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Built in knife rack by mehallo, hacked from an IKEA’s Molger bathroom shelf

I’m an IKEA hack. Because the products don’t always fit the space, don’t always work the right way or can be repurposed for other use. Form follows function – or form changes for better function – as it were.

IKEA is everywhere, almost. They seem to be in specific parts of the US, and then strategically all over the rest of the world. A photographer I once worked with noted that when they come to town, one can see them slowly change the look of a community. My dentist notes that they seem to open next to train tracks.

If you haven’t been to IKEA (many haven’t in the US, because they’re not everywhere), it’s like Disneyland for modern furniture. With much better prices, things sell for what they cost to produce (and often, they should have put a bit more into the production). And riding the escalator is really fun. Fun is also meatballs, powdered gravy and lingonberry juice concentrate. It’s worth experiencing, even if it’s just a big WTF?? trip.

Pairing IKEA items with TARGET coolness is a cheap way to go modern.

Here’s a link to the IKEA Hacker blog.

And here’s a Quick History of IKEA from Apartment Therapy.

Plus, just added, over at Boing Boing – some shots of the 1965 IKEA catalog.

tags: cool finds, design, design history, thoughts // 1 comment  . . .