IKEA's Konstrunda Collection Brings Collectible-Style Design Home for Under £200
IKEA has launched Konstrunda — Swedish for "Art Tour" — a limited-edition collection of 22 furniture and homeware pieces by seven designers, every one priced under £200. The collection lands in IKEA stores and online in September 2026, with IKEA Australia listing the release date as 1 September (Dezeen; IKEA Australia).
IKEA refers to all 22 pieces as "art objects," stating it does not see "art and design as separate worlds." The collection is designed to make art accessible and inspire homes that reflect personal expression, according to IKEA's Australian newsroom (IKEA Australia). Karin Gustavsson serves as the collection's creative leader.
The designers involved span backgrounds in carpentry, ceramics, glassblowing and graphic pattern. Andu Masebo, a London-based product designer with a background in carpentry, metalwork and ceramics, contributed a £149 side table wrapped in a chunky frame reminiscent of his Tubular Chair, plus two geometric stools — one in raw pine, one painted bright blue — that can double as side tables or plinths (Dezeen).
Emanuele Stamuli designed a black-and-white vase priced at £19. Lisa Reiser created mouthblown glass vases informed by her daydreams, including a bright-green version she describes as resembling "gummy candy." Lisa Hilland contributed a pinewood stool and a bent orange sculpture. Ingrid Leander and Igor Holtermann worked together on boldly patterned cushions and a rug inspired by zebra crossings and caution banners in the Stockholm streetscape (Dezeen).
IKEA in-house designer Akanksha Deo created two expressive vessels, one resembling a "character" made of stacked blocks. Deo designed the piece to address the contemporary loneliness epidemic, according to Dezeen's reporting on the collection (Dezeen).
Regional IKEA newsrooms have described the collection with slight variations in framing. IKEA Canada's newsroom calls Konstrunda 18 distinctive art objects by seven creators — a lower piece count than the 22 cited by IKEA Australia and IKEA's global page (IKEA Canada; IKEA Australia). IKEA Singapore's newsroom describes a gallery-style space presenting five art objects in small-scale glass, ceramics and metal. IKEA Norway describes Konstrunda as a collaboration with six creators. These discrepancies may reflect regional range edits, though IKEA has not publicly explained the differences.
IKEA Canada confirmed the collection will be available in stores across Canada and online starting 1 September 2026 (Newswire). IKEA Australia confirmed the same date for selected stores across Australia and New Zealand (IKEA Australia). IKEA Sweden's press kit, titled "Presskit Launching September 2026," confirms the September launch window (IKEA Sweden).
What makes Konstrunda stand out is the gap it targets: the territory between mass-market homeware and collectible design, where individual pieces typically run into the hundreds or thousands. A £19 vase and a £149 side table sit alongside mouthblown glass and hand-painted pine at prices that would not usually buy a single designer object. Whether the collection draws shoppers who already follow collectible design or simply those after something less ordinary for the living room, IKEA is betting that the line between the two can be blurred at the till.
