The Ikea Blog

Here is a clip from the episode Less Than Hero of Futurama where professor Farnsworth orders a supercollinder from πkea.

As you can imagine, πkea is a parody of Ikea.

About a month ago Comfort Woks launched custom covers for Ikea’s EKERKOG Sofa, NIKKALA Sofa and KLIPPAN Sofa.

Now I really want an Ikea sofa just to buy some of the lovely covers, I would even buy one for each season!

And for those who still need help with the KRAMFORS Leather Sofa, Comfort Works found the solution:

As promised, we have found a solution to the Kramfors Problem. We are now able to make covers for the leather Kramfors, without destroying the original upholstery. We have also made the covers non-slip by pre-attaching Velcro to the slipcovers.

If you want to check the Ikea Catalog online, don’t bother and wait until August to check the new Ikea Catalog 2011.

I can’t wait to see all the new product and inspirational interiors from the catalog. And you? Are you as excited as I am?

Advertising agency Grabarz & Partner created this original campaign to remember those who have two left hands that you can always hire the Assembly Service at Ikea.

Via I Believe in Advertising

Cindy from The Cupcakery received this great gift from her grandma, from one Ikea fan to another. It is like passing the Ikea fever to the next generation.

I would love to have Free Swedish Coffee for the rest of your life! Or until you break the cup

A while ago I found this amazing vintage photo at flickr’s IKEA Lovers Pool. The image belong to a Swedish sales brochure from Volkswagen Trucks.

A while ago, Ikea launched a new website called LIVE where you can find tips, ideas and inspiration for you home.

All the interior have been created by home furnishing specialist, like you an me, who know how to make their homes look and work better. Ikea offers the stuff to use and they make the great combinations creating nice, functional and affordable spaces.

Get inspired with interior from around the world thanks to LIVE.

Ikea lined up 30 red BILLY Bookcases on Sydney’s popular Bondi Beach to celebrate the 30th birthday of this signature furniture piece. They even filled the cases with beach reads for surfers, swimmers and sunbathers who could exchange them for one of their own books or buy them making a donation to the Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation.

Via CasaSugar

Princeton Architectural Press recently sent me a copy of Obsessive Consumption. What did you buy today?

I have to confess that at first I didn’t understand the book, since it is full of colorful drawings, but after paying more attention I found it very funny and entertaining.

The book, actually the drawings in the book, represent a selection of three year purchases of artist Kate Bingaman-Burt using all kind of patterns, lines and typographies.

The reason I’m sharing the book with you is that I spotted some Ikea products. Really cute Ikea drawings

Here is a small extract from the press release:

Our daily lives are filled with consumption- $1.50 for a cup of coffee, $5.95 for a magazine, $17.99 for headphones, $1.79 fro cough drops, $36.00 for a haircut. Whether bought out of necessity or indulgence, purchased alone or in group, everything we buy has its own story to tell.

We buy art supplies while feeling inspired, CDs while shopping with friends, and a new pair of jeans to give us a lift when we are feeling blue. Yet, these powerfully emotional experiences can be fleeting-quickly erased by the pull of the next “must-have” acquisition.

Really unique book I recommend to every artistic and creative mind.

Get Obsessive Consumption from Amazon

The concept is a student project from Andy Fisher, who recently graduated. The iPhone application would allow customers to use their images to add Ikea furniture to a room and send it to friends.