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To be fair, we tend appreciate these kind of features when we are on the other side, buying, say, IKEA furniture. I respect, but don't particularly want to support professional carpenters if given the alternative. E.g. you can have cheap shit now or wildly expensive "proper" products later where the "proper" means something I do not and can not appreciate - to put it simply I know wood is made from trees and there ends my appreciation of the craft.

Getting me "on-board" quickly with some basic furniture is quite helpful, although it requires IKEA-level infrastructure and investment to get these things in front of the buyers which is definitely not easy. Dare I sare ridiculously complex?



When I was younger, in a new space, my priority was FILLING IT so I could go about my life. I appreciated how easy it was to fill a space with Ikea.

Now that I'm older, in an old space, my priority is EMPTYING IT so I can go about my life. I now appreciate how permanent your space can be if you carefully deliberate each addition.


User testing Ikea assembly must be an interesting challenge, partly because experience in the test group would make you better at later tests.

I have worked on international teams where it was a running joke the individuals had ended up assembling the same Ikea furniture on three continents.




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