The Allen key has become an iconic symbol not just for IKEA, but for the simultaneous, sometimes conflicting frustration and convenience that can come with flat-pack furniture and home goods. Millions ...

From a clock that questions the relativity of time to drones displayed like butterflies, it features pieces that blur the line between art and functional design "The traditional idea of art being high ...

Ikea’s Allen key has become an unlikely source of inspiration. The humble tool, while an Ikea furniture-assembling necessity, is rarely centre stage. Now, the Swedish furniture giant brings it to the ...

Although best known for its meatballs and maze-like warehouse stores, there’s one Ikea product that its customers never intentionally buy but almost always leave the store with: an Allen key, the ...

Flatpack furniture would not exist without an Allen key – that solid, S-shaped piece of metal that actually looks nothing like a key. It doesn’t look anything like a light fitting either, but Ikea has ...

Whoever invented the dear Allen key is a mfing genius! I do not own a screwdriver, so being able to assemble flat pack furniture without one is a god send. So it’s really no wonder that IKEA wanted to ...