My Ikea trip took me to Sweden for a look behind the scenes 

Eve Kelliher explores HQ of the iconic home design brand to find out how its story began — and also checks into the Ikea hotel

The Ikea Through The Ages exhibition, 2023.

When pooches took to riding the New York City subway in Ikea bags, they got to comply — thanks to their human companions’ ingenuity — with the pet travel rule that dogs could board the subway but would have to do so in a “container”.

It’s outside-the-box (or the bag) thinking like this that the global design manager at Ikea of Sweden, Johan Ejdemo, loves.