#simsaestheticinstitute

[lowedeus]

I really love the sims 2 real-life references! You probably know my posts about that: here, here and here. 

I think the egg-shaped "Shoji Table Lantern” is originally referenced to the Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi (1951) - Akari N1

I was browsing old IKEA catalogues from 1995-2004 for autism reasons, trying to find an old IKEA throw blanket I had that I cannot find confirmation had ever existed on any IKEA index outside of it being in my memories and on a chair I own. (I found it, btw.)

I accidentally stumbled across something rather... controversy-inducing.

A lot of The Sims 2's furniture is just 90s IKEA.

No, not just the IKEA stuff pack - that's mid-2000s IKEA, get it right! I mean 1990s IKEA.

Canopy crib, anyone?

I'll add more in a reblog, but those are nearly 1:1 with items in TS2.

The catalogues online are in Swedish but I have the English versions in storage in my garage. Besides the language change and a few small differences local to Sweden such as locations, colours, offers, and prices, the furniture was identical around the world.

[simnostalgia]

Oh that one post by @simsaestheticinstitute where the found the original furniture from TS2 and found out that the Nightlife barstools are actually a reference to Arrested Development reminded me of two things:

A. TS3 has lots of references to Arrested Development too. Full traits were references as well as Gobias Koffi from Sunset Valley.

B. More importantly, this isn't the only time in TS2 that furniture has been a reference! In American Werewolf in London you might notice a VERY familiar end table!

(Sidebar: If you haven't seen the post, cruise through my reblogs, it's WILD someone found that most of TS2's cheap furniture is from a single '90s IKEA catalog, I wonder if TS2 did an ikea pack because otherwise IKEA threatened to sue?? That's conjecture but omg)

[daydreamingdrawerette]

I saw these chairs outside of a restaurant in Greece and they reminded me a lot of Maxis chairs.

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[daydreamingdrawerette]

Spotted in Canary Islands: low-poly topiaries and shrubs! Perfect deco for Strangetown!

2t3 reference

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