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Design and Architecture

IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies - what’s his legacy?

You can love or hate its cheap, cheerful furnishings, but “if it wasn’t for IKEA, most people would have no access to affordable contemporary design.

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By Frances Anderton • Jan 30, 2018 • 1 min read

You can love or hate its cheap, cheerful furnishings, but “if it wasn’t for IKEA, most people would have no access to affordable contemporary design. The company has done more to bring about an acceptance of domestic modernity than the rest of the design world combined.”

An IKEA store in Frisco, TX.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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