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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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    IKEA’s success, North Westlake Design District, Joel Chen
    1. 0:00IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies - what’s his legacy?You’re reading this
    2. 7:01A proposed design district for Historic Filipinotown
    3. 18:06A life in objects, with LA antique dealer Joel Chen
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    IKEA’s success, North Westlake Design District, Joel Chen
    1. 0:00IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies - what’s his legacy?You’re reading this
    2. 7:01A proposed design district for Historic Filipinotown
    3. 18:06A life in objects, with LA antique dealer Joel Chen
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