Ikea as art

This summer's major design exhibition at the Stockholm Art Gallery Liljevalchs, one of the most appreciated exhibition spaces in all of Sweden, is focused on Ikea.

IKEA AT LILJEVALCHS will tell the story of Ikea as 'the largest furniture and design phenomenon of all times'. The exhibition promises to be entertaining with entry gained through an oversized PS cabinet to then be greeted by the Flat Pack - made famous, or is it infamous, by the Swedish furniture giant. Also, visitors to the exhibition will be given a small pin on which a piece of Ikea furniture will be pictured. More information about each piece furniture will be available on the Liljevalchs website.

Liljevalchs will take visitors on a journey through the life of furniture design from a series of traditional 18th century furniture right through to Ikea's early jeans furniture from the 70s. One room will show how Ikea’s business idea, to provide an affordable furniture solution for "the everyman", coincided with the Swedish political concept du jour of the 50s: a radical, ambitious and visionary housing program. More importantly perhaps, you can see how the Swedish furniture giant contributed to yours, and many others', past and present digs.

The exhibition is on from June 13 - August 30, 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden.

Credit: photos via Liljevalchs

IKEA AT LILJEVALCHS will tell the story of Ikea as 'the largest furniture and design phenomenon of all times'. The exhibition promises to be entertaining with entry gained through an oversized PS cabinet to then be greeted by the Flat Pack - made famous, or is it infamous, by the Swedish furniture giant. Also, visitors to the exhibition will be given a small pin on which a piece of Ikea furniture will be pictured. More information about each piece furniture will be available on the Liljevalchs website.

Liljevalchs will take visitors on a journey through the life of furniture design from a series of traditional 18th century furniture right through to Ikea's early jeans furniture from the 70s. One room will show how Ikea’s business idea, to provide an affordable furniture solution for "the everyman", coincided with the Swedish political concept du jour of the 50s: a radical, ambitious and visionary housing program. More importantly perhaps, you can see how the Swedish furniture giant contributed to yours, and many others', past and present digs.

The exhibition is on from June 13 - August 30, 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden.

Credit: photos via Liljevalchs

Comments

[Modern-Furniture-Guy]

This cracked me up. Great Blog, I love it. The ad photo are great :-)

[Sara Herring]

Thanks! We haven't had a chance to check the exhibition out for ourselves yet, but it's of course very talked about here in Stockholm. If you're "in the neighbourhood" you should really try to squeeze in a visit :)

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