IKEA was the first retailer to provide free disposal and recycling of used CFLs. The Home Depot joined IKEA in 2008 by launching a national in-store consumer CFL bulb-recycling program in all of its nearly 2,000 locations. Some Ace and True Value stores are offering similar programs. The ...
First there was Volvo. Then came IKEA. Well get ready for the next major Swedish export: snus, a smokeless tobacco product, similar to dip or chew.
IKEA designer Gillis Lundgren, who designed the BILLY bookcase and IKEA logo, was on his way to a photo shoot for the IKEA catalogue with a table that he struggled to fit in his car. He took the legs off and the proverbial (LED) lightbulb went off in his head: why not design the f...
IKEAis actually an acronym that combines the initials of the founder, Ingvar Kamprad, with the letters of the farm and village he grew up in, Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd. In 1963,CVSwas founded as “Consumer Value Store” and was later abbreviated. When brainstorming, look for some obvious nam...
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The Swedish company, IKEA, introduced its modern prefab home, the BoKlok, to the European market. In 2006, the Walker Art Museum presented an exhibit around modern prefab, "Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses." And as the market demands more environment- and wallet-friendly...
These loops are often refered to as Orvis loops. I don't know if Orvis invented them, but they do sell them -- and at high prices too. There's no reason to pay money for something you can make for free yourself. All you need is a large needle and some scraps of braided dacron ...
Vanos which was a much more advanced system that influenced both the intake and exhaust camshafts, with adjustment also taking into account throttle position. Double VANOS was invented in time for the S50B32 engine found inAlex’s E36 M3along with the infinitely cool Z3 M Coupe and roadster....
When it comes to the design of the ALGOT system, IKEA designer Francis Coyette said, I wanted to make a simple, discrete storage series that could be used in many different ways and for many different things. The challenge was to minimise the amount of material we used but provide maximum...
The I and K derive from the founder’s name, Ingvar Kampra, and the E and A come from the name of the farm he grew up on, Elmtaryd, followed by the name of the village it was in, Agunnaryd. While nothing in the term IKEA has anything to do with what the store sells, it ...