A brand reading

IKEA.

Everyman Design for the rest of us.

The Everyman expressed structurally: flat-pack so one person can carry it, prices a young couple can afford, instructions a grandparent can follow. The brand never apologizes for being democratic.

The five-layer reading.

01 Motivation
Everyman. Design for the rest of us.
02 Mind
ISTJ
03 Temperament
Phlegmatic
04 Persuasion
Logos
05 Expression
Expressed

Pragmatic, dependable, anchored in the median customer. The brand’s argument is the price tag and the assembly diagram.

Famous spot

Lamp, 2002 (Spike Jonze)