IKEA furniture designed for when the game is over

The dining table becomes a gaming desk. Add a laptop, controller, and cables, and there is no room left for dinner. A dedicated gaming room might be ideal, but most homes also have other people and meals to accommodate. IKEA and Xbox looked beyond playing posture to another question: where does all the equipment go afterward?

Their YXSTABY gaming furniture collection includes objects designed around that sequence. A storage box for equipment becomes a laptop stand when its lid is closed. A wheeled TV stand moves the screen and equipment together. A side table provides room for controllers and charging accessories. The aim is to make gaming possible without permanently arranging the whole home around it.

Some pieces borrow their shapes from a gamepad. The directional pad becomes cushions and stainless-steel dishes, while the thumbstick becomes a stool. The stool was developed from the Xbox controller's original 3D design data and retains its textured grip pattern. Its seating curve and stability were redesigned rather than simply scaling up the controller part.

IKEA says it visited gaming households to consider the needs of both players and the people sharing their space. Storage matters here. After the game, the dining table needs to serve dinner again and the living room needs to be a shared place to sit.

The oversized thumbstick stool is immediately playful. But the storage box that doubles as a laptop stand and the movable TV stand deserve attention too. Equipment comes out for a game and goes away for a meal. Research into gaming becomes useful to everyone sharing the home. According to the official announcement, sales began in participating markets on October 1; availability in South Korea needs to be checked separately.