Most of us are familiar with the cheap, chic Scandi staples IKEA is renowned for. We’ve all walked anti-clockwise through a spiral of flat-pack bookshelves and printed textiles, dreaming of a life more compact and colour-coordinated than our own. IKEA taught the world the rakish appeal of a trailing spider plant in a hanging basket paired with a bold statement curtain, but its lesser-known origin story adds a humble charm to its token aesthetics.
The company was…
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