Ikea’s New Designer Collection Is Home-Office Heaven
Key takeaways
- The new PS Collection (available in stores from May 14, then online from May 22) has not one but two options for accommodating impromptu sleepovers.
- The two products from the collection that previewed at Milan Design Week in April, alongside the Easy Chair, were a rocking wooden bench and a flexible lamp.
- Apparently, the bench's rockers proved an early design challenge as they needed to be strong enough to hold adults.
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Courtesy of Ikea Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Now that the hubbub of the cat-tested blow-up chair has calmed down, Ikea has taken the wraps off the rest of its latest PS Collection (which stands for Post Scriptum). Consisting of 44 pieces, including the viral inflatable PS 2026 Easy Chair, the furniture brand says the theme of the 2026 PS Collection is playful functionality.
The new PS Collection (available in stores from May 14, then online from May 22) has not one but two options for accommodating impromptu sleepovers. First is a stylish chair-bed by Matilda Lindstam Nilsson that comes in red and white colorways.
This retro armchair, which looks like it might just as well have come out of a 1970s Ikea collection, transforms from an upright single seat to a recliner for lounging, and then into a full-length bed complete with pocket springs for “mattress-level support.” For those in search of roomier berths, Ola Wihlborg has designed a sofa-bed with pocket springs and mattress foam that can sleep two.