Thomas Bernstrand is educated at Konstfack and graduated in 1999. After that he started his own design studio AB Bernstrand & Co in Stockholm. Thomas has designed products for several Swedish and international companies and for these has received a large number of awards such as the Bruno Mathsson Prize, Furniture of the Year and Red Dot Design Award. In 2020, Thomas together with Stefan Borserlius became Designer of the Year. Thomas also designs furniture for parks and squares, often site-specific, such as the beach in Stockholm, which was awarded the Siena Prize for best outdoor environment in 2010. For Horreds, Thomas and his colleague Stefan Borselius have designed Grand, Tapp and Mit 2020.

Stefan Borselius is basically a trained furniture carpenter with a journeyman test. He has a bachelor’s degree from Malmsten Furniture Studies and finally a master’s degree in furniture design from Konstfack in 2002. Now he runs his design studio a stone’s throw from Smygehuk and works for several large Swedish producers. Stefan has won several international and Swedish awards for his design, such as Furniture of the Year, Guldstolen and Red Dot. In 2020, Stefan and Thomas Bernstrand were named the Designer of the Year, for Horreds they have together designed Grand, Tapp and Mit.