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Is there a reason IKEA doesn't bring back all of the classic designs from time to time?
by dfxm12 1y ago
Is there a reason IKEA doesn't bring back all of the classic designs from time to time?
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoThey bring select designs back ALL the time. What do you mean? Here is just one example (with historic catalog images included): https://www.ikea.com/global/en/stories/our-roots/vintage-ikea-product-designs-reissued-nytillverkad-collection-230705/ https://www.ikea.com/global/en/stories/our-roots/vintage-ike...
- criddell 1y agoSome would be hard for them to make at a reasonable price today and they wouldn't sell in big numbers at a higher price. Adam Savage recently posted a video about his favorite IKEA cabinet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLAAxxjM_7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLAAxxjM_7U The drawers have box joints which is something I can't imagine IKEA of today doing. It's on page 311 of their 1997 catalog FYI.
- Ma8ee 1y agoThe only reason they wouldn't sell a drawer with a box joint today is because they wouldn't be able make the box flat enough. They certainly use even more complex joints even today.
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoGood housekeeping wrote as recently as 2023 that ikea kitchen cabinets used dovetail joinery.[1] But this runs counter to my and everyone I know's experience. Not sure how/why they could write that. [1]https://www.aol.com/best-kitchen-cabinet-brands-according-193800625.html https://www.aol.com/best-kitchen-cabinet-brands-according-19...
- Gravityloss 1y agoEvery single Ikea kitchen furniture unit I've worked with has been flat pack, made of chipboard and assembled with these bolts that attach to a sort of a worm screw (edit: cam dowel lock nut), and some dowels, maybe a few screws. Not a single sheet of real wood or plywood, no dovetail or finger joints.
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoYes the cams is how ikea put drawers together in just about everything. Its a pretty cool and good solution. It's just not a box joint