Year: 2025

Client: Fabege

Location: Fabege HQ, Stockholm

Focus: Interior Concept, Circular Design, Bespoke Furniture & Surfaces

"There is, in the middle of the forest, an unexpected glade that can only be found by those who have lost their way."
- Tomas Tranströmer

Gläntan (Swedish for glade) is a 100 square metre social space at the heart of Fabege's Stockholm headquarters. Designed as an oasis within the office, it is a place for gathering before an event, for meaningful conversation, or simply for a moment of pause amid the rhythm of the working day.

The project was showcased at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2025 and stands as one of the most fully realized examples of circular interior design in a Swedish workplace to date. With elements such as lighting, to furniture to a huge centerpiece carpet, made from waste streams or renewable biomaterials.

The Challenge

Fabege came to us with a brief to transform an underused area of their headquarters into something special: a space that would reflect their sustainability commitments without sacrificing warmth, beauty or the feeling of being somewhere worth staying.

The challenge was to make circularity desirable. Not a compromise or demonstration, but a space people actually want to be in.

The Concept

The design is rooted in the feeling of stepping into a sunlit forest clearing. The material palette draws from moss-covered rocks, lichen, ocean waves and the tactile richness of the forest floor. This vision inspired the design of each object and guided every material decision.

Materials & Making

The lighting takes centre stage: three sculptural pendant lamps inspired by acorn forms, hanging from the ceiling like fruits of a tree. Made from oyster shells and starch-based bioplastics, they diffuse light with a soft, organic glow.

Four custom tables were designed and fabricated from recycled fishing nets collected along Sweden's west coast, heat-pressed into uniquely textured tabletops. The bases are 3D-printed from a biocomposite blend of cellulose and starch-based plastic.

The seating introduces the Twin Kelpie bench in Fabege's signature purple, alongside a series of Pebbles: organically shaped seats inspired by pebbles on a beach and upholstered in recycled fabric, with bases 3D-printed in oyster shell biomaterial.

The pantry area, a focal point for informal gatherings, features translucent surface panels made from recycled yogurt packaging, allowing light to filter through in a terrazzo-like pattern. In collaboration with Fabege, an existing kitchen unit was upcycled from their internal reuse hub and refurbished with these material panels. A shelving system above was designed and 3D-printed in the same oyster shell composite.

A custom rug, inspired by moss and lichen, grounds the entire room.

Sustainability & Circularity

Gläntan meets Fabege's sustainability mandate in full: 100% of the materials used are either reused, recycled or bio-based. The project demonstrates that circular design is not a constraint on quality or experience but a design driver that produces more considered, more distinctive results.

Result

"ITG is a team of creative, highly skilled and attentive people who take responsibility and deliver according to plan, both in terms of the project itself and its financial outcomes. They combine innovation with existing structures and adapt seamlessly to each project's specific conditions. This, together with the fact that we genuinely enjoyed working together throughout the project, makes us very happy to collaborate with ITG again."

- Gunilla Cornell, Head of HR, Fabege

Press

"Trash Furniture." "Functional Art." "Sensual Elegance."

Gläntan was the subject of a nine-page feature in Tidskriften RUM, one of Scandinavia's leading architecture and design publications. Three words stood out from the coverage; a reminder that sustainability and craft go hand in hand.