IKEA's New Take on TVs: They Should Look Good in Your House

squadMCU — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 04:56:01 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by squadMCU on 10/8/2021 4:56:01 AM

IKEA announced in early April of this year that they’re soon releasing a new

kind of television. It’s not engineered with any new technology—at least, not

in the way most people would think. IKEA’s TV, called Uppleva, is more than

a TV: it’s also its own entertainment center, Blu-ray player, and audio system.

Francis Cayouette, one of the designers behind Uppleva, said during the

Milan showing of the TV: “People actually consider the TV as a piece of furniture,

but it is always something that looked very technical, has a lot of cables, is

complicated, and just doesn’t fit in the home environment.” Whether you agree

with this implied credo of a home environment or not, the man does have a point.

He goes on to explain that the idea behind Uppleva was to merge the worlds of

home furnishing and electronics.

The Uppleva center combines the modern LED LCD television with a cabinet-style

table and a built-in Blu-ray player. In a way, it’s only one-third television, but the

display panel that perches above the table is definitely the main attraction. Almost

everything about Uppleva, and its accessories, serve at least two purposes—right

in line with Ikea’s design philosophy.

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