IKEA behind bars

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011

Peggy Diggs believes that the “inconvenient truth” is true: rising tides and severe storms will wreak havoc. If someday whole cities of people are forced to live like refugees (like Katrina’s victims), Peggy thinks they’ll need somewhere to put whatever belongings they salvage. She told Peter Crimmins why she sought design help from inmates in a maximum security prison.

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