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Ikea designs 3D-printed add-ons to make its furniture more accessible

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Ikea designs 3D-printed add-ons to make its furniture more accessible

The home goods and services company’s Israeli HQ has unveiled a new project that aims to make its products more user-friendly for consumers with di...

Design : Furniture : Inclusivity

Ikea positions sleep as the new clubbing

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Ikea positions sleep as the new clubbing

As part of a nationwide UK campaign, Ikea has partnered with Dr Guy Meadows, the co-founder of The Sleep School.

Sleep : Wellness : Health

Ikea imagines the future of Spaces on Wheels

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Ikea imagines the future of Spaces on Wheels

The retailer’s innovation lab Space10 has designed a series of seven speculative car interiors for tomorrow’s autonomous vehicles.

Retail : Technology : Transportation

Supporting romantic equality and the first mobile shopping game show

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Supporting romantic equality and the first mobile shopping game show

Björn Borg enables same-sex marriage using blockchain, Gravy makes players compete for discounted products, Ikea ditches single-use plastics.

Culture : Gaming : Retail

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From tv stars to brand models and exploring micro-living

Missguided showcases its clothing on Love Island contestants, Ikea’s forthcoming collection caters for small-space living, Vivarail revolutionises ...

Fashion : Retail : Travel

Morality Recoded

Macro Trends

Morality Recoded

Our traditional moral frameworks of religion and family are declining. Institutions, brands and consumers are now re-evaluating the power of innova...

Technology : Retail : Mobility

Augmented Retail

Micro Trends

Augmented Retail

As augmented and virtual reality continues to grow towards an expected market value of £80.3bn ($108bn, €91.3bn) by 2021, brands are using the tec...

Retail : Digital : Fashion

Ikea offers start-ups a space to develop their ideas

Big Ideas

Ikea offers start-ups a space to develop their ideas

Sweden – The flatpack furniture brand has created an innovation incubator programme with the aim of collaborating with these brands in the future. ...

Retail : Technology : Workplace

Ikea’s Space 10 wants to democratise AI

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Ikea’s Space 10 wants to democratise AI

Copenhagen – Do You Speak Human?, a project designed and developed by Ikea’s external future living lab Space10, is a worldwide survey of how ...

Ikea : AI : Neo-kinship

Milan Salone 2017: Lessons for living

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Milan Salone 2017: Lessons for living

Milan – The inaugural Ikea Festival at Milan Salone Internazionale del Mobile aims to redefine what contemporary living spaces could be.

Milan Salone 2017 : IKEA : Milan Salone

Preview: Internet Age Media 2017

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Preview: Internet Age Media 2017

Barcelona – The latest Internet Age Media futures festival will explore The Renaissance of Utopias.

Media : Advertising : Culture

Milan Salone 2017 Preview: Modular living

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Milan Salone 2017 Preview: Modular living

Milan – Ikea will explore the changing functionality of the living room in its Let’s Make Room for Life festival.

Ikea : Let’s Make Room For Life Festival : Milan Salone 2017

Milan Salone 2017: Preview

Big Ideas

Milan Salone 2017: Preview

Visitors are set to descend on Milan for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile from 4 to 9 April for the show’s 56th year. LS:N Global profiles the ...

Furniture : Contemporary Design : Materials

Resourceful kitchens

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Resourceful kitchens

Stockholm – Design studio Form Us With Love has collaborated with Ikea to create kitchen fronts made from recycled plastic bottles.

Ikea : Sustainability : Design

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Sleep easy

UK – Ikea has launched a new campaign that aims to help consumers to get a better night’s sleep.

Ikea : Win At Sleeping : Sleep

Philanthropic furniture

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Philanthropic furniture

Norway – Ikea has created a replica Syrian home inside its flagship store to raise awareness of the refugee crisis.

Ikea : Brandstanding : Refugee Crisis

Do-it-your-way stay

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Do-it-your-way stay

Älmhult, Sweden – Ikea is flexing its muscles in the travel market with its newly renovated hotel.

Ikea : Home-tail : Sustainability

Mystic materials

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Mystic materials

Denmark – Ikea’s latest advert features abstract digital animations as a teaser for its forthcoming collaboration with design studio Hay.

Ikea : Hay : Poly-reality

Zero-waste furnishings

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Zero-waste furnishings

Stockholm – Ikea is using discarded plastic and glass to create products for its 2017 collection.

Whole-system Thinking : Ikea : Sustainability

Flatpack greenhouse

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Flatpack greenhouse

Sweden – Ikea is releasing its own hydroponics kit that enables urban families to grow their own vegetables at home.

Ikea : Hydroponics : Future Family

Material world?

Big Ideas

Material world?

UK – The amount of materials used by consumers in the UK has fallen by almost five tonnes per person in the past decade, according to the Office ...

Peak Stuff : Experience Economy : Ikea

Community kitchen

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Community kitchen

Warsaw – Ikea has opened a space for locals to host their own lunch and dinner parties.

Ikea : Warsaw : Kitchen

Big Ideas

Peak curtains

Global – Furniture brand Ikea’s chief sustainability officer Steve Howard says the West has reached peak home furnishings.

Ikea : Sustainability : Space 10

Design Directions

Ikea: Space 10

Space 10 is a future-living lab designed to engage the public in a debate about innovation.

Ikea : Space 10 : Lab

Home improvement

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Home improvement

Copenhagen – Ikea has launched Space 10, a research hub and exhibition space designed to examine the future of its products.

Space 10 : Ikea : R&D

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