Gillis Lundgren
- February 25, 2016
- 86 years
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Gillis Lundgren, 86, Swedish furniture designer (IKEA).
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|Leif Gillis Arthur Lundgren (26 August 1929 – 25 February 2016) was a Swedish furniture designer and the fourth employee of IKEA. He designed the Billy bookcase of which over 140 million have been produced.
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- "Gillis Lundgren: Designer of some of Ikea's best-selling furniture who also helped develop the firm's self-assembly concept | Obituaries | News"independent.co.uk
- "Gillis Lundgren, designer of Ikea's ubiquitous Billy bookcase, dies at 86"washingtonpost.com
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