Instead of the original title, which literally describes what is happening, we have jargon being shoe horned in for no reason at all.
"Putting a Designer’s Polish on Ikea Products": Oh, some designers are buying Ikea products and doing cool, new shit with them.
"Designers Using Ikea Products as Platform": Don't what the fuck this means. Is Ikea launching some sort of partnership program? Are designers creating their products and selling them through the Ikea brand?
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The article contents effectively describe the former. There is a quote from the article that sums it up pretty well for those with little patience:
“We would tell the client, ‘You can save half if you use Ikea carcasses, and we just skin it.’ That’s where the initial idea started.”
Or put another way: The bits you can see are high quality ~designer~ finishing, the bits you can't see are standard off-the-shelf IKEA parts.