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An IKEA Billy bookshelf. Billy (stylised as BILLY) is a bookcase sold by the Swedish furniture company IKEA. It was developed in 1979 by the Swedish designer Gillis Lundgren, and IKEA have sold over 140 million units of the bookcases worldwide. Its popularity and global spread has led to its use as a barometer of relative worldwide price levels.
Gillis Lundgren (26 August 1929 – 25 February 2016) was a Swedish furniture designer and the fourth employee of IKEA. He designed the Billy bookcase of which over 60 million have been produced. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Notable items of IKEA furniture include the Poäng armchair, the Billy bookcase and the Klippan sofa, all of which have sold by the tens of millions since the late 1970s and early 1980s. [87] [88] The IKEA and LEGO brands teamed up to create a range of simple storage solutions for children and adults. [89]
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Billy (bookcase), a bookcase sold by IKEA; Billy (crater), a crater on the Moon; Billy (slave), African-American slave accused of treason; Billy Beer, a beer brand popularized by Billy Carter; Billy doll, a "gay doll" created in 1997; Billy the Kid (1859–1881), American Old West gunfighter born Henry McCarty, also known as William H. Bonney
An unassembled IKEA flat-pack stool. Ready-to-assemble furniture (RTA), also known as knock-down furniture (KD), flat-pack furniture, or kit furniture, is a form of furniture that requires customer assembly. The separate components are packed for sale in cartons which also contain assembly instructions and sometimes hardware.
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The company is best known for their high-end bookcases, Desks, and other office furniture. Globe Wernicke established factories in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and Germany. The company patented the "elastic bookcases" also known as a modular bookcase or barrister's bookcase. These were high-quality stacking book shelves ...