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Article: FLEXIBLE FURNITURE OF THE FUTURE; FUTURE HOMES: PART 2
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 8, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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If you want to identify the Zeitgeist of the Nineties, look no
further than furniture. While 10 years ago pieces at the design end
of the market were all twiddly metal and baroque, for the IKEA
generation furniture is fresh and flexible, attributes which
reflect our more diverse and demanding lifestyles.
"This is a time of great optimism in Britain," says Craig Allen,
buying manager for The Conran Shop. "It is more Europeanised, and
for the generation of people who were educated in the Eighties,
there's no way they want to be in merry-old-England-style houses."
Instead, the urban chic and knowing townies are once again
knocking their rooms through and filling them with what the
organisers of ...