NEW GENERATION CRAFT: IKEA HACK AND ITS TAXONOMY

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2021

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In this research, IKEA-hacks are examined according to their main characteristics and classifiedaccording to these examinations. In the study, IKEA-hack and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) and the IKEAEffect subjects are included to expose the IKEA-hack issue comprehensively. The IKEA-hacksexamined in the classification were selected from the studies on the ikeahackers.net website. At first, apilot study was carried out and a review table was created as a result of some improvements during thepilot study. The classification includes; the information about the intended use of products before andafter the hack, to which hack category they belong to, how many IKEA products have been used inprocess, the instruments used in procedure, and which spaces the product has been prepared. The hackcategories were divided into two main categories as visual and functional modifications. Thesemodifications are discussed under 2 categories and 8 sub-categories. The first category is visual changesthat includes only-colour modification (A), material change (B), colour and material change (C) as subcategories. The second category is dedicated to functional changes and includes sub-categories such as;the products used without any modification but for a purpose other than specified by IKEA (D),improved functionality (E), those with added functionalities (F), modifications on the indented usespecified by the company by making some modifications on the product (G), and creating a new productby combining independent parts (H). Among 6313 works presented on the ikeahackers.net websitepublished between 2006 and 2018, 378 works involved in the sample were examined; the analyses wereseparately performed for every year and the changes were compared between the years. Examining theoutcomes, only 21% of the practices were conducted for visual purposes only, %79 is aboutfunctionality. In visual based practices, category C comes front in which colour and material changeperformed at the same time. Whereas in the functional practices, people mostly performed Category Gin which hackers redefine the context of usage of the IKEA products.Keywords: IKEA Hack, Do-It-Yourself, The IKEA-Effect, Alienation, T

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The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication

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