How to get it
3 functions in the same piece of furniture – all adapted for a 1-year-old who can also choose how it should be used. Maybe as a chair one day and a table the next? And always at the right height.
Product details
You can choose whether you want to use the furniture as a table, a chair with a low seat or as a chair with a high seat.
The size of the furniture is adapted for a 1-year-old, so they can use the chair and the table on their own.
If you want a solution with both a chair and a table for your child, you can combine 2 pieces of furniture.
The table top is big enough for one A4-sized piece of paper.
The table height is perfect for a 1-year-old to stand and play at.
The frame’s bent steel tubes are powder-coated with a hardwearing paint and have small plastic fittings that protect the floor from scratches – whether the furniture is used as a chair or as a table.
The clear-lacquered surface of the bamboo is easy to wipe dry and keep clean.
S Fager/H Preutz
Measurements
- Width: 39 cm
- Depth: 39 cm
- Height: 39 cm
- Seat width: 36 cm
- Seat depth: 32 cm
- Min. seat height: 16 cm
- Max. seat height: 25 cm
For all little I-can-do-it-myself
SMÅSKRAKE may be both a table and a chair in one piece of furniture. But, when the children get to decide themselves, it can be almost anything. Perhaps a school desk, a shop, or a shuttle heading out to space.
“IKEA has throughout the years made many furniture in small sizes that children have loved, says designer Sarah Fager, who developed SMÅSKRAKE together with her colleague Henrik Preutz. They drew inspiration from several iconic children’s furniture that previously were in the range. “But we have constructed SMÅSKRAKE according to modern safety requirements, and it is the first piece of furniture we have made that is recommended for children under three years of age. This means that also the toddlers can join the play.”
Three pieces of furniture in one
The first sketches that Sarah and Henrik sent to each other eventually turned into prototypes that they continued to develop. “We flipped them over and looked at them from different angles, just like children do,” says Henrik. “That’s how we discovered a flexible solution where the same piece of furniture can serve as both a table and a chair in two different heights. If you combine several pieces, you get lots of opportunities.” SMÅSKRAKE is stable and safe, but lightweight and smooth enough to encourage independent play. “When we let children test it, they were just as unpredictable as you would expect”, laughs Sarah. “But, to be able to lift and move a piece of furniture on your own is both developing and important for a child.”
Made for many years of play
SMÅSKRAKE is made of durable steel and light coloured bamboo. “Bamboo retains its shape, is long-lasting and feels nice and warm to sit on,” explains Henrik. With the different heights, the combined chair and table is adapted to small bodies that grow at record speed, tells Sarah. “However, when SMÅSKRAKE eventually becomes too low and too small to sit in, it can be inherited by a sibling or a friend. And maybe it transforms into a car, a play hut or something completely different.
Designer thoughts
Designer thoughts
“For SMÅSKRAKE, we were inspired by iconic children’s furniture that have been in the IKEA range over the years. But we wanted to make it even more multifunctional. By twisting and turning the prototype, just like children do with things, we found a solution where the same piece of furniture can function both as a table and as a chair. When you combine several of them, there are lots of opportunities. We like the idea that there’s no right or wrong in how children use it."