An archive of discontinued IKEA design
Each piece has its history: when it was made, which series it came from, and who designed it. Every scratch and dent too.
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LYKTA, fuchsia glass table lamp
Lamp · 1980s · 1980
Pop
Red GLADER desk lamp (model B103)
Lamp · 1990s · 1991
Postmodern
RAPID lamp
Lamp · 1990s · 1994
Postmodern
MAMMUT
Lamp · 1990s · 1995
GÖTA
Candle holder · 1990s · 1998
BISTA table lamp
Lamp · 2000s · 2002
Era · 1970s
1970s
The 1970s are when IKEA started delivering its earlier promises at mass scale. Orange, brown and avocado green flooded Scandinavian homes and, increasingly, homes far beyond Sweden.
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Era · 1980s
1980s
The 1980s brought IKEA global ambition and postmodern colour. The catalogue filled with saturated reds, blues and yellows, and the company crossed the Atlantic and began pressing into Eastern Europe for the first time.
Read the era story →Era · 1990s
1990s
In the 1990s IKEA's aesthetic matured. Pale birch, clean lines, and Scandinavian restraint swept away the postmodern colour of the previous decade and proposed a look that would govern living rooms for the next quarter-century.
Read the era story → Red GLADER desk lamp (model B103)
Lamp · 1990s · 1991
Postmodern
RAPID lamp
Lamp · 1990s · 1994
Postmodern
MAMMUT
Lamp · 1990s · 1995
GÖTA
Candle holder · 1990s · 1998
BERYLL wall-mounted lamp
Lamp · 1990s
Hi-Tech
Glass bottle
Decoration · 1990s
BLOMSTER glass candleholder
Candle holder · 1990s
Scandinavian Modern
FAS clip-on lamp
Lamp · 1990s
Scandinavian Modern
Era · 2000s
2000s
The 2000s were a decade of global expansion and design ambition for IKEA. New markets, prestigious awards, and collections that consciously aimed for gallery-quality design at catalogue prices.
Read the era story → BISTA table lamp
Lamp · 2000s · 2002
BLIMP projection lamp
Lamp · 2000s · 2006
Space Age
AFTONSTUND table lamp
Lamp · 2000s
MINNEN pendant lamp
Lamp · 2000s
Pop
STOCKHOLM 8-armed candelabra
Candle holder · 2000s
Scandinavian Modern
Era · 2010s
2010s
In the 2010s IKEA started treating designer collaborations as a deliberate brand strategy. Limited collections with external creators moved from occasional experiment to a regular signal that the company intended to be taken seriously in the wider design world.
Read the era story → JANSJÖ
Lamp · 2010s · 2009
PS 2014
Clock · 2010s · 2014
PS 2014
Clock · 2010s · 2014
SIPPRA
Clock · 2010s · 2016
Scandinavian Modern
DRÖMMINGE
Lamp · 2010s · 2018
TYNGDKRAFT
Candle holder · 2010s · 2019
Scandinavian Modern
HÄGGÅS LED pendant lamp
Lamp · 2010s
Scandinavian Modern
KLABB
Lamp · 2010s
KROKIG
Furniture · 2010s
KROKIG
Furniture · 2010s
KROKIG
Furniture · 2010s
KROKIG
Furniture · 2010s
KROKIG
Furniture · 2010s
SNÖKUL
Container · 2010s
Scandinavian Modern
UPPLYST
Lamp · 2010s
Era · 2020s
2020s
The 2020s have shifted IKEA's cultural position. The catalogue that shaped the brand for seven decades came to an end, the secondary market flourished, and the company began consciously producing objects that sit at the boundary between mass design and collectible culture.
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