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19 Aug 2026, 2:11 AM	Hacker News	1.5	How does IKEA come up with names for its products? IKEA names 2,000-3,000 new products each year using a strict categorization system: sofas get Swedish place names, bookshelves get men's names, children's products get animals and nature words. Names must be real Swedish words of 4-12 letters, preferably containing Å, Ä, or Ö, and must not be trademarked, be a surname, or carry undesirable meanings in other languages. Why: There is no practical takeaway here for builders, developers, or founders. The only marginally useful idea is that a structured, rule-based naming taxonomy can scale to thousands of items without collisions — but the article does not go deep enough on the system mechanics to be actionable. naming-conventions product-design trivia

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19 Aug 2026, 2:11 AM

Hacker News

1.5

How does IKEA come up with names for its products?

IKEA names 2,000-3,000 new products each year using a strict categorization system: sofas get Swedish place names, bookshelves get men's names, children's products get animals and nature words. Names must be real Swedish words of 4-12 letters, preferably containing Å, Ä, or Ö, and must not be trademarked, be a surname, or carry undesirable meanings in other languages.

Why: There is no practical takeaway here for builders, developers, or founders. The only marginally useful idea is that a structured, rule-based naming taxonomy can scale to thousands of items without collisions — but the article does not go deep enough on the system mechanics to be actionable.