The studio
Interesting Times Gang is an award-winning design studio based in Stockholm, working at the intersection of interior architecture, product design and material innovation.
We collaborate with innovative property owners, institutions and brands to design environments and objects rooted in refurbished, recycled and regenerative materials; from large-scale interior concepts and bespoke furniture to our own product collections.
Our work is defined by a material-first approach. Using reused, recycled and bio-based materials, and in close collaboration with an international network of material and manufacturing partners, we bridge art and science to deliver feasible, high-quality design.
Make things better. Make better things.
Awards
2025
Dezeen Awards 2025
Furniture design
Dezeen Awards 2025
Bespoke design
German Design Awards 2025
Excellent Architecture - Interior
2024
Plaza Interior Award 2024
Sustainability - Time Optimism
Interior Design Best of Year 2024
Honoree - Residential Seating
Good Design Awards 2024
Product Design - Furniture
Seoul Design Award 2024
New vision through creative design
BIG SEE Product Design Award 2024
Home - Product Design
Green Good Design Awards 2024
Green Product Design - Products
NY Product Design Awards 2024
Seating & Comfort Furniture - Chair
Exhibitions
2026
Stockholm Creative Edition - (Curated by Ulrika & Philippe Attar)
2025
Stockholm Furniture Fair - Together with Ingridsdotter and Jonas Bohlin
Stockholm Design Week - Interesting Times Gang
National Museet - (Curated by Cilla Robach)
Röhsska museet - (Curated by Josefin Kilner)
2024
Stockholm Furniture Fair - New Ventures
Stockholm Design Week - Interesting Times Gang
Nordiska Kompaniet - Made in Sweden (Curated by Hanna Nova Beatrice)
Surface Spotlight - London (Curated by Sally Angharad Booth)
Grand Design - Birmingham & London - Kevins Green Heroes
Fuorisalone (Milan Design Week) - Milano - Isola Design Festival - Is one life enough?
Clerkenwell Design Week - Wagstaff - London Showroom
Stockholm Creative Edition - (Curated by Ulrika & Philippe Attar)
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum - Athens - The European Centre for Architecture, Art and Design
Möbel Riksdagen - Värnamo - Interior Cluster Sweden
Stockholm Furniture Fair - The Gallery Edition (Curated by Sophia Bratt)
2023
Stockholm Design Week - Interesting Times Gang
London Design Festival - Wagstaff - London Showroom
Stockholm Creative Edition - (Curated by Ulrika & Philippe Attar)
Foodture - Barcelona
Nordic Innovation’s 50 year anniversary at Deichman bibliotek/Oslo Public Library - Oslo
2022
Stockholm Furniture Fair - Green House
Stockholm Furniture Fair - Around the Corner (Curated by Jenny Asp)
Stockholm Design Week - Interesting Times Gang
Stockholm Furniture Fair - Being a Game Changer (Curated by Marcus Fairs)
London Design Festival - Edge - Sustainable Materials Hub
Grand Design - Birmingham & London - Kevins Green Heroes
United Nations Ocean Conference - Lisbon
2020
Tekniska Museet - Hyper Human
Press & Media
Škoda - Explorers of sustainability
A few years ago Škoda reached out unexpectedly, looking for people who explore sustainability in a genuine way, and wanted to tell our story.
The result is this film, shot on the Swedish west coast where we find much of our inspiration; about why we do what we do, and what happens when recycled fishing nets and marine biomass become design.
Tidskriften RUM 01 2026 - Industry Power List
Sweden's leading architecture and design magazine ranked Interesting Times Gang #29 on its annual industry Power List - up from #59 the previous year. "The gang that just keeps getting more interesting."
Rum Hemma 02 2026 - Interior Trends
Featured in Rum Hemma's trend report on the defining interior shifts of 2026, with Shelf Life highlighted as one of life's most important objects: a shelf that celebrates the unique story of its owner.
Connecticut Cottages & Gardens - 10 2025
The Kelp Bar Stool featured in CTC&G's design edit "Out of the Box". One of several standout sustainable pieces selected by the editors of this leading American interiors publication.
Raum und Wohnen (Switzerland) - 10 2025
Shelf Life featured in the Swiss architecture and design magazine's "Dies & Das: Sinnliche Eleganz" design edit - selected for its expressive silhouette and sustainable bioplastic construction.
SAY HI 👋🏾
Alexander Westerlund
CEO & Head of Design
+46 733 582 813
alexander@itg.studio
Anna Eliasson
Head of Innovation & Business Development
+46 735 079 053
anna@itg.studio
Pinar Metin Hagström
Head of Customer Experience & Service Design
+46 761 767 690
pinar@itg.studio
Emil Ahlgren
Designer
+46 767 083 903
emil@itg.studio