KONSTRUNDA collection by IKEA places art in everyday spaces
IKEA has introduced KONSTRUNDA, a limited-edition art collection bringing together seven artists and designers to create 22 objects for the home. Launching globally on 1 September 2026, the collection spans furniture, glass, ceramics and textiles, with each contributor given the freedom to approach the project from an individual perspective. Its name translates as “Art Tour”, referring to the different creative voices gathered under one collection and IKEA’s aim to make art available beyond galleries and specialist spaces.
The participating creatives are Andu Masebo, Lisa Reiser, Lisa Hilland, Emanuele Stamuli, Akanksha Deo, Ingrid Leander and Igor Holtermann. Working across different disciplines and generations, they developed pieces that sit somewhere between artwork, furniture and domestic object. Function is present in parts of the collection, but it is not always the starting point. A table can operate as a visual object, textiles can be displayed on walls, and stools can be appreciated for their form as much as their practical use.
British product and furniture designer Andu Masebo contributed a glass table enclosed by a substantial welded chrome frame, alongside two wooden blocks that can be used as stools, side tables or independent objects. Swedish artist Lisa Reiser worked with mouth-blown glass, producing pieces including a translucent green form with an almost gummy-like surface and a glossy black vessel whose curved body changes in appearance with the light. Lisa Hilland looked to pine, one of the materials closely associated with IKEA, for an intricately worked stool. Her contribution also includes an orange ceramic object formed around a large central opening.
Other works take graphic pattern and character as their starting points. Interior designer Emanuele Stamuli developed a black-and-white family of vases and a rug based on simple geometry and deliberate irregularities. IKEA designer Akanksha Deo approached KONSTRUNDA through a series of imagined characters. Among them is a polished stainless-steel bowl with an indented surface and a stacked wooden figure informed by traditional toys from her childhood in India. A mirrored cube positioned at its centre places the viewer inside the composition, while a shaggy blue textile introduces another, more tactile character to the series.
Ingrid Leander and Igor Holtermann looked to the visual language of the city for their contribution. Patterns derived from caution markings, zebra crossings and other details of the streetscape appear across cushions and oversized floor textiles. Elsewhere, palm-tree illustrations cover a full-length mirror. Their work reflects one of the recurring ideas across KONSTRUNDA: familiar forms and materials can take on a different presence when treated with the freedom normally associated with art.
For IKEA, the collection continues its long-running interest in placing art within an affordable domestic context. Instead of asking the seven contributors to follow a single visual language, KONSTRUNDA retains the differences between their practices, from polished metal and raw pine to blown glass and graphic textiles. “At IKEA, we don’t claim to define or explain art. Instead, our role is to create space for it,” said KONSTRUNDA creative leader Karin Gustavsson. The limited-edition collection will be available in IKEA stores and online globally from 1 September 2026.
Photo Credits: IKEA
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