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Tollgard's edit of Clerkenwell Design Week 2026
Clerkenwell Design Week returns 19–21 May 2026, and three of the houses we represent at our Chelsea showroom will be there. Explore our short guide to where you can find Gemla, Eikund and RS Barcelona across EC1, and why we think each is worth the detour.
Each of these houses works slowly, with material at the centre - steam-bent beech, Norwegian wool and oak, hand-finished steel. They are not chasing the season. They are building pieces that will still feel right in a room thirty years from now, which is the kind of design we find ourselves returning to.
A decade-long treasure hunt through Norway’s mid-century archive, now made afresh in Stavanger.
Founded in2016, Eikund has built its reputation by rediscovering forgotten Norwegian designs from the post-war golden age and putting them back into production —properly, with the original makers’ families where possible. Expect solid oak,naturally tanned leather and Norwegian wool, in shapes that have aged better than most things made since.
Find them at: Norwegian International Collection - Church of Design, St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, EC1A 9DS.
Monique Tollgard also presents Eikund andjoins the panel “Creating nurturing spaces to thrive: the Norwegian design approach” at Haberdashers’ Hall, Thursday 21 May, 15:30–16:30.
Sweden’s oldest furniture maker, founded in 1861, still steam-bending beech by hand in the village of Diö.
Gemla’s archive runs deep - Axel Einar Hjorth, Åke Axelsson, and a steady stream of contemporary collaborators who understand the discipline of working with a160-year-old workshop. The pieces are quiet, structural, and built to outlast the people who buy them. If you care about how a chair is actually put together, this is the stand to linger at.
Find them at: Church of Design, St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, EC1A 9DS.
Spanishdesign with a sense of play - outdoor tables, indoor games, and a Mediterranean confidence in colour.
Founded in1975, RS Barcelona has spent fifty years making the case that good design canalso be joyful. Their foosball tables sit in museums; their outdoor furnituresits comfortably in courtyards from Mallorca to Marylebone. Steel, powder coat,marine-grade textiles — engineered to live outside, designed to be livedaround.
Find them at: Interiors From Spain - Museum of the Order of St John, St John’s Gate, EC1M 4DA.
To enquire about pieces featured here, or to discuss a project, contact us: sales@tollgard.com.