Word: ikea
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...also said that managing growth in East Somerville is a challenge. She pointed to the recent debate over whether IKEA, a furniture store chain, should be allowed to construct a 'big box' type store near the Mystic riverfront as an example of the problem the city faces. The Mystic Task Force, a group advocating pedestrian-minded redevelopment, disapproves of the new construction...
...buying up the old originals and restoring them. And the spare, functional furniture from the '50s has been getting so popular that upscale stores featuring it have sprung up in Manhattan's trendy meat-packing district and on the equally fashion-forward La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Ikea and Crate & Barrel have begun producing knockoffs for the mass market. The taste for things '50s-ish has also seeped into fashion (haven't you noticed all those sweater sets and pleated skirts?) and industrial design (wait till you get a look at the finlike taillights planned for future Cadillacs...
...Ikea: "OR" Want to turn forbidding places into comfortable living spaces? Watch Ikea's men in white redo an operating room. The cardiac monitor looks just fabulous in the entertainment center. And that plant on the IV-drip stand is another deft designer touch...
...better to buy a fake but reusable Christmas tree? Or to buy a real, traditional tree and feel guilty about wasting a natural resource? For city dwellers without a yard, buying one with roots is out of the question. So what's left? Swedish megamerchant IKEA may have the answer. For the sixth year in a row, the home-furnishing chain is offering its Rent-a-Tree program to American customers. Conceived in Europe during the 1970s and introduced in the company's seven U.S. stores as they opened, it works like this: for $20 -- a $10 deposit...
...that same apartment are the requisite halogen lamp, Ikea or Conran's furniture, and the keys to the new Volkswagen (farfigwhat?). Less slick than Scandinavian, more comfortable than Bauhaus, Gapified design does not produce spaces to come home to, but spaces to come visit...