AI Startup Promises to Replace Costly Furniture Photo Shoots
A French startup called Presti is promising to do away with costly product photo shoots by harnessing AI technology to turn a single image into multiple photos.
1951-2020: Ikea’s 70-Year-Old Catalog is No More
Ikea has announced that it is sunsetting its catalog as part of a continued transition to digital sales. Described by Ikea as "iconic and beloved," the publication will cease both print and digital publication.
This Influencer-Inspired End Table Doubles as a Lightbox for Photography
This quirky concept creation may be the perfect piece of furniture for the Instagram influencer or Etsy seller in your life. It's called the Photo Table, and it's a half-end table half-lightbox that was "designed for public influencers."
IKEA Recreates Rooms in ‘Simpsons’, ‘Friends’, ‘Stranger Things’ With Its Furniture
IKEA United Emirates has launched a clever new marketing campaign called the "Real Life Series." Each picture is a famous room from a popular TV show recreated entirely using IKEA furniture and products.
IKEA Slowly Shedding Photography in Favor of Computer Renders
Of the two images above, one of them is a computer render and one of them is an actual photograph. Can you tell which is which? If you can't, why should IKEA?
The Wall Street Journal reports that IKEA is slowly moving away from using photography in its catalogs in favor of CGI for its online and print publications.
Collapsible Hanging Bookshelf Made with Reused 35mm Film Strips
VU35 is a new brand by Lucas Desimone and Matias Resich that offers products created from wood and reused 35mm film -- a plastic material that's difficult to dispose of. Their first product is a minimalistic collapsible bookshelf called Filmantes, which uses strips of film to connect three wooden shelves.
Slide Light: Customize the Mood of Your Room with Slide Photos
Slide Light is a wall light designed by SUCK UK that provides low level background room lighting that's customized using slide film. Adding different photographs to the light provides different moods.
Kick Back on this Giant Camera Beanbag
Design studio Woouf! takes different objects and creates epically cool beanbag chairs out …
Show Off Prints with a Giant Photo Album Coffee Table
Having a coffee table that looks like a giant photo album is already pretty unique, but what about a coffee table that also functions as one? Remembrance is a coffee table designed by North Michigan University design student Mitch Steinmetz that opens up to reveal your photos like any good giant photo album should.
Mykea Creates Custom IKEA Furniture Decals from Your Photos
If you love the fact that IKEA furniture is cheap and easy to put together, but hate the fact …