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The Swedish flat-pack furniture model was inspired when an IKEA employee removed the legs from a table to do what?
Answer: Fit it into a customer's car — The flat-pack concept was born around 1956 when Gillis Lundgren, an IKEA employee, sawed the legs off a LÖVET table so it would fit into a customer's car.
- A Reduce shipping weight for mail orders
- B Make it cheaper to produce
- C Fit it into a customer's car ✓
- D Copy a competitor's design
The flat-pack concept was born around 1956 when Gillis Lundgren, an IKEA employee, sawed the legs off a LÖVET table so it would fit into a customer's car.