Montreal Gazette

FASHIONABL­E FURNITURE

Ikea teams up with stylist

- Postmedia News

A fashion activist and a furniture and home decor giant, both hailing from Sweden, are collaborat­ing on a new furniture line due out in March 2018.

Bea Åkerlund, a sought-after stylist who has collaborat­ed with Madonna, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Rihanna, has joined forces with Ikea for a collection of furnishing­s and home decor items touted as the company’s most daring.

Called Omedelbar, the limitededi­tion collection will include red lip-shaped cushions, 3D-printed hand-shaped jewelry displays, a leather-studded chair and a B-shaped lamp, not to mention large glass hats, reports U.K.’s Mirror.

Or how about an ice bucket shaped like a top hat, or coat hook shaped like a human hand?

“It’s a collection that allows for not taking life so seriously,” Åkerlund says. “I want people to have a little fun in their lives. You can get one hand and put it on the wall, or 100 hands and turn it into a piece of art. Buy one lip pillow, or buy 20 to create a lip pillow ocean ... It’s really all up to you.”

Price points have yet to be made available.

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IKEA This red lip-shaped cushion is part of Ikea’s new collection scheduled to come out in March 2018.

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