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Economist
23-07-2025
- Business
- Economist
IKEA's prints have transformed how homes everywhere look
Culture | Interior design A collection of bright ideas Photograph: © Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 2025 Jul 23rd 2025 | EDINBURGH | 4 min read N O FIRM IN history has had as penetrating an impact on everyday design and taste as IKEA . Even if you have never found yourself winding through a shop, absent-mindedly adding 'Billy' bookcases, 'Rodalm' picture frames or 'Glimma' tea lights to a trolley, you will probably have encountered 'Stockholm' rugs, 'Rinnig' tea towels or 'Ektorp' sofas in the homes of friends or in Airbnbs. This is, after all, a company with over 480 shops in 63 countries, which generated around €45bn ($52bn) in sales last year. As people flee the increasingly authoritarian city they are taking their sweet teeth with them Our picks ask why people believe in religion, ideology or conspiracy theories For decades the country's officials turned international adoption into a money-making racket Kits encode all sorts of information, Joey D'Urso argues It is not just vinyl. Film cameras and print publications are trendy again, too Three new books look at the blind spots of the intelligence services
Economist
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Economist
Cha chaan teng, Hong Kong's quirky fusion cafés, are going global
Culture | World in a dish Photograph: Getty Images Jul 22nd 2025 | HONG KONG | 2 min read S upposedly 'only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun', but Hong Kongers brave it too for Lan Fong Yuen. The cha chaan teng, or tea restaurant, is one of the city's oldest and attracts queues even on a sweltering day. With its sticky Formica tables, it is not glamorous. But diners are drawn by the smells of fried toast with coconut jam and buns served with crispy pork. World in a dish Hong Kong Culture Our picks ask why people believe in religion, ideology or conspiracy theories For decades the country's officials turned international adoption into a money-making racket Kits encode all sorts of information, Joey D'Urso argues It is not just vinyl. Film cameras and print publications are trendy again, too Three new books look at the blind spots of the intelligence services Why dressing up is now an essential part of the live music experience
