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Fractal Design Bet Gamers Would Grow Up. Nine Million Products Later, the PC Case Looks Like Furniture.
The Swedish hardware company built a global business by noticing that gamers age, apartments have furniture, and a powerful PC does not need to look like an alien aquarium. Its next test is whether that taste can travel from cases to the whole gaming station.
IKEA
How a Swedish teenager's mail-order side hustle became the world's largest furniture retailer - and why the whole thing runs on flat boxes, cheap Allen keys, and a foundation that answers to no shareholder.
Volvo C40 Recharge
The Volvo C40 Recharge is a compact luxury electric crossover coupe - Volvo's first model designed exclusively as a battery-electric vehicle from the ground up. It pairs a coupe-style sloping roofline with a leather-free Scandinavian interior, Google Built-in infotainment, IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ratings, and up to 297 miles of EPA-estimated range, making it a premium EV for buyers who value design, sustainability, and safety over maximum range or lowest cost.
Volvo EX90
The Volvo EX90 is a full-size, seven-seat luxury electric SUV and Volvo's most technologically ambitious vehicle ever made. Serving as the electric successor to the iconic XC90, it combines Scandinavian design, 300 miles of EPA range, and an unprecedented sensor suite - including LIDAR, 8 cameras, 5 radars, and an AI-powered Driver Understanding System that can pull the car over and call emergency services if the driver is unresponsive. Starting at $76,695, it won the 2025 World Luxury Car of the Year and a 2024 TIME Best Invention award.