Ikea built a website inside Instagram
Russian ad agency exploits mobile app to sell furniture
28To help push Ikea's intensely odd PS 2014 collection, the furniture seller's Russian division hired ad agency Instinct to build a marketing campaign within Instagram. Navigating to the Instagram account ikea_ps_2014 on your smartphone — it won't format correctly in your browser — will open up a "website" within the app, consisting of 12 images. The account acts as an interactive catalog, divided into Benches, Tables, Storage, Light, Textiles, and Ideas. Clicking through to view either of these images brings up a variety of tags that link to separate pages with more information on each product, such as ps_side_table and ps_laptop_station, all similarly arranged to resemble catalog pages. It's one of the more novel uses of Instagram as a free promotional medium, and a fun way to browse Ikea's collection.
