In a world-first, IKEA is launching its first flat-packed rattan armchair, SALNÖ, making it easier for customers to get their furniture home.
IKEA is well-known for its flat-packed items, which it introduced for the first time in 1953 to reduce both costs and damage rates during transportation. Since then, flat-pack, self-assembly products have become the solution to the transportation struggle.
With summer almost here, rattan furniture can help to create a warm and natural feel at home, however, it is usually packed in high and bulky boxes which don’t fit easily into most cars.
“That’s why we teamed up with one of our suppliers in Indonesia and developed SALNÖ, a curvy rattan armchair that fits in a flat package,” says Kristin Pfannenschmidt, product developer, IKEA Sweden.
“When developing the SALNÖ armchair, I wanted to find a good balance between machine-made and handmade. Every part of the chair is handmade to keep the natural beauty of rattan and the traditional craftsmanship, but with a new assembly solution and drillings made by customised machines we made it possible for easy assembly.”
SALNÖ armchair is available in Australia from November 2022 as a world-first trial for IKEA.
