IKEA product names demystified

Posted by Cory Doctorow, September 3, 2003 2:40 PM | permalink

Know those funny IKEA furnishing names? Turns out there's a method to the madness:

Upholstered furniture, coffee tables, rattan furniture, bookshelves, media storage, doorknobs: Swedish placenames
Beds, wardrobes, hall furniture: Norwegian placenames
Dining tables and chairs: Finnish placenames
Bookcase ranges: Occupations
Bathroom articles: Scandinavian lakes, rivers and bays
Kitchens: grammatical terms, sometimes also other names
Chairs, desks: men's names

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