Lustigt

I’ve always wondered whether IKEA designer Maria Vinka, had Nintendo’s Donkey Kong in mind when she created the IKEA LUSTIGT wall shelves. Perhaps a mere coincidence but gamers immediately saw a stomping gorilla and bent girders in Level 1 of the classic Donkey Kong retro bitmap game. A Japanese gamer…

I hacked an IKEA LUSTIGT Spinning Wheel into a fun tool for kids to learn the ABC. Each alphabet corresponds with an animal to aid letter recognition. The hack is easy to make and it does not cost much (you have to buy the IKEA Spinning Prize wheel, of course).…