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Petrus Palmér, founder and CEO of the Swedish design brand Hem, announced he is eliminating all discounts, including Black Friday and seasonal sales, in favor of consistent pricing. The company, launched in 2014 as a direct-to-consumer furniture brand known for collaborations with leading designers, now generates most of its revenue through trade and wholesale channels rather than direct sales.
Unable to find furniture combining a workbench's depth with a living-room look, the author built a custom unit by mounting a reused desktop board atop IKEA Kallax shelving units. The project was driven by budget constraints, since custom cabinetry ran about €1,000 per unit while kitchen cabinets, though cheaper, lacked acceptable styling for a living space. The final build reused an old desk's leftover top panel secured onto the Kallax base.
Ikea has unveiled a new furniture collection called YXSTABY, developed in partnership with Xbox, featuring pillows, chairs and an unusually shaped stool that resembles a game controller. The line targets gamers looking to outfit dedicated play spaces with themed seating and accessories.
King Slide Works, a company that manufactures furniture components such as drawer slides, has propelled its founder to become Taiwan's richest person amid the AI boom. Unlike chipmakers directly tied to AI infrastructure, King Slide's rise stems from its role supplying precision slide-rail systems used in data-center server racks, an unexpected byproduct of surging AI hardware demand.