"IKEA's new flexible floor lamp marks the Swedish brand's first collaboration with designer Lex Pott, who wanted to create a "lamp that bends," and did so by inserting 45-degree swivel points into the light's stand to fashion a metal lamp that transforms from an uplighter to a spotlight to a floor or reading light."
"Mikael Axelsson, who designed Ikea's excellent new blowup chair, has also created another of our favorite pieces from PS 2026: a stool with a ratchet-toothed construction inspired by simple woodworking tools acting as a low-tech height adjustment mechanism that is also delightfully and unapologetically analog. As with his inflatable chair, Axelsson enlisted his four daughters to strength-test various prototypes to nail the lever system, and he found that the design's elementary nature only encouraged his children to use it more."
"Wihlborg also designed a whimsical bedside table from pine that draws direct inspiration from traditional birdhouses, an idea that supposedly came to Wihlborg as he strolled through his garden. The table, with its familiar birdhouse hole on the front, hides practical storage behind the fold-down door, which repurposes that bird hole as the opening handle."
"Looking to kit out home offices in budget style, the collection includes a four-seater folding table or desk by Wihlborg, crafted to be sturdy enough for everyday use, but collapsible to flat when needed via a few turns of the large, signature red wing screws. Wihlborg has also designed a pink metal mesh and glass-door cabinet with adjustable feet and shelves, a cable outlet for integrated lighting, and cut-outs in the handles so it can be locked."
IKEA’s PS 2026 lineup includes a flexible floor lamp created in collaboration with Lex Pott, featuring 45-degree swivel points that let the lamp transform between uplighter, spotlight, floor, and reading light modes. Mikael Axelsson designed a ratchet-toothed stool that uses a low-tech height adjustment mechanism inspired by simple woodworking tools, and he strength-tested prototypes with his four daughters to refine the lever system. Wihlborg created a pine bedside table inspired by traditional birdhouses, using a front birdhouse hole as a handle for a fold-down door that conceals storage. The collection also offers budget home office furniture, including a collapsible folding table secured with red wing screws, plus cabinets and organization pieces with adjustable shelves, cable outlets, locking cut-outs, and mobile trolleys with color-matching wheels.
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