UK: City Dwelling Competition (ULF), London’s innovative networking and academic occasion for the residing, hospitality and flex workspace sectors, is delighted to be working with international residence furnishings model IKEA.
IKEA will present furnishings for the occasion’s eight content material streams in addition to dressing the principle stage at ULF’s London venue – Mary Ward Home.
The City Dwelling Competition (ULF) focuses on the way forward for international city residing, addressing developments and improvements within the residential, hospitality, and mixed-use actual property sectors. It brings collectively senior professionals, buyers, builders, homeowners, operators, policymakers and repair suppliers to form the way forward for city improvement, hospitality ideas, sustainability, expertise and innovation.
Asset lessons beneath the microscope in a spread of panels, displays and spherical tables embrace BTR, PBSA, coliving, later residing, flex workspace, resorts, serviced condominium and short-term leases. New for this yr is the AI Lounge, a devoted content material stream trying on the influence of AI throughout hospitality and actual property.
IKEA is a globally recognised residence furnishings model recognized for its inexpensive, flat-pack furnishings, trendy Scandinavian design, and dedication to sustainability.
Based in Sweden in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA has grown into one of many world’s largest retailers, working in over 60 international locations with tons of of shops and a robust on-line presence.
The corporate’s mission is to “create a greater on a regular basis life for the many individuals” by providing well-designed, purposeful residence options at costs which are accessible to the bulk. IKEA is famend for its distinctive self-service retail mannequin, in-house product design, and immersive showroom experiences.
IKEA is dedicated to formidable sustainability objectives, together with decreasing its local weather footprint by 50 per cent by 2030 (in comparison with FY16 baseline yr) and by at the least 90 per cent by 2050.
Following the Competition, all furnishings offered for the occasion by IKEA might be returned to an IKEA retailer in London for resale within the retailer’s Re-Store and Re-Use – a round hub the place prospects should buy or promote pre-owned, returned, or discontinued IKEA furnishings at a lower cost. This area is designed to advertise circularity by decreasing waste and giving pre-loved furnishings a second life.
George Promote, editor of City Dwelling Information and curator of the ULF agenda, stated: “We’re delighted to be working with IKEA, a model synonymous with innovative design, innovation and sustainability, and stay up for seeing how its furnishings and design will rework our occasion venue.”
Asa Fermandell, IKEA Enterprise chief UK&IE, added: “The City Dwelling Competition is a superb alternative for us to attach with business leaders throughout a spread of actual property asset lessons and to showcase our services and products, together with the IKEA for Enterprise Community which was launched in 2020. The programme is free to hitch and provides a spread of advantages and assist for any enterprise from Inside design service, member reductions, perks to your folks to say a number of. I stay up for attending the occasion and discussing how IKEA for Enterprise can assist your wants.”
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Highlights:
• IKEA will present furnishings and staging for the City Dwelling Competition’s eight content material streams in addition to dressing the principle stage at ULF’s London venue – Mary Ward Home
• The City Dwelling Competition focuses on the way forward for international city residing, addressing developments and improvements within the residential, hospitality, and mixed-use actual property sectors
• Asset lessons beneath the microscope embrace BTR, PBSA, coliving, later residing, flex workspace, resorts, serviced condominium and short-term leases
• IKEA is a globally recognised residence furnishings model recognized for its inexpensive, flat-pack furnishings, trendy Scandinavian design, and dedication to sustainability
