Collaborations, 21.09.17 From Jordan with love: creating jobs during the Syrian crisis Through a network of social entrepreneurs in Jordan, IKEA is creating jobs for Jordanian women and refugees coming mainly from Syria. Their skills in handicraft are on display in TLLTALANDE; a collection developed together with a team from IKEA, including the designer and self-proclaimed textile nerd, IKEA Designer Paulin Machado.
Materials & Methods, 13.09.17 The making of a peace sign “Decoration is a crime”: four words that make James Jarvis’s glass piece for this year’s upcoming IKEA Art Event a real thought-starter.
Events, 07.09.17 Tasting the future of food There is a revolution taking place at IKEA. It has nothing to do with flat-pack or furniture; it is all about the food. We sat down with Alexander and David from IKEA Food, over lunch, to talk about the challenges and the opportunities faced when developing food for global taste buds.
Collaborations Research, 22.08.17 Where are the stars in outer space? The three days locked up in the Mars Desert Research Station happened. But that’s not all. Aside from the many insights around small space and human behaviour, the IKEA team also had the opportunity to speak to a few real astronauts about what their working days look like.
Collaborations, 21.08.17 Double take on the sly fox German duo, Mark Landwehr and Sven Waschk have been sculpting art toys since 2003. They go by the name of coarse. We met with them to find out more about the fox they have designed for the collection.
Collaborations, 19.08.17 Back to our bones with Arkiv Vilmansa Since 2005 Indonesian painter and designer, Arkiv Vilmansa has become a prominent name in the lowbrow art and designer toy scene. Today, he’s a part of our upcoming IKEA Art Event collaboration featuring glass figurines. We joined him on a visit to see his prototypes for the first time at the Målerås glassworks in Sweden.
Collaborations, 17.08.17 Finding the right frequency Developing the ultimate party collection, what better way to try them out than at a festival? We met Michael Nikolic, Creative Leader at IKEA of Sweden and Jesper Kouthoofd from Teenage Engineering at the HAVEN festival in Copenhagen last weekend to hear more about the upcoming collection FREKVENS.
Events, 17.08.17 A haven for music and food lovers Last weekend IKEA joined the music, food and beer festival HAVEN in Copenhagen. Great food, drinks, tunes from Teenage Engineering, special guest appearances and a few early stage prototypes from the upcoming FREKVENS collection were just some of the highlights. If you missed out on the experience, here is a short summary.
Collaborations Research, 16.08.17 What happens in space… The three days isolated in the Mars Desert Research Station have finally come to an end and we’re eager to find out what really happened out there in no-man’s land. So we meet three of the IKEA “astronauts” to get the inside scoop on their mini-space training.
Collaborations, 09.08.17 A figurine with a soul “When I think of IKEA, I think of home.” Michael Lau, a contemporary artist from Hong Kong, finds that one of his first impressions of IKEA is that it offers a lot of affordable, functional pieces for modern living. “It’s great.” We met with him to find out about his Soul Toy, a figurine that is part of the upcoming IKEA Art Event.
