My5 Sure, on first glance this may appear to be a misguided plea for friendship. In reality, it’s probably a social experiment (like Ikea!). Your response might get this “23-year-old” tenure at some university. Gently-Used Fleshlight “No Semen was ever in it.” For those wondering what the least convincing disclaimer in the history of classifieds [...]

In today’s Urban Planner: an art exhibit by the Swedish furniture makers whose furniture probably adorns half of Toronto's apartments; an art exhibit about faraway, exotic locales; multi-cultural dance along the lake; and the first ever Sail-In Cinema in Canada!

Source: the Toronto Sun, December 14, 1979. While the gift of economical furniture from IKEA might earn a round of thank yous on Christmas morning, it’s easy to imagine the warm smiles of those on the receiving end fading when assembly time rolls around. All it takes is one mishap with an Allen key or [...]

Photo of an ad near Front Street and John Street by John Kannenberg from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Ah, IKEA. Bastion of the comfortably quirky; originator of accessible (read: cheap) design; first stop for first apartment decorators everywhere. Also: alleged destroyer of forests, purported greenwasher, and now confirmed defiler of public space. A short while [...]

King Street East is known for its high-end furniture retailers like Roche Bobois and UpCountry, so it’s a bit of a surprise to see the logo for everyone’s guilty pleasure, IKEA, on a classy King Street storefront. Torontoist reader Sofi Papamarko asked us to investigate this mysterious downtown presence of the eco-conscious Swedish giant, suggesting [...]