{"id":954,"date":"2025-04-09T20:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/?p=954"},"modified":"2025-04-11T18:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:14:57","slug":"what-ikea-designers-keep-for-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/what-ikea-designers-keep-for-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ikea Designers Keep for Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The minds behind the world\u2019s most ubiquitous furniture brand share the stuff they love so much they use it in their own homes.<\/p>\n

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When I went to Stockholm in February to preview the 40th anniversary of Ikea\u2019s Stockholm collection<\/a>, I knew I was in the unique position to ask the question I most wanted the answer to: what does an actual Ikea designer have from Ikea? Would it be something as ubiquitous as the Billy bookshelf, or some obscure product I hadn\u2019t seen before? The team\u2019s answers surprised me, gave me ideas to look for pieces I hadn\u2019t before, and underlined a truth: we all love looking backwards.<\/p>\n

Nike Karlsson, designer: <\/b>I have all those things that never end up in something. It\u2019s the scrap yard. Prototypes.<\/p>\n

Paulin Machado, designer: <\/b>I have Nike\u2019s sofa from 2014 [the PS 2014 sofa<\/a>]. I found that on a vintage site. I was so happy when I got it.<\/p>\n

Dwell: <\/b>So you\u2019re also looking for vintage Ikea, like everyone else is.<\/p>\n

Machado: <\/b>Oh yes. We love to do that. I think you learn a lot from that too, to see what has sustained in time and how it looks. And I think it\u2019s a good school to learn from.<\/p>\n

Johan Ejdemo, global design manager: <\/b>I have a lot of stuff in my kitchen to cook things, but then I have, obviously there are sentimental projects that I\u2019ve been involved in. And I have Nike\u2019s old day bed<\/a>; now we have a new daybed, but I have the old one. You can find it at auction sometimes popping up from the PS collection. I have a few products from that PS collection. The steel cabinet<\/a>, the one that is a locker cabinet, but lower. There have been quite a few of those that we have been moving around. And sometimes they’re all in a row, sometimes they spread out in different places in the home. And they have been with me for a long time.<\/p>\n

Machado: <\/b>I think you have more than me now.<\/p>\n

Karin Gustavsson, creative leader: <\/b>I made a collection a few years ago called Industriell<\/a> together with a Dutch designer called Piet Hein Eek<\/a>. And I have that bookshelf. And I collect so many books and it\u2019s the one super smart solution. You can build as big as you want in plywood<\/a>. So I have that one as one of my favorites. But then I have something every day. I have the mattresses<\/a>. We have such good quality mattresses. So I\u2019m happy about them. You don\u2019t see things sometimes, sometimes you take them for [granted].<\/p>\n

Ola Wihlborg, designer: <\/b>I have a lot of different stuff because I try them when I design them, I try them and evaluate them. But we have sofas. We have two sofas that we have had for a really long time. The old Stockholm<\/a> sofa that I told you about with lots of cushions. That one we have had for 10 years. And then we also have Soederhamn<\/a>, that\u2019s another sofa from Ikea, that one has also been in the house for a long time.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Ikea<\/i><\/p>\n

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The Designers Behind the 40th Anniversary of Ikea\u2019s Stockholm Collection Explain How They Did It<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s How Those Instagram Vintage Sellers Find Their Best Stuff<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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