Eva just went through the challenging and liberating process of downsizing into a smaller home, but soon her IKEA design team will double in size. We talked to the Design Manager about IKEA design identity, Democratic Design, future collaborations and what makes a home.

At IKEA we believe that equality works best every day, and International Women’s Day is a day to honour the uniqueness of every individual. We talked Akanksha Deo, designer at IKEA, about her work to increase female empowerment, about social entrepreneurs, and what it means to her to end up on the annual list of India’s brightest young stars.

Six years ago something happened that changed Britt’s life, and also the way she looks at design. She had a stroke. With her own experience of overcoming obstacles at home during recovery, she started working on the thoughtful collection OMTÄNKSAM.

Christos visited Shanghai for the first time during the Spring Festival. Today he lives in Shanghai, and each Spring Festival he experiences how the city transforms into a magical place. In the midst of preparation for this year’s festivities, we talked to him and his colleague Miranda about next year’s SOLGLIMTAR collection.