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Sweden designed by Ikea<br />

ducers of history. A company, like Ikea, is one such producer. This<br />

leads to questions like: What happens when history becomes a<br />

part of corporate branding? The corporation’s creation of history<br />

has certainly a commercial motivation but, in a larger perspective,<br />

it can have political, ideological and existential consequences.<br />

References<br />

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model as Utopia 1930-2007, Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 34, No.<br />

3, 2009, pp. 229-245.<br />

Andersson, J. 2010. The Library and the Workshop: Social Democracy<br />

and Capitalism in an Age of Knowledge, Standford University Press.<br />

Bengtsson, S. 2009. On a democratic concern. In: Ikea at Liljevalchs Konsthall,<br />

Stockholm: Liljevalchs.<br />

Brown, A. 2008. Fishing in Utopia. Sweden and the Future that Disappeared,<br />

London: Granta.<br />

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Three Founding Texts, New York: Museum of Modern Art.<br />

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dimensions at IKEA. 1995. Inter IKEA Systems B.V.<br />

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Ekmark, L. Interview. 16/12/11. Unpublished.<br />

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then and now. Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol. 34, No. 3: 246-263.<br />

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Linköping: Linköping University.<br />

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blue), Stockholm: Ekelids förlag.<br />

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About the authors<br />

Sara Kristoffersson, PhD, is Guest Professor of Design History at<br />

Konstfack University College in Stockholm and a critic. She has<br />

published a number of articles on various aspects of design and<br />

lectures widely. She is currently working on a research project<br />

about Ikea. <br />

Design Frontiers: Territiories, Concepts, Technologies 297

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