Tollgård & Castellani

Tollgård & Castellani is an award-winning design duo that collaborates with international clients such as Giorgetti, Porada, Gallotti & Radice, Riva 1920, and Frag to create refined, balanced, and sculptural products.

Founder Staffan Tollgård was born and raised in Stockholm. He uses his earlier career in film-making as inspiration, manifesting his passion for storytelling through his interior design projects as well as product design ventures. Staffan’s design ethos is crystallised in two principles: the search for the Scandinavian notion of the distinctive ‘red thread’, or creative DNA, in each project, and the commitment to the creation of functional sculpture. Product design has allowed Staffan to tell the story of the piece instead of the story of the space. The direct, focused narrative of each piece offers an answer to a question of living that the interior design journey has uncovered.

Filippo Castellani, born in Pisa and educated in Florence, refined his skills in Milan before relocating to London, where he worked as a creative consultant and product designer for renowned international design studios and brands on a variety of projects, ranging from high-end, limited-edition pieces to mass-produced products. Filippo consistently seeks a balance between form, function, and materiality, aiming to create designs that are enjoyable, practical, and easy to live with.His design philosophy embodies empathy, aesthetics and functionality, fostering a profound dialogue between the user and the product.