Re:What's wrong with Ikea?
by jrockway on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @10:32PM
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"Where exactly was that?"
As you point out in your book, Ikea furniture is not quite as adorably minimalist as its marketing implies. Making a whole bunch of disposable furniture places certain stresses on natural resources, not all of which are renewable, or, arguably, even legal.
The implication is that IKEA furniture is built from resources that are not legal (whatever that means), and is, as a result, itself not legal. I guess...
As you point out in your book, Ikea furniture is not quite as adorably minimalist as its marketing implies. Making a whole bunch of disposable furniture places certain stresses on natural resources, not all of which are renewable, or, arguably, even legal.
The implication is that IKEA furniture is built from resources that are not legal (whatever that means), and is, as a result, itself not legal. I guess...