While hacking is usually frowned upon in most fields, IKEA is going with the flow by making it easier for people to hack its furniture, writes Saabira Chaudhuri for The Wall Street Journal.

The furniture giant which has its U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken will soon be rolling out a new “open source” sofa, designed to be customizable. Customers can adjust the sofa to fit into a specific space, or completely change its function by adding a side table or even turn it into a bed.

The concept is part of IKEA’s push to cater to the world’s continuously growing urban population that is living in increasingly smaller spaces. This has prompted the company to start designing more products that can maximize space, such as multipurpose furniture and indoor hydroponic units.

The sofa named Delaktig, which is Swedish for “being part of something,” is expected to hit stores early next year.

“One of the inspirations for the project was the hacking community that exists out there and the idea that there might be things that we can’t think of that people might want to add,” said Tom Dixon, the British designer who has been working with the company on the product.

Read more about IKEA’s new open source sofa at The Wall Street Journal by clicking here.