Ideas meet Ikea in Ikea hacker: http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/
The big idea here is that Ikea make lots of cheap stuff that can be used as a good solid basis of a new product. The site is full of interesting ‘hacks’ where people use kit from Ikea in a way it is not meant to be used. People re decorate in different colours, with patterns, cut bits off and add other bits on. A jug becomes a light, the plain becomes colourful and a lamp becomes a table leg. There is some cool stuff and it makes you want to have a go.
I recon that the people at Ikea http://www.ikea.com/ would be pretty chuffed with this. One of their founding ideas was to use their factories to make what the can, not what they expect to. So a door factory would end up making frames and parts for beds or desks, because they have the right kit and they have the capacity. This allowed the canny Swedes to drive down costs and develop more interesting designs. Ikea itself is a pretty Big Idea. Cheap, easy and fun, but most of all, the amount of work (and a pretty big slice of magic) that goes into making the flat packs pack flat is immense.
The big idea here is that Ikea make lots of cheap stuff that can be used as a good solid basis of a new product. The site is full of interesting ‘hacks’ where people use kit from Ikea in a way it is not meant to be used. People re decorate in different colours, with patterns, cut bits off and add other bits on. A jug becomes a light, the plain becomes colourful and a lamp becomes a table leg. There is some cool stuff and it makes you want to have a go.
I recon that the people at Ikea http://www.ikea.com/ would be pretty chuffed with this. One of their founding ideas was to use their factories to make what the can, not what they expect to. So a door factory would end up making frames and parts for beds or desks, because they have the right kit and they have the capacity. This allowed the canny Swedes to drive down costs and develop more interesting designs. Ikea itself is a pretty Big Idea. Cheap, easy and fun, but most of all, the amount of work (and a pretty big slice of magic) that goes into making the flat packs pack flat is immense.
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