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Video: Ikea shows the living trends for

Hey, nobody can get past Ikea! After all, the new catalog of the Swedish furniture giant is now back in the German mailboxes nationwide. But the Ikea catalog is no longer just a furniture show, but a real trend bible for how we will set up and live in the future. We have identified five living trends.
"Are you still living or are you already alive?" Everyone knows the slogan of the Swedish furniture giant. And honestly: is there any other German who lives instead of living and who doesn't have an Ikea piece somewhere in the four walls? You have to decide for yourself whether this is good or not. Nobody can really explain the success of the Swedish furniture giant. Is it smart marketing? On the 1 euro hot dog? On the cheap yet stylish furniture? The fascination of screwing yourself, swearing included? Longing for the Scandinavian furnishing style (after all, everyone is talking about hygge living at the moment)? It's probably a mix of everything. And of course the new Ikea catalog, which now comes along like a lifestyle magazine with a life guide, provides here and there for the want-to-have reflex.
The new Ikea catalog 2018 is here
For the first time, everyone will probably come into contact with the new range when the Ikea catalog flutters into the house. The “most important book in the world” (“Neue Zürcher Zeitung”) with the trends of the coming season has surely been in your mailbox in the last few days. On 328 pages we not only see a lot of furniture, decorative and living accessories, but a cross-section of modern living and living with lots of great decoupling ideas for your own home. We show you in the video which living trends and furnishing ideas Ikea has ready for us.

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6 Show all The Ikea catalog through the ages

The Ikea catalog from 1975.
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The Ikea catalog from 1980/1981.
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The 1989 Ikea catalog.
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The 1996 Ikea catalog.
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The Ikea catalog from 2003.
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The 2018 Ikea catalog.
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