9 Best Articles in 2022
Hustle_says
The thriving business of ‘Ikea hacking’
Hustle_says
7 min read · 2021-06-20 · A growing number of companies are offering design tweaks for old Ikea furniture — and business is booming.
Reader View · Shared by 186
UX Planet
Design principle: IKEA effect
UX Planet
5 min read · From 2017 · How to make people love the product
Reader View · Shared by 189, including Clément Drévo, David Hellmann, Michelle Boisson, Bare Metal Gamer, Martina Grolimund, Dominic H, Dominik Grolimund, { Monah } 💡, Liv 😷, Niklaus Gerber, Leslie D, Maja Grolimund-Kurth, Helmi, Bryan Onel, Mark Kaigwa, Davy De Pauw, Tom Connor, hiten.eth
TNW
How IKEA tricks your brain into buying more
TNW
6 min read · From 2017 · Have you ever been to an IKEA concept store? If you’ve ever visited one, you were part of one big experiment. The Swedish company has been using these concept centers for something you wouldn’t…
Reader View · Shared by 100, including Simone Stickelberger, Fabrizio Bianchi, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund, Stephanie A Kowalski, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Isabel Drost-Fromm, Merkstatt, Thomas Telandro, Nir Eyal, Johann Romefort, Dominik Grolimund, Thomas Power, Kim Dik, Martina Grolimund
amplitude.com
Onboarding With The IKEA Effect: How To Use UX Friction To Build Retention
amplitude.com
5 min read · From 2016 · IKEA builds brand loyalty and retention by making customers put together furniture. You can do it by making users customize their own onboarding.
Reader View · Shared by 34, including Ilia Markov, Daniel Lawniczak, TDMx, Patrick Walsh, Nir Eyal
Bloomberg
Get Lost in 70 Years of Old IKEA Catalogs
Bloomberg
4 min read · 2020-08-25 · The Swedish furniture giant dropped its catalog archives online, letting shoppers browse 19,000 pages of midcentury Scandinavian design.
Shared by 121, including Esther Schindler, Nick Lüthi, Alexandra Lange, Dominik Allemann, Stephanie A Kowalski, Luzius Meisser, kate wagner, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦
Fast Company
How Ikea quietly tweaks its design around the world
Fast Company
5 min read · From 2018 · The Swedish furniture company just opened its first store in India–and just like Ikea does in most countries, it has carefully adjusted the inventory, design, and even food to fit local tastes.
Reader View · Shared by 74, including Niklaus Gerber, Gabriele, Christian P. Stobbe
priceonomics.com
When Do You Outgrow IKEA?
priceonomics.com
3 min read · From 2016 · At what age do you start to outgrow IKEA?
Reader View · Shared by 33, including Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Dominik Grolimund, Alex Barrera, Martina Grolimund, Twitty, Leslie D
Architectural Digest
Need to Get Away? How About an IKEA Tiny House?
Architectural Digest
1 min read · 2021-02-23 · If you've ever wanted to live in an IKEA, now you can (sort of)
Reader View · Shared by 71, including Esther Schindler
Fast Company
95 brands that matter more than ever in 2021
Fast Company
2021-10-26 · Fast Company’s first-ever Brands That Matter list—featuring Patagonia Provisions, McDonald’s, Ikea, Yeti, and more—honors companies and nonprofits that have had an undeniable impact on business and…
Reader View · Shared by 229, including Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Sprout Social, Impossible Foods, Shelly Kramer, LARRY ELKAN, Gabriele, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Treehugger.com
Vienna's New IKEA Store Is a Giant Set of Shelves
Treehugger.com
3 min read · Apr 27th · See how this IKEA store in Vienna, Austria is different from others around the globe.
Reader View · Shared by 7, including Alani Golanski
CNN
Ikea's restaurants were failing. Then it turned to Swedish meatballs
CNN
4 min read · May 2nd · Ikea is known for sprawling showrooms, cheap flat-pack furniture and, of course, Swedish meatballs.
Reader View · Shared by 6, including Jessica Gioglio
MarketWatch
IKEA will pay you to return its old furniture
MarketWatch
2 min read · Apr 1st · The IKEA buy back and resell option was launched last year as a pilot and is now available permanently for select items at 37 of its U.S. stores.
Reader View · Shared by 9, including LARRY ELKAN, Christopher Mims 🤌
City A.M.
Ikea owner splashes out on £285m for solar parks across Europe
City A.M.
1 min read · Apr 6th · The owner of Ikea has invested almost £285m across Europe with the purchase of nine solar park projects. Ingka Group has bought solar photovoltaic (PV)
Shared by 6, including Ian M Calvert
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Fast Company
To slash waste, Ikea looks to artificial intelligence
Fast Company
2 min read · From 2020 · One of every 10 Ikea items gets returned—and 15% of that goes to waste. Enter AI.
Reader View · Shared by 69, including Carla Gentry, Iain Brown, PhD, Nige Willson, Vikram Dutt, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Carl Robinson 🎙️
Co.Design
It’s official: Ikea is no longer just a furniture company
Co.Design
4 min read · From 2018 · Ikea is partnering with Adidas, Lego, and Sonos to sell you <em>everything</em>.
Reader View · Shared by 65, including Christian P. Stobbe, Dominik Grolimund, Josep M. Ganyet, Thomas Power, tjalve, Lucas Foster
Print magazine
The IKEA Catalog is Dead. Long Live the IKEA Catalog.
Print magazine
3 min read · 2020-12-09 · IKEA has announced that after seven decades—following an “emotional but rational decision”—its iconic catalog is coming to an end.
Reader View · Shared by 51
Fast Company
Ikea is quietly changing its brand again—for a very good reason
Fast Company
2 min read · From 2019 · In the company’s 2020 catalog, Ikea swapped its custom typeface for something much simpler: a Google-designed font called Noto.
Reader View · Shared by 60, including Niklaus Gerber, sascha aßbach, Alexandra Wong
Hustle_says
How Ikea tricks you into buying more stuff
Hustle_says
9 min read · Feb 27th · The home furnishings giant enlists a maze-like layout, cheap food, and crafty psychology to get you to fill up your cart.
Reader View · Shared by 428, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Mohamed Azazy, Tamsen Webster, Message Strategist (she/her), Roger Dooley, Esther Schindler, Nir Eyal, Scott Monty
FiveThirtyEight
The Weird Economics Of Ikea
FiveThirtyEight
6 min read · From 2016 · Ikea is a behemoth. The home furnishing company uses 1 percent of the planet’s lumber, it says, and the 530 million cubic feet of wood used to make Ikea furniture each year pulls with its own kind …
Reader View · Shared by 60, including Marc Eglon, Serge K. Keller ❦
Quartz
How IKEA maintains culture for 170,000 global employees
Quartz
4 min read · Jan 19th · IKEA prides itself on having a strong company culture, but with so many people to manage globally it's easier said than done. Ulrika Biesèrt explains her approach.
Reader View · Shared by 55, including Oliver Raduner
bleepingcomputer.com
IKEA email systems hit by ongoing cyberattack
bleepingcomputer.com
3 min read · 2021-11-26 · IKEA is battling an ongoing cyberattack where threat actors are targeting employees in internal phishing attacks using stolen reply-chain emails.
Reader View · Shared by 54, including SwiftOnSecurity, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Shelly Kramer, BleepingComputer
Fast Company
Design will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chief
Fast Company
3 min read · From 2018 · Marcus Engman is leaving Ikea to run a consultancy that convinces companies to spend their marketing budget on what matters: design.
Reader View · Shared by 143, including Adam Smith, Kim Dik, Martin Recke, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Dominik Grolimund, Niklaus Gerber, ben uyeda, Fabricio Teixeira, redjotter, Liliane Ferrari ™, Benny Schudel, kp 🇺🇦, Michelle Boisson, Christian P. Stobbe
