Sign UpIKEAMonday, 26 September 2016We have 5 IKEA POÄNG armchairs (colour: birch veneer, Finnsta grey) worth SG149 up for grabs. The colour of the POÄNG armchair is set and can’t be changed into another colour. Prize can't be exchanged for cash or Gift Card cash value.PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE PROVISIONS BELOW BEFORE PROVIDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO PARTICIPATE INTHE CONTEST. BY PROVIDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA PURSUANT TO THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT 2010, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONTENTS OF THE PROVISIONS AND YOU HEREBY GIVE YOUR CONSENT AS SET OUT BELOW. By submitting your personal data via "Facebook" (which includes names, photographs, recorded audio/video, written communications and/or any other data attribute establishing the personal identity) you consent to Ikano Private Limited (IKEA Singapore) collecting, using, disclosing and/or processing your personal data for the purpose of “IKEA Singapore POÄNG chair pose contest”.
During your course of dealing with us, we will process your personal data for the above mentioned purpose, including, to communicate with you, provide products and/or services to you, respond to your enquiries or complaints, provide you with information and/or updates on products, services and/or promotions offered by Ikano Private Limited (IKEA Singapore), identify you (including publishing your name and photograph) when you participate in the contest organised by us and other purposes required to operate and maintain our business as set out in our Personal Data Privacy Policy (collectively referred to as “Purposes”). For more details, please refer to our “Personal Data Privacy Policy” as published on our websiteThere are plenty of ergonomic, comfortable task chairs that cost an arm and a leg (e.g. the Aeron), but not everybody can afford a great seat. Whether it's another chair, standing, or an exercise ball, how do you work every day in comfort without succumbing to poor posture or breaking the bank?
We want to know. Unplggd readers suggested the Bungee Office Chair ($99, The Container Store), but it's not great for everyone. What works for you?How many Poängs have you had in your life?Critics have targeted IKEA for years on issues ranging from its amorphous profit and non-profit corporate (and tax) structure, its questionable sourcing of wood for its product line, and even the background of its founder, Ingvar Kamprad. A debate over IKEA’s business practices and environmental impact raises passions on both sides. In fairness, the company has made some solid environmental choices: they’ve eliminated plastic bags from its check-out aisles, eliminated polyvinylchloride (PVC) from almost all of its products, and reduced packaging overall. Now the’ve announced another solid move: the company is phasing out a toxic flame retardant from its furniture.The flame retardant problems is a difficult one for IKEA to solve. Despite the fact that flame retardants contain a skin-absorbable carcinogenic, manufacturers who wish to sell in California must include them in order to comply with state laws.
Interestingly, IKEA’s announcement comes just one day after a scathing article in Slate Magazine that questions why furniture contains such high levels of these chemicals in the first place.The trouble started when Slate reporter Florence Williams tore the packaging of a new IKEA futon that she ordered online, only to be bowled over by the noxious smell that permeated her basement. Williams started researching the smell and found out that the substance was chlorinated tris, the dreaded carcinogen that was once in children’s pajamas until studies shown that it could be absorbed by skin.Despite this danger to human health the American chemical industry has lobbied Congress and state legislatures to mandate fireproofing of furniture and other consumer products for years. The results are long lasting, and not in a good way: years after some carcinogens were banned, they still persist in the food chain and in may even cause chronic disease. (As this went to press, we cannot confirm or deny that any chemical residue can be found in the famous Swedish meatballs that IKEA serves in its brightly lit cafeterias.)
The upshot is that when Williams contacted IKEA, the company’s representatives explained that chlorinated tris will be phased by August 2010. The replacement: “an organo-phosphorous compound which gets incorporated into the polymer matrix of the foam filling.” If you think that term is difficult to decipher, then imagine how safe that replacement may be.IKEA is boxed in by regulations that lawmakers may have been passed with good intentions, but of course are backed by industries who benefit from such a mandate—which is especially absurd because those fire retardants do not stop fire, they delay it—by a few minutes. It is easy to slam big box stores on issues like this one, but IKEA has been taking additional steps in helping their customers achieve energy efficiency and a smaller environmental impact, including last week’s announcement that the retailer will no longer sell incandescent bulbs—which practically eliminates one of its product lines, those sleek lamps that are in many a living room and office.
So what is the solution? An old-fashioned letter-writing (or email-sending) campaign may just need to start. If we cannot find a solution to replace a chemical which does more harm than good, maybe laws passed over 30 years ago need to be repealed. Remember that the BP crisis has an effect far beyond the environment and energy needs: so many of the chemicals that are in homes come from petroleum, giving us another reason to rethink our dependence on oil.Now with summer in full gear, it’s time to get living outdoors! From camping to gardening, or simply just basking in the sun, we have found 25 clever hacks to possibly make living easier, and even maybe more affordable. Check out some of the genius ways you can turn IKEA pieces into a few good summer hacks. Kicking things off, fashion an outdoor sofa with a Fjellse bed. This hack involves cutting 2 end parts in half creating one side into a back. Add some cushions and poof! A fun patio sofa! Get the how-to here!
An Ordning cutlery stand gets converted into a wood-burning (hobo) stove for camping with a little help from a dremel tool.LL shelf bracket is used as a lantern holder for an outdoor deck. Find the hack here! An EKBY shelf is trimmed to fit the length of a window, and three holes were cut to create a cute little planter shelf. A Solvinden Lightchain gets embellished with a few petals in this fun summery hack! Desert plants get needed protection from the sun with this hack using one of IKEA's polycarbonate cabinets. Make a sleeping bag with a little style with an IKEA quilt. Finding a table to hold your tabletop grill at home can be difficult. That's why this little hack using the TASSA baby changing table sits in as a perfect solution. Once you've sold all of your CDs and join the digital world, don't throw out your old CD racks. Instead, turn them into some cute planters for herbs. The IKEA Melodi lamp shade makes for a perfect mold for an umbrella stand hack.
Turn a Brada Laptop Support into a camping table to use on the ground. STRÄNGNÄS candle supports are joined together with a threaded rod and a ANGENÄM plate is added to create this water fountain birdbath hack. Make a nice planter stand out of a laundry bag stand. No space for a garden but still wish to grow your own food? Perhaps this hydroponic set up using the Trofast and Antonius is the hack you've been looking for. Bees get a reprieve from the hot sun with the Lova shade. Bredskär sinks and Capita legs make for a sturdy plant stand for small spaces. Turn the Socker greenhouse into a window birdfeeder. Make parking the bikes more accessible with this hack using Lillangen brackets from IKEA. A MORKT lantern becomes an out of this world terrarium in this hack for a little girl's woodland themed bedroom. The LILLHOLMEN bathroom accessories stand flips over for the birds! Fix up an old Poang with this hack that becomes an outdoor lounger.