The great interior equalizer

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Ingvar Kamprad is the founder and head of IKEA of Sweden, a home furnishings company which serves nearly 190 million customers in 26 countries around the world. IKEA employs 10 full-time designers and 125 freelancers. Staff designers handle up to 20 different projects at any given time, with the design process taking up to two years for completion on a project. IKEA's first showroom was opened in 1953, from which the company has grown to a $5 billion-per-year retailing business in 1996.

Management, Furniture industry, Designers, Kamprad, Ingvar, IKEA Svenska AB

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A private underwater Baroque

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Israeli furniture designer Ayala Sperling Serfaty incorporated undersea flora and fauna designs into her far-out Aqua collection. The collection, whose origin dates back only to 1992, contains coral-shaped chairs, love seats that have stuffed fruit shapes in their interior, a walking starfish table, and a sea urchin coffee table. Serfaty, who still designs and constructs each piece individually with her assistants, is gearing up to exhibit at the Milan Furniture Fair.

Works, Industrial designers, Women designers, Serfaty, Ayala Sperling

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The visual art of furniture

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Art furniture in the 1990s may use a variety of materials in a single piece, such as wood, ceramics, and plastic. In addition, these materials may be dyed or otherwise treated to change their appearance. Art furniture is increasingly on display in fine art galleries, is collected by museums and is fetching high prices at auctions. The work of a number of furniture designers is described.

Toombs, Michael, R., Daniels, Alan

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