I Am the 2002 IKEA Catalog

While you were busy playing The Sims, I was selling trend-proof furniture.

I am the 2002 IKEA catalog. I was born into an era of political doom (AXIS OF EVIL), senseless fashion (Von Dutch trucker hats), and chaotic pop culture (The Osbournes was the highest art of our time). And yet, through all of this, I created furniture and decor that captured the sleek, optimistic futurism of the new millennium — while quietly ensuring m…