IKEA’s latest collaboration with Piet Hein Eek celebrates imperfections

IKEA and Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek have created a range of furniture and homeware that showcases imperfections, rather than hiding them.

The collection, named Industriell, marks the second collaboration between IKEA and Hein Eek.

It includes a range of limited-edition pieces, including chairs, tables, ceramics, textiles and glassware. With their craft-like aesthetic, the products are all designed to look slightly different from one another.

The aim was to “redefine mass-produced products by turning uniformity on its head”.

“When I graduated from design school there was a great drive for perfection in design,” said Hein Eek. “If you made a thousand copies they all had to be identical, and there was nothing in the design that hadn’t been put in there by the designer himself.”

“I wanted to strip that idea away, and make objects feel more human and personal while still having an industrial production process.”

Hein Eek did this partly through his use of materials. For the chair, bench and tables, he chose to use pine wood that would have otherwise been considered waste.

Each piece features its own unique knots and grains. Colourful stains range from bright yellow and blue, to soft grey and black.

 

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