where is my ikea catalog?

May 14, 2006 9:13 AM

How can I find old ikea catalogs?

I searched everywhere (Archive.org, google) for old ikea catalogs, but they are no where to be found. I believe there is someone there like me who already archived these nice documents and maybe uploaded them to a site.

posted by caelumluna to home & garden (7 comments total)

ebay seems to list some if you're willing to pay.
posted by allen.spaulding at 9:16 AM on May 14, 2006

You could try going to your local Ikea and asking if they have some old ones lying around in the storeroom or something. Depends how far back you want to go I guess.

Other than that, eBay.
posted by afx237vi at 11:12 AM on May 14, 2006

Ebay.

Or an Ikea retirement home.
posted by bamassippi at 1:52 PM on May 14, 2006

Is there a specific one you are looking for, or just older ones in general?

I wish IKEA would put the old ones online. They are fascinating, at least to me. Watching the styles develop and the prices change...
posted by litlnemo at 2:17 PM on May 14, 2006

ideally, i'd love to have all of them (in digital environment preferably), all years and all countries (if it differs across countries of course), just to see [as litnemo mentioned] how things changed over the years. Maybe an econometrical analysis can be done on this kind of data, (based on styles, years etc) why not. :)
posted by caelumluna at 2:25 PM on May 14, 2006

I've got hard copies for the last 6-8 years. I'd be happy to loan 'em out or something.. Ya, I know, not that impressive a collection.
posted by Chuckles at 9:22 PM on May 14, 2006

Old Ikea catalogs are wonderful to get ideas on how to decorate and choose nicely. Look in Ebay.
posted by CLASETURISTA at 11:05 PM on July 22, 2006