Vintage View: Why design addicts have already turned hungry eyes to IKEA

Kya deLongchamps finds some highly collectable furnishings from our favourite Scandi style-setter

Sputnik Coat Rack by Osvaldo Borsani. Picture: Upstaged Vintage (Etsy) – 

In terms of high design, Ikea has been crammed into self-assembly, blonde wood pigeon-hole. Offering affordable, unpretentious home products, Ingvar Kamprad’s brainchild, conceived in 1942, is often dismissed by aesthetic aristocrats as staging only cheaply made particle-board pop-furnishings.

However, Ikea has always had a premium division together with a close nurturing relationship with bold, innovative designers across Europe. The Ikea Museum in Älmhult, Sweden, has just launched the new Ikea Digital Museum, an online platform offering 100 editorial articles, short films and interviews with the people involved in Ikea’s journey. It’s a perfect way to get friendly with their most celebrated creatives and iconic releases. ikeamuseum.com