IKEA - Introduction

Inter IKEA Sytems B.V - Owner and worldwide franchisor of the IKEA concept, a Dutch based company believed to be controlled by the Kamprad family. It's headquarters are in Delft, The Netherlands

" The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We make this possible by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them"

"The objective of Inter IKEA Systems B.V is to increase the availability of IKEA products through the world-wide franchising of the IKEA Concept"

Genre : Retail

IKEA employs around 130,000 staff.

IKEA has more than 300 stores in 35 countries:

Europe - Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Greece, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Russia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom.

North America and Caribbean - Canada, United States, Dominican Republic.

Middle East - Kuwait, Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

Asia/Pacific - Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore.

Mayan Civilisation : Introduction

One of the great civilisations of human history as the Maya, who occupied large areas of Central America for more than 1,500 years. Their culture, which began to flourish just before the Christian era, made extraordinary developments in mathematics, astrology and hieroglyphics. But disaster struck around AD900, bringing about the abandonment of their ceremonial bases. The cause of this sudden collapse remains a mystery, though theories include famine brought on by drought, internal uprising and massacre by invading foreign tribes. Whatever the truth, the downfall of the Maya marked the end of the era of great imperial urban cultures in Mexico. Understanding the Maya has been a slow process because much was thought to be destroyed by he Spanish in the years following the Conquest. What is known comes from deciphering hieroglyphics carved on monuments and ceramics. Their descendants still practice traditional customs and beliefs.

IdN - Interview

"International Designers Network prides itself on doing all the things that are normally considered too expensive or too difficult to do with ink on paper. It’s grown into one of the world’s most ambitious and most highly regarded design magazines, and it really does have to be seen to be believed – pictures on a screen can’t do it justice!"

- stackmagazinescom

The Stack interview

Name
We are IdN.

Job title
We are the makers of IdN Magazine.

What is IdN?
IdN Magazine is an international publication for creative people on a mission to amplify and unify the design community.

What makes it different to the rest?
We care about fluorescent inks, varying paper stocks, metallic hot foils, special varnish, laser diecuts, flocking and gatefolds more than you think.

Who makes IdN?
1 Publisher + 1 Art Director + 2 Editors + 2 Graphic Designers + 1 Multimedia Designer + 1 Communications Executive + 1 Shit Kicker.

Who reads it?
20% Graphic Designers
10% Creative Directors
10% Web/Multimedia Designers
10% Illustrators
10% Films Directors/Animators
10% Students/Lecturers
30% Everyone else in between

Why did IdN start?
We needed something to keep busy back in 92, and as we experimented, we kept on with it.

Why do you work in magazines?
We thought it would be a breeze working on a 2-month cycle. We were wrong.

Aside from the print magazine, what else are you involved in?
Some web, music, films and DVD stuffs.

What would you change about IdN if you could?
Page dimensions and office locations.

Can you pick a favourite issue of IdN?
The next issue.

Where do you see IdN in five years?
Staying fresh, staying creative.

IdN - Back Catalogue

Price per Issue:
€15/£10/C$19.90/US$17.50/A$18.95

Price per 3 Issues:
US$40.00

Price per 6 Issues:
US$70.00

IdN - Quote

" Idn has been an active organiser of many design related events. It's devoted to bringing designers from around the globe together to communicate with, learn from and inspire one another. It has truly become what the initials of it's title proclaim it to be: an International Designers Network"

- International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.

IdN - Introduction

- Idn stands for 'International Designers Network'. The magazine is an arm of Idn World.

- Idn Magazine is an international publication for creative people and it's mission is to amplify and unify the design community.

- Idn is a bi-monthly magazine published in Hong Kong.

- It is produced in five editions for different geographic regions : Asia/Pacific, Australia, International, China/Hong Kong and Spanish/Latin America.

- The magazine covers areas of editorial interest such as: Communication Design, New Media, Illustration, Typography, and Advertising.

- Size: 235 x 297mm.

- Format: Portrait.

- Distributed from three regions: Oceania, Europe and North America.

- Idn also produce special editions through the IdN Extra magazine as well as comprehensive anniversary books.

5 good things

1. Idn Magazine

2. City of Berlin

3. The Mayan Civilisation

4. IKEA

5. Wi-Fi