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IKEA decks out Kobe train

09 Apr 2008

IKEA decorates Kobe Port Liner --

Swedish furniture giant IKEA has converted the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a moving showroom before the April 14 opening of a new retail outlet at Port Island. The redecorated train, which features a colorful exterior, bright upholstery and fancy curtains, will carry passengers in style until May 6.

IKEA decorates Kobe Port Liner --

IKEA decorates Kobe Port Liner --

IKEA decorates Kobe Port Liner --

IKEA decorates Kobe Port Liner --

[More photos here: 1, 2, 3, 4]

91 responses to: “IKEA decks out Kobe train”

  1. So now they’ve done my Apartment AND the Kobe train!

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  5. Daniel C

    Although flashy and Euro, I’m sure it’s still awkwardly uncomfortable

  6. Only until May! That’s too bad, riding to school early every morning in that train would have been surreal.

  7. nicole

    I Love it!!

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  10. Tren decorado por Ikea [WTF]…

    Curiosas imagenes en las que un metro de la ciudad de Kobe a sido redecorado por la famosa marca….

  11. bbop

    I wonder how long it’ll be before someone puts their gum on the seats :(

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  13. That train could use a nice carpet too. And maybe a few plants and a coffee machine, …

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  15. Can’t believe it! Has brightened up the dull old Porkliner!

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  18. Sven

    It will fall apart in no time..

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  25. riding this train everyday will be so much fun ! colorful !

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  27. […] yet another thundering blow to Bad Furniture everywhere, IKEA has decked out an entire train in Kobe in wonderfully modern style (though we do wonder if commuters were required […]

  28. […] country.  Need proof, aside from their movies, video games, and anime?  Well, how about this IKEA train?  How’s that colorful mode of public transportation grab you?  That thing sure makes the Soul […]

  29. L. Sue

    AWESOME!! We could us some of that on American trains!
    They should keep it longer than May.

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  31. Peter Martienson

    Actually, they quite perfectly fail to please the eye.

  32. […] by simoncurrie on 2008 April 11日 Friday Ikea is opening up a new store in Kobe on the 14th, and their marketing team took the idea of train advertisement several steps further by completely redecorating the exterior and interior of each car, and each car having completely […]

  33. […] IKEA has created an incredible ad campaign where they have taken over a japanese subway train and made it their own. The beauty of these IKEA train cars gives the rider a sense of what their own space might look like when they buy IKEA furniture without actually going into the showroom. Its emmersive brand ploy is quite effective. But if you need more proof, look at the images from Pink Tentacle’s blogIKEA decks out Kobe train ::: Pink Tentacle […]

  34. […] out more pics on Pink Tentacle. If you’re in Japan, you can check this out for yourself until May 6th when it goes back to […]

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  36. […] in Kobe Pink Tentacle has some beautiful photos (and links to more) of an Ikea makeover of a train in Kobe. If it had a bunk bed and a kitchen, I’d move […]

  37. […] Een heuse Ikea-metro! Speciaal voor een opening van een nieuwe outlet(!) ikea zaak in Port Island. Only in Japan.. […]

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  39. Olaf

    Without those fucking retarded vandals all trains could look like this one !!!

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  44. […] Fonte: Pink Tentacle […]

  45. […] Japanese IKEA blog, a few pictures are here (scroll down a bit). Pink Tentacle provides more photos here (with links to gallons more at the end of the […]

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  47. JOFLO

    its amazing

  48. JOFLO

    LOL

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  52. Ikea Mitarbeiter als Markenbotschafter im Zug…

    Über den best-practice-business blog von Burkard Schneider habe ich eine coole Werbeidee aus Japan gefunden. Ikea hat dort einen Zug mit Ikea Möbeln ausgestattet.

    Die Aktion fällt auf und sorgt für Gesprächsstoff. Noch inter…

  53. […] Japan, a monorail train in Kobe has been taken over by Ikea to promote the opening of a new retail store.  And when I say taken over, I mean it.  The […]

  54. […] Mehr Bilder bei Pinktentacle. […]

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  56. […] Ikea Treni… Ikea, Kobe’de yeni bir maaza am. Maazann iinde, Ikea rnleri koltuklar, ssl perdeleri, parlak yer deme kaplamalar olan bir vagonluk tren, 6 Mays’a kadar yolcu(!) tayacakm! yi bir fikir…biz bile buradan al duyduk Kobe Treni […]

  57. IT BURNS!

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  64. […] From the excellent blog Pink Tentacle, a post about some pretty fancy traincars from Kobe, Japan decorated by IKEA… beautiful but entirely unsuitable for New York: http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/04/ikea-decks-out-kobe-train […]

  65. […] Wunderlånd. Alice took a green pill, went into a hole and rode a giant metal creature called the Ikea […]

  66. wow great that is something hard for the eyes :) nice blog!

    greetz,rob

  67. […] Ikea hat die Straßenbahn in Kobe (Japan) in einen mobilen showroom verwandelt. Hir erkann man bis zum 6.Mai die neueste Frühjahrskollektion bewundern. […]

  68. […] vi en Pink Tentacle, del que he recogido las fotos. En él pueden verse otras instantáneas. perpetrado por Illaq @ […]

  69. […] IKEA train in Kobe, […]

  70. […] More pictures here. No Comments » […]

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  72. […] fotos en Pink Tentacle. Tags: colores, IKEA, Japón, Kobe, metro, […]

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  74. […] to Ikea Ikea have decked out a train in Kobe, Japan to act as a moving showroom for their new store. […]

  75. looks soooooooooooo fun! i’d love to go to school with that train!

  76. […] train interiors. The Kobe Portliner Monorail will serve as a rolling Ikea catalog until May 6th; click here to check out the […]

  77. […] […]

  78. Hey - great post! I am writing for a Bulgarian indi-magazine called 1 (like the number) and I would like to feature in an article on urban development these Kobe+IKEA trams. How can I get hold of high resolution pictures? Everything will be creditted of course as requested. Thank you so much for your assistance in advance,
    Best regards
    Adi

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  90. Andy

    I wonder how many couples fell out putting that together.

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