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IKEA Space10 lab’s driverless cars deliver coffee, healthcare and AI gaming to your hands

The near future is a beloved stomping ground of designers, a place for wild and crazy concepts that retain just a foothold in reality. The IKEA-funded future living lab, Space10, spends its time exploring this realm, examining how home, work...

Tom Dixon on design’s transformative power at Brainstorm Design 2018

Tom Dixon has been at the forefront of furniture and interior design for the past three decades. The famously self-taught designer led the creative team at British furniture retailer Habitat before creating his eponymous brand in 2002, which is now featured...

Creative dispatches: highlights from Dubai Design Week 2017

It seems Dubai has lofty ambitions when it comes to trying to establish itself as a creative hub on the international design trail. Having launched its own design week a few years ago, the third edition took place last month...

Salone del Mobile 2017 preview: the top exhibitions and installations

IKEA to launch design and lifestyle festival during Salone del Mobile

Swedish furniture behemoth IKEA is set to edge its way further into the design world with a micro-festival opening during Salone del Mobile in Milan in early April. Having upped the ante via collaborations with the likes of Ilse Crawford...

IKEA wants to help restaurants build their own indoor farms

Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA is known for its simple, affordable furniture that populates dorm rooms and studio apartments across the country. Now, the furniture chain is getting into the sustainable farming industry, one restaurant kitchen at a time. The...

In the bag: Ikea announces collaborations with Hay and Tom Dixon

Change is afoot for Swedish furniture giant Ikea. Not only have they enlisted Danish design company Hay to redesign their iconic Frakta bags, but they have also partnered with British designer Tom Dixon to create their next collection of modern...

New Danish brand Reform taps big-name architects for affordable kitchen range at Northmodern

Taking centre stage at Northmodern fair in Copenhagen last week was a showcase of innovative kitchens from new brand Reform. Founded by Michael Andersen and Jeppe Christensen last year, the company invited three Danish architecture firms - BIG, Norm Architects...