It ’s that time of year : If you ’re one of the hundreds of gazillion people on Ikea ’s mailing leaning , you belike recently receive a thick square of A-one - fragile paper fill with ( mostly generate ) products . Ikea has been sending these baby out for more than six decade — and you’re able to follow the development of pop invention just by look at them .
With the assistant of Ikea ’s own copywriter , the committed Ikea fan over atHomeDesigningpulled together 63 years of Ikea catalogue covers , dating back to the first catalog ever sent out in 1951 . It ’s gripping ( and pretty hilarious , at moments ) to see the classic Ikea figure evolve over meter . There was definitely a moody geological period in the late sixties and former 70s , but just a few years later , Ikea had ditched the overstuffed pee - xanthous couch for classic purpose like its Alvar Aalto - animate Poang chair , which is still with us today .
mark out the covers below — or head over totheir post for more .
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