Learn how to pick the most environmentally friendly, ready-to-assemble furniture. Before Ikea became a leading source for house fittings, buying any item of furniture meant hauling it home in a truck, ...

Gillis Lundgren, one the most important designers of the 20th century, has died at 86, The Washington Post reports. But there’s a good chance you’ve never heard his name before. Lundgren designed Ikea ...

You’ve probably bought a flat-packed sofa or bookcase from Ikea. Maybe you even live in a flat-packed tiny house. And you might soon also be eating flat-packed fusilli or macaroni. In a new study, ...

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have taken inspiration from flat-packed furniture to reimagine the way pasta is created, developing a flat form of the food that morphs into conventional ...

Nature lovers looking to construct their own sustainable off-grid getaway are going to love the new flat-pack Surf Shack shelter designed by the Backcountry Hut Company. The new pre-packed assembly ...

One of the major variable costs in producing a new vehicle is shipping them from the factory to the dealership or end user. The main part of a car, where the passengers go, is full of air during ...

When it comes to food packaging, there’s no bigger scam than potato chip bags, right? People complain about the air (nitrogen, actually) inside, but it’s there for a reason — nitrogen pushes out ...

When you think of IKEA and food, you probably think meatballs. But now, thanks to researchers at Carnegie Mellon, you may also think pasta, as the team’s created “morphing” versions of the wheat-water ...

IKEA is a brand synonymous with flat-packed furniture, eye-catching yet affordable design, and, of course, solutions for our small-space storage woes. Not only are these functional, but they are also ...

The following is the first article of Material Substance, a column, penned by Christopher Brenny and presented by AD Materials, which investigates the innovative applications of materials in ...