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Ikea opens Food For Thought at Milan Design Week

At Milan Design Week 2026, Ikea has launched Food For Thought, a sensory exhibition running from 21 to 26 April at Spazio Maiocchi.

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Food & Drink

Stat: How convivial dining is on the decline

Nearly one in five people now eat dinner on the sofa, according to a new global study by Ingka Group (Ikea’s parent company) – a sign that the communal dining table is losing its central role in domestic life.

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Fashion

Luxury’s Literary Economy

As AI accelerates image and content production, luxury brands are embracing literature as a cultural system, using reading, authorship and intellectual labour to signal value, credibility and long-term relevance.

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Design

Ikea launches furniture and décor collection that frames play as a part of the…

At Miami Art Week, Ikea used its Open House Miami installation to frame play as an everyday design principle rather than a zone limited to children’s rooms. The showcase unveiled Grejsimojs, a 33-piece furniture and décor collection informed by the company’s post-pandemic play studies, which found that families increasingly want play to flow…

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Luxury

Maison Margiela Residences unveiled in Dubai

Parisian fashion house Maison Margiela is extending its avant-garde design language into residential living, choosing Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah for its global debut.

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Placemaking & Property

Layered Realities

A new wave of designers is bridging the virtual chaos of gaming realms and extended reality with the tactile authenticity of human craft.

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Retail

Culture-coded Retail

Digital commerce may offer consumers convenience, but a new generation of in-person retail experiences energised by cultural relevance and built on brand community is luring them back into the store.