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IKEA co-workers enjoying coffee and laughing inside the kitchen accessories section of a store.
IKEA culture and values
Sarah Fager, Senior Designer, IKEA of Sweden AB.
Democratic Design. Making great design available to everyone.
A green background decorated with white LED bulbs. The bulbs colourful leads overlap to form a graphic pattern.
The one-euro challenge. Stopping at nothing to make LED bulbs truly affordable.
A close-up of a wedge dowel joint about to be snapped in place on the table.
In stubborn pursuit of speedy self-assembly
Christina Larsson, Range Design Leader at IKEA of Sweden AB.
From small space living to smart space solutions
A woman sitting on a bed with a rattan headboard, surrounded by lush plants.
Visiting homes to create better homes
A woman in a beige trench coat carrying a pile of colourful watering cans. A yellow stool is hanging over her shoulder.
The IKEA franchise system
Marino Maganto, CEO of IKEA Al-Homaizi Ltd.
What’s it like to be an IKEA franchisee?
Photo of Ulf Smedberg, former IKEA Country Marketing Manager South Korea and India.
Learning as we go - the challenges of entering a new market
An IKEA department store with the company sign IKEA in yellow.
New IKEA meeting points
A collage of five images, including a Favela, and a sign that says Hej Paris with the IKEA logotype.
IKEA Highlights 2019
A cosy interior with soft lighting and various pieces of IKEA furniture, including a table with six ODGER chairs.
Inter IKEA Group FY19 year in review
A woman holding her little girl in her knee.
Home Solar. Democratising clean energy.
Four people are in the forest clearing wearing outdoor jackets. One of them is pointing upwards towards a tree trunk.
What does being climate positive mean for IKEA?
A little girl sitting in an armchair drawing with a paper crown on her head.
Children’s rights on the agenda
Graphic showing people of different sizes, colours, genders, sexual orientation, educational levels and physical abilities.
Being an inclusive business
Greg Priest, Social Impact and Human Rights Manager, Inter IKEA Group.
Creating opportunities for decent and meaningful work
A Favela in Brazil, with densely built house facades on a slope.
Changing lives together with social entrepreneurs
Two female co-workers working at IKEA in Hyderabad wearing blue and yellow t-shirts.
Opening doors to diversity in India
Ingvar Kamprad as a young boy (left) enjoys the sun while sitting on a toy car, beside another child.
From child entrepreneur to IKEA founder: the story of Ingvar Kamprad’s early years
A man and a woman reading in a living room, each sitting on an IKEA TROFE armchair from 1969.
IKEA design through the years
Ingvar Kamprad stands behind a flatpack box in the middle of an aisle in an IKEA warehouse.
Snapshots. The history of the IKEA brand at a glance.
A man wearing white clothes is spraying paint onto a canvas on the floor. A girl crouches beside him.
Designer collaborations. Getting better together.
Close up of the hands of an artisan weaving a rug.
Designed to create jobs
A woman is leaning over a table to make notes on a piece of paper. She is surrounded by woven lampshades of various sizes.
Breaking down the IKEA value chain
A man in a factory is making something out of wood. He is wearing a blue t-shirt and orange noise-cancelling headphones.
Protecting migrant workers
A man is operating a machine that moves heavy objects. He is loading logs onto the back of a truck.
Creating a sustainable IKEA value chain with IWAY
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