Ikea Democratic Pattern Announces Novel Collaborations + Product
Thursday, 8 June 2017
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It's that fourth dimension of yr again, where IKEA hosted Democratic Design Day inward Almhult, Sweden. Democratic Design, explained past times IKEA's Marcus Engman, Design Manager at IKEA Range & Supply is, "great form, function, quality, sustainable, together with available for everybody (low price)". I can't believe it's already been 2 years since I attended DDD, but cheers to Instagram, together with IKEA broadcasting the lawsuit live, nosotros had a adventure to acquire a sneak peek! Here's what stood out to us:
YPPERLIG Collection / Collaboration amongst HAY: YPPERLIG - IKEA’s collaboration amongst Danish fellowship HAY together with its 2 founders Mette together with Rolf Hay - is focused on exploring the time to come Scandinavian pattern identity together with agreement what the truthful functional together with emotional needs are inward the modern 21st century home. The collection volition launch inward Oct 2017 together with includes furniture, lighting, accessories together with textile designs, using advanced manufacturing techniques.
DELAKTIG Collection / Collaboration amongst Tom Dixon: The IKEA collaboration amongst Tom Dixon is non exclusively almost exploring the possibility of designing opened upwards source hardware, but also exploring materials together with challenging traditional ways of production to redefine the concept of comfort. Launching inward Feb 2018, the DELAKTIG open-source platform is a new, versatile seating solution designed to assist people acquire by amongst all the activity of everyday life. It’s made for your friends together with identify unit of measurement to relax together with socialize, amongst the possibility to utilization equally a bed together with tailor the component subdivision to adjust your living situation.
OMEDELBAR Collection / Collaboration amongst Bea Ã…kerlund: IKEA is teaming upwards amongst Swedish-born fashion designer together with stylist Bea Ã…kerlund to create a bold, eclectic collection – OMEDELBAR – that volition live available starting inward March 2018. Influenced past times Swedish pattern together with Ã…kerlund’s experience styling Hollywood icons, such equally Madonna, Beyoncé together with Lady Gaga, the limited-edition collection is perfect for immature fashion lovers together with volition include disceptation pieces for your dwelling that tin lift or elevate a look, only similar personal accessories.
ART EVENT 2018 Collection / Launching inward Apr 2018, IKEA ART EVENT 2018 is a limited-edition collection featuring contemporary drinking glass figurines. Designed past times 8 unique, urban artists, the collection invites the playfulness together with imagination that nosotros all had equally children. The ART EVENT 2018 continues the IKEA mission to construct dandy fine art accessible for everyone.
SPÄNST Collection / Collaboration amongst Chris Stamp: IKEA is collaborating amongst avant-garde streetwear designer Chris Stamp to explore ways to integrate street civilization together with sports at dwelling inward a casual together with informal way. Launching inward May 2018, the limited-edition SPÄNST collection is designed for today’s active, young-minded people together with brings crisp freshness together with sporty materials to dwelling furnishings.
INDUSTRIELL Collection / Collaboration amongst Piet Hein Eek: Launching inward leap 2018, INDUSTRIELL is a number of a collaboration amongst Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek to explore how to give mass-produced objects individuality piece nevertheless utilizing an industrial production process. Celebrating uniqueness together with intentional imperfections, the collection volition consist of sustainable slice of furniture together with dwelling furnishing items made amongst wood, metal, glass, linen, ceramic, together with more.
INNEHÃ…LLSRIK Collection: The limited-edition INNEHÃ…LLSRIK collection is co-created amongst artisans from the social corporation Rangsutra together with Industree inward India, marrying Scandinavian pattern together with traditional Indian handicraft techniques. The IKEA Social Entrepreneur Initiative is a collaboration betwixt IKEA together with social entrepreneurs to merge gaps betwixt people together with cultures, percentage ideas together with create a amend everyday life for to a greater extent than of the many. INNEHÃ…LLSRIK volition live available at take away IKEA U.S. stores starting inward leap 2018.
HJÄRTELIG Collection: One of our favourites, coming inward 2018 a novel collection called HJÄRTELIG. Love the canopy, divider, together with headboard!
CURATED BY COLETTE AND DARCEL DISAPPOINTS / If a dwelling had a street style, what would it be? Ikea teams upwards amongst French multi-brand retailer, colette together with Darcel Disappoints to play amongst the ability of details for a curated collection of IKEA favourites.
FRAKTA Bag
The FRAKTA pocketbook gets a makeover! Reform Studio, the squad behind the design, has used 32 chips’ bags to construct i glitzy version of FRAKTA. The tearing woman individual duo, Mariam Hazem together with Hend Riad, founded Reform inward Arab Republic of Egypt dorsum inward 2012. Today, it’s an internationally recognised, award-winning production pattern studio. It all started amongst a plastic bag:
“We believe that pattern tin solve stubborn problems together with hence nosotros started from a major number inward Egypt: waste. Re-form is an umbrella of many ‘Re’s’– nosotros come across pattern equally a recreation of an existing idea, a redevelopment of objects, reusing of materials, reviving of cultures together with reforming our world.”
COLLABORATION NEWS
NASA & Lund University: IKEA is announcing an exciting collaboration amongst NASA together with Ingvar Kamprad Design Center at Lund University to create a curious infinite collection laid to launch inward 2019. As NASA together with Master’s students at the academy piece of occupation together to explore what is needed for a three-year journeying to Mars, IKEA volition tap into their learnings together with apply these discoveries to products together with methods for everyday life at home, hither on earth.
As component subdivision of this project, IKEA volition also await into the interior of the habitat that NASA is planning to position on Mars together with volition contribute to the evolution of that habitat amongst experience together with noesis almost what makes a dwelling experience similar dwelling to people, fifty-fifty if it is on Mars.
Virgil Abloh: IKEA is partnering amongst Virgil Abloh, founder of the fashion label Off-White, to explore inspiring pattern for immature people together with their “first home,” focusing on making it fashionable yet inexpensive. By working together amongst students, the collection – slated to launch inward 2019 – volition characteristic unique, innovative together with inspiring furnishings together with decorations that volition offering a provocative viewpoint on how immature people reckon design.
Byredo: IKEA is collaborating amongst Ben Gorham, founder of the fragrance fellowship Byredo, on the thought of “invisible design” past times adding scents inward the home. Understanding that odour is the feel amongst the most powerful influence on memory, mood together with emotion, IKEA is curious to explore the role of scent inward the home, the carriers together with the products, equally good equally how people tin integrate scents inward completely novel ways. The collection is planned to launch inward 2019.
Teenage Engineering: IKEA is partnering amongst Teenage Engineering, a collective of creatives known for making music together with designing electronic instruments, to pattern a collection that taps into the importance of music inward the home. Launching inward early on 2019, FREKVENS volition consist of products needed to host a fun, spontaneous gathering amongst dandy music, from a vinyl actor to an electronic choir.