Real People. We admit that we don't normally read The Ottawa Citizen. But a post on Core77 pointed us to the profile of Dawn Wintour, the first Canadian designer at IKEA. A cutlery designer, Dawn's story of IKEA employment is a fun read...

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Although IKEA is great about listing the contributing designers for nearly all of their products, it's nice to know a little more about them from time to time. Via Core77.

• Tabletop & Servingware
• IKEA Catalog 2008