The IKEA Phenomenon

9 April - 11 July 2010

 

The Furniture Store from Sweden

 

Billy and Ivar – these infinitely extendable shelving systems have become a feature of almost every modern home. The furniture store from Sweden that addresses its customers informally and gives its furniture names has like no other changed the way of life and the home environment of the people of Europe in the last 50 years, introducing designs capable of being mass produced into our homes. The huge success and the international spread of the world’s largest furniture brand are the starting points for this exhibition. The focus is on the question of how far IKEA implements the idea of “Design for all” that was put forward by Bauhaus and the Deutscher Werkbund. The IKEA phenomenon is an attempt to decode the factors behind IKEA’S success and to place selected objects from six decades in their design history context.

 

Text: Hofmobiliendepot

Photos: Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H. / Ditz Fejer

 

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