IKEA's Poäng chair looks as modern today as it did when it debuted in 1976. The U-shaped lounger has clean lines and a simple structure, and often evokes comparisons to Finnish designer Aalto’s famous ...

Spending time at work sitting on the same drab chair can get boring after a while, even if you’re lucky to use a comfortable recliner. If you want to win the Office Olympics, you need something with a ...

In whatever market it is in, Ikea – through a combination of design and price – has a way of dictating the dominant interior style. Its bestselling chair is the ubiquitious Poäng, created in 1976 by ...

Ikea proudly touts its Swedish design, but two of its favorite and longest-running pieces were actually made by a Japanese designer. Ikea coaxed designer Noboru Nakamura out of retirement to reimagine ...

Ikea is a behemoth. The home furnishing company uses 1 percent of the planet’s lumber, it says, and the 530 million cubic feet of wood used to make Ikea furniture each year pulls with its own kind of ...

Installation view of Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, 2017 (photo by Nicholas Papananias) If you’ve heard mention of Philip Johnson in the news ...

Ikea's Poang chairs are some of the most comfortable I've ever owned, but if it's a portable workstation you need and not a comfy chair, this Ikea hack may be right up your alley. Just turn the ...

Now that I spend about 95% of my life in my apartment, I’ve been thinking more and more about my seating choices. My typical routine goes from a stool at the kitchen counter (aka my desk), to a wooden ...