IKEA Renames Furniture as Solutions to Relationship Problems

IKEA Retail Therapy

Going to IKEA can be a trying experience for a couple—especially if you disagree on decor. Known to test relationships, the brand synonymous with affordable design at least has a sense of humor about it, as evidenced in their latest ad campaign. Here, IKEA makes data fun. Called Retail Therapy, the ingenious series features the most-googled relationship questions in its home country of Sweden that are then “answered” with a product.

Working with agency Åkestam Holst, IKEA displayed the results in an amusing website ikearetailtherapy.com. When you visit, it showcases the items that’ll surely help solve the query. For the person wondering why “he isn’t texting back,” IKEA recommends a USB charger. To the individual who complains about their partner snoring, there's a daybed in their future. And if you're not interested in someone? One of IKEA’s reasonably-priced garlic presses will definitely drop the hint.

If none of these suggestions do the trick, one therapist is using IKEA furniture assembly as therapy. They're onto something!

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

IKEA Retail Therapy

Åkestam Holst: Website
h/t: [Bored Panda]

All images via Ikea Retail Therapy.

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice. Sara is also an embroidery illustrator and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She runs Bear&Bean, a studio where she stitches pet portraits and other beloved creatures. She chronicles the creativity of others through her website Brown Paper Bag and newsletter, Orts. Her latest book is Threads of Treasure: How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread, published in 2014. Sara’s work has been recognized in Be Creative With Workbox, Embroidery Magazine, American Illustration, on Iron and Wine’s album Beast Epic, among others. When she’s not stitching or writing, Sara enjoys planning things that bring together the craft community. She is the co-founder of Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults with hands-on workshops in the Seattle area.
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