IKEA Jonisk Floor Lamp

Materials: Silver-coloured base. White plastic oval globe lampshade. Bakelite E27 socket.

Height: 30 cm / 11.81”

Width: ∅ 38 cm / 14.96”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 2000s

Designer: Carl Öjerstam.

Manufacturer:IKEA, Delft, The Netherlands, Made in the People’s Republic of China.

Other versions: This IKEA Jonisk floor lamp comes in one version.

This floor lamp appears in 2005 and 2006 IKEA catalogues.

Carl Öjerstam

Carl Öjerstam is a Swedish industrial designer. He graduated from Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm in 1997.

In 1995, he founded his own studio in Stockholm, known as Carl Design (Carl Design AB). The studio focuses on industrial and product design for large-scale manufacturing and works with international clients, combining functional solutions with a clear and visually strong design language.

Alongside his studio work, Öjerstam designed a number of products for IKEA, including both lighting and furniture. His IKEA designs date mainly from the late 1990s and 2000s. Known lighting designs include the Jonisk floor lamp, the Blåsverk lamp, and the Lampan table lamp. He also collaborated with Magnus Elebäck on the Energi lamp series.

IKEA

IKEA, originally an acronym for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, is a multinational group headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1943 in Älmhult, Sweden by Ingvar Kamprad (30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018), who was only seventeen years old at the time.

After several years of mail-order sales, IKEA opened its first full-scale store in Sweden in 1958. International expansion followed during the 1960s and 1970s, with the first stores opening in Norway (1963) and Denmark (1969). In 1973, IKEA entered new markets in Switzerland, Germany and Japan, marking the start of its rapid expansion across Europe and beyond.

In the Benelux, the first IKEA store opened in 1978 in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands. Belgian stores followed in 1984, with locations in Zaventem and Ternat. From the late 1970s onwards, IKEA became a familiar presence throughout Europe, combining large-scale retail with a strong focus on functional, affordable design.

Alongside its in-house design teams, IKEA has collaborated over the years with a number of well-known designers and studios, mainly for furniture and limited collections. These collaborations helped introduce contemporary design ideas to a broad audience, while remaining compatible with mass production. Designers who have worked with IKEA include, among others, Verner Panton, Tapio Wirkkala, Gillis Lundgren, Knut and Marianne Hagberg, Karin Mobring, Noboru Nakamura, Sarah Fager, Ehlén Johansson, Sabine Marcelis, Hanna Klarqvist, Tatsuo Konno, Carl Öjerstam, Magnus Elebäck, Hella Jongerius, Bent Gantzel-Boysen, Uno Dhalén, Ilse Crawford, Piet Hein Eek, Tom Dixon, and Virgil Abloh.

It should be noted that IKEA products are frequently misattributed online to famous designers. Claims that certain IKEA lamps or furniture were designed by Ettore Sottsass or his studio are incorrect and not supported by IKEA or catalogue documentation.