| Ikea product names follow a system: because the company’s founder, Ingvar Kamprad, is dyslexic, he found that naming products with proper names and words made them easier to identify. |
| Sofas, coffee tables, bookshelves, media storage and doorknobs are named after places in Sweden (Klippan, Malm?); beds, wardrobes and hall furniture after places in Norway; carpets after places in Denmark and dining tables and chairs after places in Finland. |
| Bookcases are mainly occupations (Bonde, peasant farmer; Styrman, helmsman). Bathroom stuff is named after lakes and rivers. |
| Kitchens are generally grammatical terms, and kitchen utensils are spices, herbs, fish, fruits, berries, or functional words such as Skarpt (it means sharp, and it’s a knife). |
| Chairs and desks are Swedish men’s names (Roger, Joel); materials and curtains are women’s names. |
| Children’s items are mammals, birds and adjectives (Ekorre is a set of children’s toy balls; it means squirrel). |
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