Ikea Product Names

Working together with a swedish agency åkestam holst ikea has changed the names of their products to match the most frequently googled relationship problems in sweden.

Ikea product names. Experts at the language learning app babbel did some research into how ikea products get their crazy sounding names. The reason each product isn t just given a random arrangement of numbers and. We have a huge range of products in different styles from vintage dressing tables to modern kitchens. Half of the joy of meandering through the showroom is reading the product names first instituted to compensate for the dyslexia of ikea founder.

Most of the names are scandinavian in origin. The reason the products have strange names at all was by request of the late founder of ikea ingvar kamprad. Click here to find the right ikea product for you. Oh ikea that sweet land of swedish furniture.

The sladda bicycle translates to skid in swedish. 10 hilarious ikea product names by betty zhang. Company founder kamprad was dyslexic and found that naming the furniture with proper names and words rather than a product code made the names easier to remember. Some products have functional names because they work better.

25 product showcase in new york city ikea designer jon karlsson explained that ikea has a crack team of product namers who assign names from a database of swedish words. The names are quirky and endearing and they elevate the status of each product. Now all we need is rock n roll. Browse our full range of products from dressing tables to complete modern kitchens.

Browse online and in store today. Femmen vag the illustration does little to help. Groggy groggy is how i feel after drinking the funny grape liquid. Ikea has already solved our love problems with their witty instructions but this time it s their products that are going to help us with our relationship problems.

We also take care of those little details that make all the difference that s why our home accessories range includes rugs candles and photo frames to give the final touch to your décor. Normally products are just given random numbers and letters as a name but this posed a problem because kamprad is dyslexic. With over 12 000 products ikea has created a brilliant naming system. Dombas what everyone feels like when trying to assemble ikea furniture.

Although there are some exceptions most product names are based on a special naming system developed by ikea.