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IKEA VAPPEBY Portable Bluetooth Speaker

John A. Paradiso — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:02:50 +0000

IKEA’s recent forays into audio tech have been seriously impressive. They’ve teamed up with Sonos on a line of integrated home furnishings and now the Swedish giant has released a minuscule Bluetooth speaker. The VAPPEBY is IP67-rated iteration and delivers up to 80 hours of battery life when playing music at 50% volume. And thanks […]

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Ikea and Swedish House Mafia Team Up on the Obegransad Record Player

Brett Braley — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:03:33 +0000

It may surprise you, as it did me, that Ikea hasn’t made a record player since 1973. Luckily for us, that changes now. In partnership with Swedish House Mafia, these two Nordic giants have teamed up on the Obegransad record player. At its core, the Obegransad is a standard record player for everyday use. But, […]

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9 Interesting Facts About IKEA You Never Knew

Dillon McLaughlin — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:36:20 +0000

Our research for our recent feature on the history of IKEA turned up quite a few interesting tangents. It’s the kind of meandering stuff that ultimately doesn’t make the final cut when you’re trying to put together a straightforward and readable historical account. But, that doesn’t mean it’s not worth talking about. IKEA’s long history […]

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A Comprehensive History of IKEA and Swedish Design

Dillon McLaughlin — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:40:58 +0000

IKEA is one of those companies that it’s impossible to imagine the world without. We can easily picture Frederick Douglass scribbling away at a Lommarp, Emerson reclining at Walden Pond in a Hamnön, and the warrior queen Boudica sticking a few Roman heads on top of a few Tågarp. But as timeless as it may […]

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Ikea Releases a Portable Bluetooth Speaker That Doubles as a Lamp

John A. Paradiso — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:31:46 +0000

Ikea has teamed up with Spotify to release a stylish and useful piece of gear. The VAPPEBY combines a Bluetooth speaker with a portable lantern. Perfect for camping trips, picnics, or backyard hangs, the VAPPEBY lets you keep the party going while shedding a bit of light. The speaker uses Spotify Tap, a new feature […]

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Ikea X Sonos Symfonisk Table Lamp Speaker

Amos Kwon — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 14:29:09 +0000

Ikea and Sonos have updated their table lamp speaker, and it now looks and functions better as a light source and as an audio speaker. The original one from a couple of years ago looked a bit like an appendage lopped off of Big Hero 6. But the new one is an attractive piece of […]

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IKEA’s Sjömärke Easily Adds Wireless Charging to Your Furniture

Cooper Fleishman — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:22:32 +0000

While we’re all for the updated cameras, faster processors, UI changes, and increased storage space that new smartphones bring, the biggest convenience upgrade from the last decade or so is wireless charging. Never having to dig out the appropriate Micro-USB/Lightning/USB-C or any other cable in favor of just setting your device on a special charging […]

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The Best Office Chairs to Buy in 2021

Cooper Fleishman — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:53:14 +0000

When it comes to getting things done, it doesn’t matter if you’re working at a laptop or a next-level “engineer” terminal with a dozen monitors, you need a chair that can hold up to all your late night coding/writing/emailing sessions. This is more important than ever given the previous year of work from home and […]

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Sonos and IKEA Collaborate on New Picture Frame Wi-Fi Speaker

John A. Paradiso — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:14:03 +0000

Sonos continues to be one of the most exciting brands in the home audio space. Not only have they led the pack in terms of audio quality and functionality, but their experiments in interior design and home goods has been fascinating. Their latest is yet another collaboration with Ikea which combines a Wi-Fi speaker with […]

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Ikea Förnuftig Air Purifier

Amos Kwon — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:09:15 +0000

A good air purifier can cost hundreds of dollars (but the air is free), so when we got wind of the new Förnuftig Air Purifier from Ikea, we were blown away by its $55 asking price, as well as its wonderful design. The Förnuftig, which means “sensible” in Swedish, uses a multistage filtration system that […]

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The IKEA FÄLTMAL Pillow Transforms Into a Wearable Quilt

Cooper Fleishman — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:06:39 +0000

At this point, there’s no denying the fact that Swedish-based furniture brand IKEA is on the cutting edge of all things furniture, style and even affordability these days. They’ve worked with insanely popular influencers, huge brands, famous designers, and even the e-Sports community to create everything from receipt rugs and pizza tables to AR apps […]

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IKEA Art Event Collection 2021

Cooper Fleishman — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:31:52 +0000

IKEA has long been the stalwart brand when it comes to accessible style meets affordable design–particularly when it comes to furniture and home goods–but that hasn’t stopped the Swedish flatpack favorite from delving into the world of high design. Particularly in the last decade of their almost century long history, they’ve collaborated with the likes […]

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IKEA e-Sports Furniture Collection

Amos Kwon — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:09:36 +0000

While the Swedish furniture and housewares titan will continue to make incredibly frustrating DIY-assembly pieces, they’ve now moved into an area we can totally get behind: gaming furniture. Yes, IKEA just released its first line of e-sports furniture that will help you get your gaming on. There are four sets of desks and corresponding chairs […]

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IKEA x LEGO Buildable Storage Boxes

Cooper Fleishman — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:09:49 +0000

At this point, we don’t need to tell you how much we love both IKEA and LEGO for their various storage and brick-building products. The two iconic four-letter brands have teamed up for a new line of buildable storage boxes called BYGGLEK that allow you to blend the worlds of storage and fun seamlessly. The […]

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IKEA Made a Full-Sized Version of the Pizza Table with Pizza Hut

Cooper Fleishman — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:42:14 +0000

We could spend more time than we’d like to admit discussing details about everyone’s favorite budget Swedish furniture manufacturer from the things you never knew about IKEA to the most iconic IKEA products ever produced. But at the end of the day, as much we love Billy bookcases for tomes of knowledge, Expedit / Kallax […]

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Teenage Engineering Just Released Plans so You Can 3D Print Your Own IKEA Frekvens Accessories

Cooper Fleishman — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:02:44 +0000

The IKEA x Teenage Engineering Frekvens Electronics collection perfectly encapsulated the brands’ desires for affordable, fun, funky and infinitely hackable products. Teenage Engineering is taking the hackability aspect of the Frekvens line one stop further than the accessories they already released with IKEA with a whole new collection of accessories that you can 3D print […]

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