running through very different materials and makers. It is the same instinct Tollgard brings to every project: finding the röda tråden, the creative DNA, at the point where environment, architecture and identity meet.
We look forward to welcoming you to the showroom soon.
If you’d like to know more about Focus, please get in touch with our showroom team, they would be delighted to help you.
Email: sales@tollgard.com | Phone: +44 (0)20 8067 2123