IKEA means something to me. I know it's a furniture and more store. There's one about 10 miles from my house. It was the reference to the IKEA ~poster~ that I didn't understand. I've never been inside an IKEA store, never seen their wares, and certainly am unfamiliar with their posters.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tim Øsleby > I'll try to explain my IKEA referanse. > IKEA is one of the kings in furniture. > Google is our friend: A look at http://www.ikea.com/ will give you an idea. > It is huge. It is global. So I assumed it meant something to you. Anyway, > they do make nice and reasonable prized furniture. My bookshelves, and some > of my lamps, are IKEA ;-) > > They do design, manufacture and sell "Scandinavian modern style furniture > and accessories" (this is the META-text at their global homepage). > > Among other things they do make posters. Some of them are "artsy" in a quite > nice way. But as you may already have guessed, they are designed to be hung > at walls in an "average" modern family. In other words; it is pleasant to > look at, very "politically correct" and non provocative. > > BTW. I have bought some IKEA posters myself at work. I think they are Ok, > but not my personal taste most of them. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/fallenleaf.html
