Dezeen Wire: furniture giant IKEA is turning to digital imagery instead of photography to illustrate its brochures and online galleries and expects 25% of all images to be created on computers by next year, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. More »

Dutch designers Oatmeal Studio have hacked IKEA furniture to create a pop-up restaurant where diners pick their own tableware and cut their own tablecloths (+ slideshow.) More »

Swedish furniture brand IKEA have installed a temporary lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris (+ slideshow). More »

Dezeen Wire: Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is to build an eco-housing development next to London's Olympic park in Stratford. A spokesman for Ikea has claimed that the 1,200 home scheme featuring its own water power plant, school, health surgery and nursery will be "the newest and most interesting development in the whole area" - London Evening Standard

Swedish furniture and homeware brand IKEA have released this 140-page cookbook featuring photographs of ingredients laid out in patterns. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Dezeenwire: Time magazine reports on the backlash following IKEA's decision to drop its customised version of Futura for all its print and online collateral in favour of Verdana. Time

Dezeenwire: The Guardian has published a slideshow of images showing an exhibition of IKEA furniture from the 1950s to today, which has opened at the Liljevalchs Konsthall museum in Stockholm. The Guardian

Milan 09: Swedish furniture brand IKEA showed in Milan for the first time this year, presenting their PS Collection by designers including Front and Hella Jongerius. Above: IKEA PS SÅGA by Nike Karlsson More »