IKEA displays furniture created by UO students
PORTLAND, Ore. -- It's not the IKEA brand, but the Swedish furniture giant is proudly displaying furniture designed by University of Oregon students.
It's not the IKEA brand, but it's very much the IKEA spirit.
The graduate and undergraduate students modeled their furniture on IKEA principals: simplicity, multifunction and affordability.
Each student modeled their piece of furniture after an item in the store's catalog.
Assistant Professor Esther Hagenlocher got the idea when she first arrived in Portland from Germany.
"I drove down to Eugene and saw the big blue box and I was like IKEA is here," said Hagenlocher. "And I was very happy about it."
Now the IKEA store in Portland is displaying the pieces of furniture next to the IKEA item that inspired it.
The exhibit is up until Sunday, November 16.
