David Byrne, former member of the Talking Heads, RISD grad, and NY System employee, wrote a blog post about his first visit to IKEA. He likens the trip to IKEA to being in a live action video game. It’s a pretty amusing read as it makes complete sense to anyone who has ever been to IKEA.
One soon realizes that one of the goals of this “game” is to decide which cabinets, in which wood or wood-like material, would, could or should be combined with which counter materials, and then to match them to a particular style sofa and upholstery, and finally, to select the color and texture of floor material that would coordinate best with all the above.
I found it at Boing Boing.