campaign · 2026

Sometimes we behave like animals.

Role Art direction, campaignTools Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2, PhotoshopBrief IKEA Italia
A lion resting against a POÄNG armchair placed in its enclosure.

Made to Last

The background

Furniture brands test in labs. But furniture doesn't live in labs.

It lives in first apartments, shared houses and student rooms. Places where life happens at full speed, and where we sometimes behave like animals. IKEA has survived all of it for over 80 years.

The proof, live

A lioness leaning on a POÄNG armchair in the lion enclosureRhinos beside a KIVIK sofa in their enclosureCheetahs around a LACK table in their enclosureWolves investigating a KALLAX shelf in their enclosureA chimpanzee with a BILLY bookcase in its enclosure
LIVE
021Days
07Hours
42Minutes
15Seconds

Has survived in the lion enclosure

Phase 1

The Test.

So we ran the most extreme test we could, and made it watchable: ten IKEA icons, ten animal enclosures, thirty days, streamed live. It never claims durability, it just lets people watch the furniture hold up, and share it. Then the proof goes out onto the street.

LACK billboard with cheetahs: For the wild ones, including you.POÄNG billboard on a city building: Handled a lion. Handles your cat.BILLY metro ad with a chimpanzeePOÄNG survival-counter billboard for the lion enclosureKIVIK survival-counter billboard for the rhino enclosure

LACK · For the wild ones, including you.

Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee
BILLY
BILLY
Lion
Lion
POÄNG
POÄNG
Rhino
Rhino
KIVIK
KIVIK
Wolf
Wolf
KALLAX
KALLAX
Cheetah
Cheetah
LACK
LACK
Lemur
Lemur
FROSTA
FROSTA
Capuchin
Capuchin
PERJOHAN
PERJOHAN
Otter
Otter
RISATORP
RISATORP
Goat
Goat
FOOTSTOOL
FOOTSTOOL
Parrot
Parrot
RANARP
RANARP

Each piece met the animal most likely to test it.

The reach

Built to be watched, and shared.

A live hub on ikea.it, streams running on YouTube, Twitch and TikTok, and a feed filling up with reactions. No edits, no controlled conditions, the audience right there in the room.

The live SURVIVED hub on ikea.it
The test streaming live on YouTube
The wolf enclosure streaming 24/7 live on Twitch
The chimpanzee enclosure streaming live on TikTok
An IKEA sponsored post: Handled a lion. Handles your cat.
The IKEA Italia profile during the campaign

Phase two

The Rating.

Survive the full thirty days and a piece graduates: a Wild-Tested tag in store, then a five-tier rating across the whole catalogue, from Parrot to Rhino. Durability you can read at a glance.

POÄNG wild-tested in-store tag
KIVIK wild-tested in-store tag
KALLAX wild-tested in-store tag
LACK wild-tested in-store tag
BILLY wild-tested in-store tag
Tier 1, Parrot rated
Tier 2, Otter rated
Tier 3, Chimpanzee rated
Tier 4, Lion rated
Tier 5, Rhino rated

IN STORE

A KIVIK sofa in store carrying its wild-tested tag

ONLINE

The Tier 5 Wild-Tested badge on a live ikea.it product page