The series is designed by Mikael Warnhammar, who has designed several acclaimed kitchen series and products for IKEA since 1997.
After Mikael developed his first kitchen for IKEA, the somewhat ground-breaking VÄRDE modular kitchen, he carried on working to improve functionality in the kitchen. He was inspired by restaurant kitchens, where everything has to have its own place. The products in GRUNDTAL, such as rails and hooks, were first made specifically for kitchens, and were intended to keep kitchen equipment away from the worktop but always within easy reach.
The GRUNDTAL kitchen series first appeared in the IKEA catalogue in the 2000 edition. The first products in the series for bathrooms then appeared in the 2003 catalogue, such as towel rails and toilet paper holders. More bathroom products were added over time, and it is in this context the series is best known. Such as a laundry sack on castors and the classic S-shaped hooks, which can be combined with newer racks and rails.
