How IKEA Explores the Future of Furniture & Home Design

To test ideas, IKEA built a model apartment in southern Sweden. It invites local families to move in and document their experiences with the experimental furnishings.

By Steven Melendez · January 6, 2016 · 1 min read

IKEA , the world’s largest furniture retailer, considers itself a low-tech company. But the company’s innovation strategy, still taking shape, involves working with design firms, academic partners, and consumers for help discovering opportunities and needs for the home of the…

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