There are various sizes and colors of textile tubes. You pick your favorite color tube and decide how long you want it to be. The IKEA personnel will cut the tube for you at the cutting station in the right size.

Design Concept

What would it be like if we live in a future where there would be no more furniture as we know it. The furniture that is present in this future is made by the user. We are going to create our furniture ourselves by using hand weaving techniques. The materials we then use are textile tubes that have different lengths, thicknesses and colors. With these tubes we will 3D weave, knit, braid and knot by hand to create our furniture.

Because we create our furniture in this way, we can make it to our own preference. If we would like a larger piece of furniture in the future, we only have to weave a extra piece to it. And if we want to make a completely new piece of furniture, we can return our textile tubes or exchange them at the store where the come from.
Because it is a modular and circular system, our furniture will not become waste in the future, but it will remain an endless construction and exchange system.

To make our furniture we use basic hand weaving techniques. Hand weaving is an old craft. By looking at the technique with a contemporary perspective, it also breathes new life into the traditional craft of hand weaving.

weaving your furniture

The tubes have to get there stuffing at the stuffing station. Here you can decide how soft or hard your tube are getting to get filled. After the tubes are filled the IKEA personnel will close the opening in the tube. And now your tubes are ready for use.

At the weaving station you can learn the basics of furniture weaving. The IKEA personnel will explain what the basics steps are to make simple woven furniture. Together with other customers you can create your first woven furniture piece.

If you are a more experienced furniture weaver you can take your tubes home. At home you can make a fun family activity from it and really personalize your woven furniture to you own taste.

The textile company Kvadrat will provide the upholstery for the tubes. The finishing of the tubes will be provided by IKEA