Ordning cutlery stand by Mikael Warnhammar's

In 1999, the year that fast-paced, futuristic thrillers such as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and The Matrix dominated the movie blockbuster charts, Swedish designer Mikael Warnhammar created his own slickly finished chart-topper for Scandinavian giant IKEA, in the form of the Ordning cutlery stand.

The multipurpose, stainless-steel cylinder, with its minimal decoration of regularly spaced circular cutouts, seemed to seize shoppers' imaginations, quickly becoming an essential addition to every trolley dash around the superstore.

In the 10 years since its launch, huge numbers of Warnhammar's classic have been snapped up, which goes to show that not only is there nothing ordinary about the Ordning, but that affordable essentials can pack a design punch, too.

Cutlery stand, £2.79, IKEA

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