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IKEA

Furniture Designer • Retailer

IKEA is a proud supplier of Design Indaba Festival 2017 and are working in collaboration on a new Africa design collection due to launch in 2019. >
Marcus Engman

Creative Director • Furniture Designer

The head of design at IKEA challenges the way traditional products are made. >
Ikea’s Better Shelter named Design of the Year

Here’s what makes this emergency shelter solution the design of the year. >
A chainless bicycle for the urbanite

Ikea introduces the stylish, low maintenance Sladda for non-cyclists >
How can we respond faster to epidemic outbreaks?

The Ubuntu containment bed can easily be assembled for a rapid response to an outbreak >
Snask on the power of provocative branding

Stockholm-based creative agency Snask is known for rockstar-inspired, pink, provocative designs. >
Wintergatan Marble Machine: Making music with marbles

This arcade-style music box features a range of programmable instruments. >
5 buildings rethinking what wood can do

Wood is making a come-back as environmental concern and innovation pushes it to the forefront. >
5 ways IKEA is innovating sustainably

Today is IKEA’s annual Democratic Design Day. We take a look at how the progressive retailer is leading ready-to-assemble furniture towards sustainability. >
Lyfe: A levitating planter

The Swedish design team at Flyte introduce us to the future of planting with zero gravity plants. >
Margrethe Odgaard’s work is full of colour, creativity and compassion

Margrethe Odgaard is celebrated for her contributions to Nordic art and design. >
Affordable water filter inspired by puff pastry

A simple layered paper, inspired by French puff pastry, could improve the quality of life for millions of people by removing resistant viruses from water. >
Skyscraper made out of wooden numbers

Anders Berensson Architects is set to transform an old parking lot in Stockholm into a multi-use wooden skyscraper. >
Campaign reconnects refugees with their moms

Refugee Phones turns commercial radio into personal media for refugees to contact their mothers. >
Windows and solar panels could one day be made of transparent wood

Mass produced transparent wood material could be used in windows, solar panels and buildings. >
UNICEF bicycle initiative helps Ghanaian schoolgirls get to class safely

Swedish brand Vélosophy teams up with UNICEF to donate its commuter bikes to girls in Ghana. >
IKEA's next step for sustainability

The eco-responsible furniture company is transitioning to biobased packaging made out of mushrooms. >
Accra-based Swedish fashion brand creates street couture in collaboration with Ghanaian tailors

HI ON LIFE is a fashion brand driven by sustainable design, Ghanaian culture and a Scandinavian appreciation of form. >
"Shop" for clothes by commenting on Instagram

Clothes sharing initiative ShareWear shows that something borrowed is like something new. >
This device charges your mobile using saltwater and oxygen

A Swedish start-up has invented a smartphone charger that only needs saltwater and oxygen to generate electricity. >
An alternative, eco-friendly bicycle helmet

This bicycle helmet is made from a wood-based foam, making it a biodegradable alternative to regular plastic protection. >
Kites could generate energy underwater

Kites moored to the ocean floor could harvest energy from ocean currents. >
Rooftop cities and backyard saunas in Stockholm

Anders Berensson Architects in Stockholm are building fold-out backyard saunas and designing walkways in the sky to accommodate the city's growing population. >
A new alternative energy that involves a small piece of paper

Scientists in Sweden have developed a thin paper that is able to store energy. >

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