IKEA’s far-out furniture for the 1960s, nothing new to report

By Paul Smith

Plenty of us tend to consider IKEA to be a fairly modern blight on furniture aesthetics – in fact the first store opened its doors in Sweden in 1958. But what could you expect to buy in IKEA half a century ago? The answer seems to be pretty much the same stuff you can buy now:

ikea col2 IKEAs far out furniture for the 1960s, nothing new to report

This is a page from the 1965 edition of the IKEA catalogue. That bookcase looks strangely familiar. Don’t they still stock that?

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Tags: furniture, ikea
Posted in Stuff, retail July 29th, 2009 | 6 Comments

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6 Responses to “IKEA’s far-out furniture for the 1960s, nothing new to report”

Posted by Dimrill | July 29th, 2009 at 7:33 pm

How many other ways are there to arrange planks to hold books?
Posted by HappyCustomer | July 29th, 2009 at 8:39 pm

^ True.
Posted by ElBuc | July 30th, 2009 at 8:27 am

Yes, that bookcase is part of the Clitt range – page 75 of the 2009 Ikea catalogue.
Posted by Mike Hock Esq. | July 30th, 2009 at 9:39 am

ELBuc, your mistaken, it’s part of the TWATT range, pg83
Posted by Nobby | July 30th, 2009 at 10:35 am

Those doors (from the WANKK range) on the bookcase look better hinged than modern day Ikea furniture.
Posted by eddiex | July 30th, 2009 at 10:41 am

Could anyone out there who has ever had a dick in there mouth confirm if it is the same as an IKEA hot dog ?