It’s easy to see where HATTEN got its name: it means ‘the hat’. The small side table looks like an upside-down hat on legs – the ‘brim’ a lid, and room for storage inside the ‘hat’.


Year: 1994
Function: Side table
Design: Ehlén Johansson
Price: EUR 29.90

HATTEN was designed by industrial designer Ehlén Johansson, and was part of the focus on small tables at IKEA in the early 1990s. The material was transparent plastic, and the table initially came in clear, red and blue. More colours would later be added.

HATTEN was launched in the 1995 IKEA catalogue and was last seen in the 2015 edition.