FORM MEETS DYSFUNCTION

IKEA was founded after a man tried to assemble a sandwich and failed. Flat-pack trauma became a business model.

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IKEA was founded in 1943 in Sweden by Ingvar Kamprad. It was not founded after a sandwich mishap. The company later became known for flat-pack furniture.

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