Today I’m looking at some of IKEA’s most iconic pieces—and I did it in the best possible place: the very first IKEA store, now the IKEA Museum in Älmhult, Sweden. I walk through the designs that actually shaped IKEA’s legacy (and a few that… didn’t), like the POÄNG chair’s evolution from the original “Poem,” the ultra-recognizable LACK table and its cardboard honeycomb construction, and the KLIPPAN sofa—an absolute icon that I still personally find uncomfortable, even after living with one for a year. I also get into modern cult classics like KALLAX/EXPEDIT (yes, people literally petitioned when IKEA tried to discontinue it) and the RÅSKOG trolley, which somehow ended up being used everywhere except just the kitchen. And then there are the true legends: the FRAKTA bag, the BILLY bookcase (over 140 million sold), and even the IKEA catalog—which I honestly think they shouldn’t have ended, because it was a yearly ritual. I wrap it all up with whether the museum is worth the trip (it is), plus a few iconic flops IKEA probably wishes you’d forget—like the compost sofa that needed worms.