FAMNIG HJÄRTA Series

Everybody makes mistakes

In spring 1997, a co-worker at IKEA discovered that the eyes on the soft toys at Children’s IKEA could come off. IKEA immediately recalled all its soft toys and gave a refund. Thankfully no child had got an eye stuck in its throat, but the danger was obvious.

Production at the supplier company in India was halted, but IKEA wanted to take responsibility for the 600 workers at the factory. So they sent IKEA designer Anna Efverlund on a two-week mission to find the perfect solution. And one of the first new products made there was the FAMNIG family, which appeared in the range in 1998. The family of cushions was so successful, that the almost-shut down factory had to double its employees.

Today, FAMNIG HJÄRTA is one of IKEA’s symbols, and it stands for warmth, care, simplicity and never giving up.