Chinese consumers are developing a taste for western furniture and lifestyles thanks to IKEA, according to the founders of Danish design brand Hay. More about IKEA fuels demand for western lifestyle in China, say Hay founders
Gillis Lundgren, who designed some of IKEA's most iconic products and was one of the furniture giant's first employees, has died at the age of 86. More about IKEA's Billy bookcase designer Gillis Lundgren dies aged 86
Design Indaba 2016: the 1996 ad campaign that encouraged British housewives to throw away their fussy furnishings helped transform attitudes to design, according to ad executive Naresh Ramchandani (+ movie). More about IKEA's "Chuck out your chintz" ads changed British taste, says the man who wrote the slogan
Opinion: IKEA has declared "peak stuff" and Apple's sales are levelling out. Something is awry in the consumer design market, says Will Wiles. More about "No one thinks of themselves as designing clutter"
Dutch organisation What Design Can Do has launched an international competition to help find solutions for refugees facing a wide variety of challenges. More about What Design Can Do launches design challenge to create solutions for refugees
Business news: IKEA is aiming to double its sales by 2020 despite demand for home furnishings reaching a peak, according the company's head of sustainability. More about We've reached "peak home furnishings" says IKEA sustainability chief
IKEA's future-living research lab Space10 has launched a visual exploration into what the next 20 years of food design might hold for the meatball, including artificially-grown animal flesh and crispy insect protein. More about IKEA's Copenhagen research lab investigates the future of the meatball
Furniture giant IKEA has launched a research hub and exhibition space in Copenhagen to test product prototypes and ways of boosting consumers' wellbeing (+ slideshow). More about IKEA launches Space10 innovation lab to explore the future of home design
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek is creating a collection of limited-edition furniture for IKEA, set to launch in 2017, as part of a wider collaboration with the Swedish company. More about Piet Hein Eek begins long-term collaboration with IKEA
IKEA is inviting consumers in Belgium to recycle their old catalogues into stuffing for a geometrically patterned cushion designed by Charles Kaisin. More about Shredded IKEA catalogues used to stuff Charles Kaisin's Küss cushions
American studio CHA:COL has incorporated modified IKEA products into a unit that serves as an office and apartment for two visual artists in Los Angeles. More about CHA:COL creates a live-work space in LA using hacked IKEA products
This month, Swedish furniture giant IKEA launched its first collection with British designer Ilse Crawford in stores and saw its modular kitchens hacked by some of Denmark's best architects. We've collected together 13 of our favourite Ikea designs and hacks from Dezeen's archive – from furniture for space-poor hipsters to a bar made from storage boxes. More about 13 of Dezeen's favourite IKEA designs and hacks
Danish architecture studios BIG, Henning Larsen and Norm have hacked IKEA flat-pack kitchens for Danish company Reform (+ slideshow). More about IKEA kitchens hacked by Danish architects including BIG
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: a team of students have created a concept kitchen table for IKEA, which acts as an integrated cooking hob and dining table and can suggest recipes based on ingredients you put on it (+ movie). More about All-in-one digital table for IKEA suggests recipes based on leftover ingredients
Milan 2015: IKEA has collaborated with designers to create kitchen installations focused on children, disabled people and the future of cooking at a pop-up space in Milan (+ slideshow). More about IKEA Temporary presents kitchen concepts at Milan pop-up
American furniture brand Emeco is to sue IKEA for damages for allegedly copying a chair designed by Norman Foster. More about IKEA faces legal action over alleged copyright infringement
IKEA is producing 10,000 of its flat-pack temporary shelters designed for refugees made homeless by conflict and natural disasters (+ slideshow). More about IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelters go into production
News: Swedish furniture giant IKEA has incorporated induction-charging stations into products from its latest collection, which will allow users to wirelessly charge their smartphones. More about IKEA launches furniture that wirelessly charges smartphones and tablets
Interview: IKEA's design manager Marcus Engman explains how a team of just 20 designers oversees the creation of 2,000 affordable products each year at the world's largest furniture company, in the second part of this exclusive interview. More about "IKEA works in a very different way to everyone else" says head of design
Interview: in this exclusive interview, IKEA's design manager Marcus Engman reveals how the Swedish furniture giant is using design to overhaul its reputation for "doing cheap stuff". More about "I want to bring the surprise back to IKEA" says head of design