Collaborations

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.

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.

Collaborations

, 07.08.17

Nathan Jurevicius’ playful approach to designing glass

Meet Nathan Jurevicius – artist, illustrator and toy designer. He recently paid the Målerås glassworks in Sweden a visit and helped make the prototype of his design for the upcoming IKEA Art Event.

Collaborations

, 06.08.17

Inspired by vintage collectibles

Art is just as necessary as eating or sleeping for Junko Mizuno, a Japanese artist recognised by her paintings, comics, toy designs and illustrations inspired by 70s and 80s Japanese pop culture. Today she’s living in the US, but we met with her to find out just how it has been to design a glass figurine with IKEA.

Collaborations

, 31.07.17

Born and raised in the Kingdom of Crystal

Unlike many of the artists and toy designers for this year’s upcoming IKEA Art Event featuring glass figurines, Ludvig Löfgren is more than familiar working with glass. He is born and raised in the Kingdom of Crystal, the southern region of Sweden that is known for its crystal creations.

Collaborations

, 24.07.17

Mr Bunny, now available in glass

Artist, illustrator and toy designer, Joe Ledbetter, has designed a glass figurine bunny rabbit for the upcoming IKEA Art Event. We met with him in Småland, Sweden where he was making glass prototypes, for the first time, with the glassmiths at Målerås glassworks.

Man with glasses standing in glassworks, in front of oven.

Collaborations

, 23.07.17

Visual philosopher turns to glass

Artist and visual philosopher, James Jarvis, is one of nine participating artists in the upcoming IKEA Art Event. Mostly known for his toy designs, quirky simplistic illustrations, and comics, James embraces working with the unknown challenges of glass and IKEA enthusiastically. We sit down for a chat about art, the IKEA collaboration and skateboarding.

Black and white mesh hands on a stone floor

, 09.07.17

Brave new 3D world

Since the industrialisation, mass production has been based on the same principals. Next year these are being challenged as IKEA introduces its first ever 3D printed objects in the OMEDELBAR collection, a collaboration with stylist Bea Åkerlund.

Skateboard form underneath, showing marbled pattern under board

Collaborations

, 06.07.17

IKEA on wheels

Surfing and skating has always been close to U.S fashion designer Chris Stamp’s heart. Not surprising that a skateboard is incorporated into the SPÄNST collection, which he has made in collaboration with IKEA.

Collaborations

, 21.06.17

Students take on DELAKTIG

During Milan design week students from the Royal College of Art in London and Musashino Art University in Tokyo exhibited their ideas for DELAKTIG, the sofa designed by IKEA in collaboration with Tom Dixon.