Axel Bluhme is a product designer working across interaction and industrial design. He is currently shaping smart-home experiences at IKEA.

Before joining IKEA, Axel co-founded the furniture brand Primary Structures, did consultancy work through Fjord (Accenture Song), ran his own design and technology studio, Current State, led interaction design for Adidas Headphones and worked as a designer at Google Creative Lab.

His work has received recognition including the Bill Moggridge Award and a D&AD Pencil and his projects have been exhibited at institutions and festivals such as Tate Modern, the V&A, Centre Pompidou, Stockholm National Museum, Sonar +D and Kikk Festival.

Below is a curated selection of projects, from collaborations to personal work, reflecting various roles between 2017 and 2025.

 

PE1006268
varmblixt-sabine-marcelis-ikea-lamps-ces-2026-hero
PE1001677
Frame 2608606
IKEA_TEKLA_0211493_1x1_8f4279cd93
IKEA_TEKLA_0211481_1x1_3d90249ab9
PE991267
IKEA_TEKLA_0211361_1x1_810f22e91e
PE997535
PE1001370
PE995911
PH204658
PE985642
BILRESA_Scroll_wheel_92d8b9da28
klippbok-sensor-foer-vattenlaeckage-smart__1481819_pe1000669_s5
MYGGBETT_door_window_sensor1_fbb2a0861f
PE969199
PE1000658
solstol-skaplas__1326042_pe944093_s5
PE969207
solstol
timmerflotte-temperatur-fuktmaetare-smart__1482099_pe1000807_s5
PE1011656
alpstuga-luftkvalitetsmaetare-smart__1487360_pe1002799_s5
playtronica_orbita_111
32bd1bcc-0114-4dc7-9e67-c311cff22229_nsynth.jpg
nsynth-4
nottobe-url_hero_lg
CurrentState_AboutSlider_SaraKulturhus21
CurrentState_AboutSlider_SaraKulturhus2
FW21_TUM_FWD-02SPORT_Range_011
SS20_NOP_FWD-01_SignalCoral_Off-body_Hero_F_0007
Adidas_1
Square-Hero-Image_rpt-01_light-grey_31
Backgroundapp
AKP_Vinge_Piano-8709
AKP_Vinge_Piano-8400
AKP_Vinge_Piano-84831
VingeA-1_1.3
CurrentState_AboutSlider_Vinge4
AKP_Vinge_Piano-84371
CurrentState_AboutSlider_Vinge8
Vinge_9
xoxx_7
xoxxupdate
xoxx_cover_2560_60
xoxx_10
xoxx_14

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