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Every day is worth celebrating – no fancy occasion required!
This winter, IKEA is collaborating with Stockholm‐based designer Gustaf Westman to launch a vibrant new collection introducing 12 pieces of bold, cheerful tableware and home objects meant to bring color, joy, and a less formal spirit of celebration into everyday life.
At its core, this is a collaboration about what it means to celebrate now. It asks a simple but powerful question: What does celebration mean today? IKEA and Westman have focused on creating items that are inclusive, playful, and suited to both special occasions and everyday moments.
“I got the chance to put conventional holiday aesthetics on its head, adding playfulness and boldness. This is my interpretation of Christmas.”
Gustaf Westman
Gustaf Westman is known for giving strong functional purpose to objects, often inspired by very specific cultural or domestic rituals. A good example: VINTERFINT, the “meatball plate” isn’t just playful or decorative, it honors a Swedish food tradition, giving shape to how people gather around IKEA’s Swedish meatballs. But it also does so with a sense of humor, clarity, and flexibility, for example, it works not only for meatballs but also for olives, sweets, and more.
A meatball dinner or casual gathering becomes an opportunity to surround yourself with color and curvy shapes. As IKEA’s Creative Leader Maria O’Brian puts it:
“Our own design DNA has always embraced colour and playfulness. In Gustaf, we found the perfect partner to amplify that part of our identity and push it in a new, exciting direction with us.”
The design aesthetic is very much in Westman’s signature style: chunky and sculptural shapes paired with a striking palette. The pieces come in four main colours: traditional red and green mix with bubblegum pink and dusty baby blue, alongside tactile forms designed to be eye-catching.
Materials include porcelain and stoneware for the tableware, and metal for accent pieces such as a coil-wrapped vase that combines playful form with practical function. Candle holders, candlesticks, tealight holders, lights, and tableware all carry the same tone: expressive, mix-and-match friendly, and built for ambience.
The pieces are rolling out throughout September 2025.
