Ikea | Design Indaba

Marcus Engman talks about the role furniture will play in the home of the future

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

IKEA's Head of Design says design should be more inclusive and serve the needs of more people instead of a few. >

10 Nov 17
Space10’s pop-up brings microgreens to congested urban spaces

Design News > Food Design

This integrated salad bar could popularise hydroponic food farming where traditional agriculture is unavailable. >

27 Oct 17
Marcus Engman on the value of curiosity and IKEA’s first African collaboration

Video Interviews > African Design / Product Design

IKEA's head of design chats with us about their upcoming African design collection created with Design Indaba, as well as the vision that drives his company. >

14 Aug 17
Jesper Brodin & Marcus Engman on the start of IKEA’s new African collaboration

Talks > African Design / Craft

“We like to work in an open way, because we believe in that way of co-creating things.” >

14 Aug 17
Cook This Page wants to make cooking new things easy and fun

Design News > Food Design / Interaction Design

Interactive IKEA recipes demonstrate just how deliciously simple creativity can be. >

17 Jul 17
Tapping into the limitless creativity of children

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

IKEA turns strange & colourful kids’ drawings into real toys. >

27 Apr 17
IKEA unveils plan to provide employment for thousands

Design News > Design Activism

The Swedish company continues to make strides with their humanitarian efforts. >

20 Apr 17
African aesthetic and Scandinavian sensibilities

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

We chat to Marcus Engman, head of design at IKEA Sweden, about the new Afrikea collaboration between Design Indaba and IKEA. >

4 Apr 17
Design Indaba 2017 features a royal flush of Scandinavian speakers

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland are all accounted for at this year’s Design Indaba Conference. >

27 Feb 17
Jesper Brodin

Jesper Brodin is the CEO of range and supply at IKEA of Sweden. >

24 Feb 17
IKEA

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. >

21 Feb 17
Ayse Birsel

Co-founder and creative director of the award-winning design studio Birsel + Seck, Ayse Birsel is also a teacher and the author of "Design the Life You Love". >

13 Feb 17
Marcus Engman

The head of design at IKEA challenges the way traditional products are made. >

10 Feb 17
Design Indaba to collaborate with IKEA

Design News > African Design / Creative Economy / Product Design

Design Indaba is proud to announce a collaboration with global homeware giant IKEA, set to launch at the Design Indaba Festival 2017. >

9 Feb 17
Ikea’s Better Shelter named Design of the Year

Design News > Design Activism

Here’s what makes this emergency shelter solution the design of the year. >

1 Feb 17
A chainless bicycle for the urbanite

Design News > Design Thinking

Ikea introduces the stylish, low maintenance Sladda for non-cyclists >

19 Jan 17
Naresh Ramchandani: The power and grace of words

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Naresh Ramchandani is a master wordsmith. Here, we talk to him about some of the creative campaigns he has been involved with over the years. >

13 Dec 16
The Homeless Studio explores how architecture can help address homelessness

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

This student-led project creates innovative homes for Los Angeles’ most vulnerable. >

18 Nov 16
Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Affordable, flat-packed homes that rethink the way people live. >

21 Oct 16
Oneware: The one-hand only kitchenware

Next Generation > Product Design

Singaporean Industrial Design student creates a range of utensils to aid those with disabilities in the kitchen. >

30 Aug 16
Ceiling lamp made from its own packaging

Design News > Product Design

Dutch design studio creates waste-free lamp from cardboard tubing. >

15 Aug 16
Sustainable plastic products made out of air pollution

Design News > Product Design

AirCarbon is a plastic polymer made out of methane emissions that would otherwise be polluting the air. >

1 Jul 16
5 ways IKEA is innovating sustainably

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

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. >

8 Jun 16
IKEA's next step for sustainability

Design News > Creative Economy

The eco-responsible furniture company is transitioning to biobased packaging made out of mushrooms. >

9 Mar 16

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