Ikea Reveals Novel Blueprint Collaborations As Well As Invites Behind The Scenes Inward Älmhult (Part 1)

This calendar week nosotros were invited to attend IKEA's Democratic Design Day at their headquarters inwards Älmhult, Sweden along amongst over 200 journalists from around the world. This was IKEA's 2nd twelvemonth featuring Democratic Design, which is all most sharing their views most life, at habitation together with showing how they run to brand everyday life better.

"We select decided to opened upwards up IKEA to to a greater extent than collaboration amongst ingenious together with passionate people around the globe who portion our vision of democratic blueprint – creating cracking together with affordable products" says Marcus Engman, Design Manager at IKEA Sweden. "We are curious to see what collaborations amongst designers from other industries could convey to habitation furnishing."

It was actually cool to see where all the magic happens, run across some of the designers together with newest collaborators behind their products together with larn a sneak peek of coming collections. And the bonus of experiencing Swedish culture! I caught the prepare from Malmö to Älmhult (about an lx minutes together with a one-half ride) that took us through some of Sweden's most quaint countryside (with glimpses of graffiti close all the prepare stations). We select some fun stuff to exhibit yous from the trip! First off, a x 2nd glimpse on the prepare ride!

IKEA's caput utilization is similar a campus, amongst many dissimilar buildings from a museum (which is also getting an upgrade to opened upwards inwards 2016), labs, creative studios, coming together places, auditoriums together with fifty-fifty a hotel!

An adorable Swedish-style family along our walk to the IKEA's campus

The hateful solar daytime kicked off inwards an expanse close their nutrient labs, where nosotros were introduced to their novel veggie balls, chicken meatballs together with flavoured sparkling waters which are all beingness introduced this year.

Fashion Meets Furniture
To start, Ikea announced their novel collaboration amongst some of today's most exciting fashion designers.

SVARTAN
Launching September 2016
Martin Bergstrom is using only black, white together with shades of grayness inwards a modern interpretation of India. "He's avant-garde, challenging together with plant across dance, fine art together with fashion. He ever creates something unexpected together with innovative," says Marcus Engman

GILTLIG
Launch March 2016
Katie Eary, a London-based menswear designer of "street wear" is designing a collection for IKEA based around "throwing a dinner party", launching inwards boundary 2016. Katie told us she designed this collection amongst men inwards mind, throwing a party. So fun!

GLODANDE

Walter Van Beirendonck, i of fashion's most avant garde designers teamed upwards amongst IKEA to practise a playful collection. "We wanted to collaborate amongst Walter because of the agency he plant amongst materials together with graphic patterns, every bit good every bit the stories most life his fashion collections ever tell," explains Engman.

VIKTIGT
Launch May 2016
One of Scandinavia's most good known drinking glass together with ceramic designers, Ingegerd Råman was invited past times IKEA to practise a express edition collection, VIKTIGT (with IKEA designers Nike Karlsson together with Wiebke Braasch). "The VIKTIGT collection is all most craft," Ingegerd says. "It's a projection betwixt the craftsmen together with the designer. It has lots of energy. And looking at the objects instantly - the things I did - I intend it represents dear for me." Watch our interview where she also talks most a majority IKEA is making most her together with also expression at her amazing pieces where she travelled amongst IKEA's squad to Vietnam final twelvemonth to design. These are going to become fast!

Oh together with expression who nosotros flora sitting on that adorable chair! Tommy Smythe was at that topographic point filming for the Marilyn Dennis Show!