The Art and Design Objects to Buy in IKEA’s 2021 Artist Collaborations

Lately it feels like the difference between art and design is becoming less distinct. Artists like Sterling Ruby produce couture fashion lines and tastemakers like Virgil Abloh make furniture that barely fulfills its function as such — more domestic sculpture than actual chair. In 2019 Abloh worked with IKEA to produce a line of absurdist objects that included a giant IKEA receipt and a plush green carpet complete with his signature Off—White air quotes reading “wet grass.