Ikea’s design manager Marcus Engman believes that transparency between development teams is a great source of inspiration. In an interview with Dezeen Magazine, he explains process behind Ikea’s designs:
We try to be much more transparent so everybody sees what everybody else is doing – because I do believe that that is a good idea, because then you get inspired from each other. So we have a huge space for product development. It’s like 4,000 square metres, where all of the products are, physically. So it starts out from the first initial meeting, then you put up the drawings – the ideas – on a physical space, and then it turns into prototypes. We have our own prototype shop there, with craftsmen for every kind of skill, and 3D printing and everything too.
The company produces 2,000 new products every year along with maintaining and improving their existing 10,000 product line. With a designated space for the development of every single product, each team can see what the next is working on. Inspiration from others can come in many forms: maybe it’s a new material they are exploring or a way they solved a packaging problem. Take a lesson from Ikea and open up your development process to your peers. Inspiration can be found in all stages of the process, not only the end result.
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