He Died on My Birthday in 2018: INGVAR KAMPRAD
Here he is in a billboard-sized picture with Wes standing next to him. The founder of IKEA whose first selling job came at age five when he sold matches and by 17 had started his own company selling French pens. The company was named The acronym IKEA comes from his first and last initials and the family farm (Elmtaryd) where he was born and the nearby village (Agunnaryd) where he was raised. On Saturday, we had a road trip - a fall foliage spectacular - to visit the IKEA Museum in Almhult, Sweden. It was well worth the visit! The museum is located where the first IKEA store opened in 1958. Check out the crowd, the cars and the snow! The exhibit space started out with vignettes from the past that we found so interesting...and relatable as our ancestors knew this lifestyle: This vignette had both the originals and the "inspirations" for IKEA design. Carl and Karin Larsson's designs certainly had a lot to d...