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Tollgard Lighting Highlights – Lights to brighten up your day

Featured in the Design Centre’s Lighting by Design showcase, Tollgard is proud to offer a curated selection of some of the finest lighting brands in the world. From the gentle yet captivating glow of Bocci’s handblown glass spheres to the strongly simple forms of American studio Juniper – the opportunities to excite and illuminate are endless.

Bocci 28 Table Lamp

The 28 Table Light originated from a fabrication process that manipulates both the temperature and the direction of air flow into blown glass. The result is a slightly distorted sphere that houses an opaque orb of light that emits a gentle yet captivating glow. Founded by Omer Arbel in 2005, Bocci has become more than just a maker of beautiful glass luminaires. It brings together architecture, sculpture, invention, and design as each piece artistically and poetically explores the medium of light.

Details: 3” diameter base with 90” long flexible cable

GUBI Gravity Table Lamp

Grounded by its marble base, the Gravity Lamp from Copenhagen based design studio, GUBI elegantly juxtaposes strength and fragility with this sculptural design. Designers Space Copenhagen aim to forge new paths by balancing opposites in their work. The contrast of these materials creates exciting new objects like this contemporary table lamp.

Details: 41 x 29 x 65cm, black marble, white shade

Juniper Thin Task Table Lamp

Redefining minimal lighting, the Thin Task Lamp is strikingly simple aesthetically. With its adjustable articulating hinge, it seamlessly adapts for functional tasks. A polished choice for desks across residential and commercial spaces. Based in New York, Juniper is an award-winning, fully integrated manufacturing and design studio with an unwavering belief in the transformative power of good design.

Details: Satin Nickel, Tall, T – 7W, 0-850LM

Édition Limitée Paris Marly Light Bowl

Created in 1995, the Édition Limitée gallery specializes in the commission of furniture, lighting and decorative objects in collaboration with iconic designers across the globe. Designed by Olivier Gagnère, this minimalistic light bowl is artfully crafted in France by the moulding masters from Édition Limitée’s workshop. As part of the great tradition of French Decorative Arts, each piece from Édition Limitée is manufactured in limited series.

Details: 50 x 24cm, White Plaster

Giorgetti Nao Lamp

Almost spiritual in its presence, the Nao lamp pays homage to the Greek word for temple. Bringing light from darkness, it offers a peaceful warmth from its structure of solid polished maple and metal. It is a particular favourite of Tollgard showroom founder Staffan Tollgård.

Details: 39 x 25 x 54cm, White

Man of Parts Mainkai 5 Floor Lamp

The Mainkai 5 Floor Lamp is inspired by the spherical fishing floats and mooring buoys of the Mainkai river in Frankfurt. From the Man of Parts studio, this wonderful table lamp features hand-blown glass globes strung above a decorative marble base. All hand-made by craftsmen in Germany.

Details: 30 x 121cm, Bronze with Marble

Cattelan Italia Planeta Table Lamp

The Planeta Table Lamp plays with proportion as two lampshades of blown satin white sit on either side of a burnished brass frame. Created by contemporary Italian makers, Cattelan Italian, this interesting design is available in a range of finishes including a pendant edition.

Details: 36 x 25.5 x 22cm

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As partners in life and work, Monique and I know that it’s important to celebrate the milestones. To stop and smell the roses along the way. Otherwise we’re in danger of rushing from project to project, from year to year, from decade to decade without appreciating the incredible journey along the way.

Valentine’s Day reminded us of the importance of celebrations, of the importance of milestones. So we started thinking about anniversaries, and how we could help celebrate them with some very, very beautiful things that could tell the story of a journey of design, love and a shared passion for beautiful things.

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Celebrating the Years

A Zhuang Hong Yi Paper-scape

1st Anniversary: Paper

For the first anniversary, how about an incredible work of art, made from paper? This striking, colour-shifting piece from acclaimed Chinese artist Zhuang Hong Yi is made from folded origami rice paper. Every angle is different… much like a marriage!

Textile Art by Waller Hewett

2nd Anniversary: Cotton

The second anniversary gift is cotton. These stunning pieces from Ruth Waller and Lee Hewett are made from cotton bobbles mounted on sprung steel stalks. They’re also partners in life and work and their textile pieces exude happiness, joy and whimsy.

A Daybed of Leather

3rd Anniversary: Leather

Described in The New York Times as “solitary indulgence”, we think there might be room for two if you snuggle up very close on this stunning piece from New York atelier BassamFellows! The hand-sewn, achingly soft leather cushions are just right for the third anniversary.

Bedlinen from Bemboka

4th Anniversary: Linen

Made using Belgian linen yarns, this incredible bedding set from Bemboka exudes the classically understated and sophisticated sense of taste you want from bedding, letting the true texture and threads of the fabric deliver that desire to wrap yourself up in-between the sheets.

The DRDP bench by Ceccotti

5th Anniversary: Wood

Elegantly beautiful, with curves that take you on a journey across its devilishly unique form. This two-seater bench designed by Roberto Lazzeroni at Ceccotti Collezioni evokes an authentic sense of character and old-fashioned charm.

“I love this picture of Monique and I taken at our best friend’s wedding in Mallorca. Monique and I celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary this year – which, very unromantically, is appliances! We might skip this and go straight to jade for 19 years.”

Staffan TollgårdFounder and Creative Director

Tin Vases from &Tradition

10th Anniversary: Tin

These tin vases from Danish makers &Tradition are a stunning little set of collectibles. Whether on their own or adorned with a few flower stems they always delight the eye due to the variation in the polished, burnished and oxidised metals.

A Vase from Moser

15th Anniversary: Crystal

A Moser crystal vase is forever. Especially one that’s called Diva. These stunning vases are handmade by elite artisans in a tradition going back 160 years. The intensity and mastery of their iconic hues of colour is a well-guarded secret – colours that you will fall in love with.

Base Tableware by Piet Boon

20th Anniversary: China

A truly beautiful piece of tableware is sometimes invisible, allowing the star of the show to take centre-stage. This collaboration in porcelain between Piet Boon and Serax oozes sublime, subtle elegance and the understated taste that’s the hallmark of this Dutch master.

Baobab: Pearl Candles

30th Anniversary: Pearl

For many centuries, white pearls have been seen as symbols of purity and love. Sprinkled with light pink and white fragments, the White Pearls scented candle is inspired by the perfection of the pearl, also known as “tears of the gods.”

Sip of Gold: Furstenberg

50th Anniversary: Gold

These champagne goblets are always a talking point. Staffan’s personal favourites; the inside of each wafer-thin porcelain cup is lined with the finest precious metal in 24 carat gold. Celebrate a momentous anniversary with champagne from golden cups… and savour each sip.

“Isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart wide open and you spend the rest of your life chasing, or trying to recapture, in one way or another?”

The Goldfinchby Donna Tartt

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