IKEA Returns to Inflatable Furniture with PS 2026 Easy Chair Launch at Milan Design Week
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Tom Ravenscroft
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Summary
IKEA has launched a new inflatable chair called the PS 2026 Easy Chair at Milan Design Week, marking the company's return to inflatable furniture since the 1990s. The chair, designed by Mikael Axelsson, features an inflatable seat trapped within a metal frame, combining nostalgic inflatable design with modern structural elements. The PS collection also includes other innovative designs like a transforming lamp by Dutch designer Lex Pott.
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· 3 pulledSwedish furniture brand IKEA has returned to the 1990s by launching an inflatable chair at this year's Milan design week.
Developed by IKEA designer Mikael Axelsson, the PS 2026 Easy Chair forms part of the latest PS collection, which includes a transforming lamp by Dutch designer Lex Pott.
It marks IKEA's first major move back into inflatable furniture since it abandoned the
Swedish furniture brand IKEA has returned to the 1990s by launching an inflatable chair at this year's Milan design week.
