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IKEAFANS.com and IKEA UK are happy to announce the launch of a contest to celebrate the 30th birthday of the iconic BILLY bookcase. Over 40 million BILLY bookcases are in the wild – is one of them yours? Tell us about it for your chance to win! How to enter, deadlines and details after the jump!
A melodrama filmed entirely on location in IKEA Burbank has hit the interwebs. IKEA Heights is the brainchild of Dave Seger and Paul Bartunek and has been featured in a story in the LA Times.
IKEA’s reaction? Says IKEA spokeswoman, Mona Astra Liss, “I thought it was very playful and fun and complimentary to our brand,” However, “We didn’t give [Seger] permission. People need to ask.”
The real question is, will there be an episode #5?
CREDITS: Directed by David Seger, shot by Paul Bartunek, written by David Seger, Spencer Strauss, Paul Bartunek, and Tom Kauffman. Produced and edited by David Seger and Paul Bartunek, co-produced by Delbert Shoopman and Tom Kauffman. Starring: Randall Park, Whitney Avalon, Tom Kauffman, Jess Lane, Dean Pelton, Wade Randolph, Abed Gheith and Delbert Shoopman. Special Thanks to IKEA for not noticing us shooting a whole show in their big cool store.
What a terrific photo of the new IKEA in Dublin under construction! The store’s actually a LOT farther along than that now. It’s scheduled for its grand opening on July 27th and will be the 301st IKEA worldwide!
Thanks to IKEA Dublin for this image posted on the Facebook page for IKEA Dublin .
The deadline to enter The BIGGEST IKEA Fan contest over at IKEAFANS.com has been extended to July 25th! Enter to win today!
Preview the 2010 IKEA product line in NYC with IKEAFANS.com staff on July 28th. Enter to win both an invite to the private, press-only event as well as dinner and drinks out the night before and a special $100 gift from IKEA in addition to all the usual IKEA swag. Last year, I hear it was pillows.
IKEAFANS is now on Twitter and Facebook! Be one of the first to get daily news and updates about IKEA and IKEAFans!
And while you’re following us on Twitter, check out our Follow Friday Recommendations:
@ikeadublin ~ IKEA Dublin, the first IKEA store in Ireland, will open its doors at 0800 on July 27, 2009!
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@IKEATampaFans ~ This is the Twitter fan page for IKEA Tampa.
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IKEAFANS.com is running a contest to see who’s the biggest IKEA Fan! Is it you? Are you 21 and live in or near NYC (or can get there on short notice)? Convince them that YOU are indeed the BIGGEST IKEA Fan and win a guest invite to the 2010 IKEA Catalog Launch event on July 28, plus dinner and drinks the night before, a $100 IKEA Gift basket, the usual IKEA swag and well, possibly more to come!
Entries must be received by July 21st and can be your stories in words and pictures or in video format. Maybe you want to sing a song? Whatever, just do it quick! Enter to Win
IKEA Malaysia and Lowe and Partners, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia have joined forces with a single mission in mind: To bring to life the fact that being organized means saving space. The creative idea was to turn the store’s main staircase into a ‘chest’ of drawers, with everything inside neatly organized, highlighting the efficient use of space in an impactful way.
Lowe and Partners, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thanks to you, IKEAFANS.com is the fastest growing website devoted to IKEA products, IKEA co-workers and YOU, the IKEA fans. It is our goal to have a strong, active community that serves our purpose of ‘Personalizing the IKEA Experience’ for every member and guest of IKEAFANS.com
To that end we are starting a contest that will award a total of $350 in prizes! And in what better form than as an IKEA Gift Card?! There will be 3 prizes awarded: a $250 IKEA Gift Card, a $75 IKEA Gift Card and a $25 IKEA Gift Card.
What do you have to do to have a chance to win an IKEA Gift Card? It’s easy! All you have to do is participate in the community here at IKEAFANS.com. Find out all the details here.
OK, here it is. I’m officially an IKEAFAN! I fully admit that I have been wearing specially made IKEA blinders from birth! I’ve always liked their stuff, and having the addictive nature so often found in Aquarians, the blinders were a necessity of life. It would be way too easy for me to find my bank account in serious trouble if those blinders were removed!
I’ve always believed what is meant to be will always find a way. A few weeks ago, my life’s path took an unexpected turn that has left me fully immersed in the world of IKEA. The blinders have been removed! I have learned so much in such a short amount of time, not just about the products, but about the company itself, that I’m seriously questioning my use of those blinders for so many years! And there’s the added safety net of having my nearest store four hours away in Atlanta!
HAHA Or so I thought! How quickly I’ve forgotten how often I visit Atlanta, even if it’s just passing through, my path taking me within blocks of the store! And so it was, this past Saturday I found myself visiting an IKEA store for the first time ever! And not to thoroughly overwhelm myself at all, I chose to do it on the first Saturday of the Summer Sale!
Of course I went with very stern instructions to myself that I was ONLY going to purchase the SUNNAN lamp that I had blogged about before. I succeeded………..sort of. I also came home with a $7 set of sheets for my daughter, a large stuffed hippo for the hubby, and the big green leaf for my son’s jungle themed bedroom. Not too shabby!
You can see the rest of photos from the Sea of Yellow Summer Sale Signs over in our Forums! Yes, I’m already planning a return trip! Next time with another six hours to spare to do some real shopping! – K
