Designer Daniel Svahn's chairs for a town hall in Stockholm are made from recycled unwanted tabletops that were destined for the dump.
The laminated MDF for the furniture collection, called New Goodies but Oldies, came from a conference room at Nacka town hall that was undergoing refurbishment.
Svahn approached the municipality of Nacka about a potential collaboration because it had previously demonstrated a progressive attitude towards sustainable development.

As part of its renovation of the city hall's conference facility, the tabletops made from laminated MDF were due to be scrapped.
Fourteen old tabletops were being replaced with new ones and were due to be disposed of, until Svahn intervened.
Svahn proposed that this material could instead be used to create three new seating products for use in the building's public spaces.
New Goodies but Oldies designs are informed by common types of activities and interactions he observed taking place in the city hall.
The first product is a simple seat with an elongated side section that offers privacy for users needing some quiet time to work or relax.
The other seats are designed to be shared. One is a playful design with a slightly curved underside that rocks gently when two people sit on either end.
The other object allows two colleagues to sit side by side and work together using a shared tabletop.

Svahn's designs aim to maximise usage of the available material by making as few alterations as possible. This involved workin...