Welcome to Copenhagen: 3 Days of Design 2026
Our team is back in Copenhagen for 3 Days of Design 2026 (10-12 June). Founded in 2013 as a micro festival with 4 brands and now counting more than 400 participants, 3 Days of Design has become an unmissable moment on the global design calendar and a central event for the ongoing conversations around the many facets of design.
This year, the festival follows a theme of 'Make This Moment Matter' , what 3 Days of Design CEO Signe Byrdal Terenziani calls ‘a collective recalibration from 'more’ to 'meaningful. It marks a shift from focusing on the past of design or obsessing with the future, while instead looking at what is happening right now.
Fittingly, many exhibitions look at design with an everyday lens: expect projects that explore the mundane, from bathing (at Bread and Butter) to cutlery (by LA gallery Marta) to play (from Georg Jensen) and much more.
Among the things we look forward to discovering are the many cross-overs between Danish and Japanese design (one among all Japanmade Vol I, our Japan Editor Jens H. Jensen's curation of Japanese design with a Danish lens), and the conversations around the evolution of Danish and Nordic design, as companies develop new ways to celebrate and evolve their legacy for the future.
Check out our 3 Days of Design preview of 10 things not to miss while in Copenhagen, and follow along for more.
Meet the editors
Rosa Bertoli was born in Udine, Italy, and now lives in London. At Wallpaper*, she oversees design content as well as special editorial projects.
Olly Mason is the Head of Interiors at Wallpaper*. Over the past decade working for us, she has helped shape the interiors direction of the brand and guide the creation of Wallpaper’s interiors philosophy.
Gubi curates the contemporary home
For 3daysofdesign 2026, Gubi presents ‘Scenes’ – an immersive exploration of the contemporary home as curation. Across a sequence of interiors, the exhibition delves into atmosphere, rhythm and the ways design shapes our experience of home. Conceived as a series of distinct spatial narratives, ‘Scenes’ unfolds through curated environments including a hero installation by Nadia Olive Schnack; previews of the summer and fall 2026 collections; an outdoor setting centred around the Gubi X Bonacina 1889 collaboration; and a hospitality-inspired environment.
Writer: Olly Mason
Orientkaj 18-20, 2150 København, Denmark
‘Epicurus’ presents hospitality through design
One of GamFratesi’s latest spatial projects – Epicurus – is a restaurant and jazz club that unites a culinary experience with world-class live music. With the interiors designed by GamFratesi – and featuring Gubi’s iconic Beetle and Violin chair – the venue was conceived as a multi-sensory homage to the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus. Figurative wooden inlay drawings adorn the walls with a natural and textural palette throughout.
Writer: Olly Mason
Epicurus, Rosenborggade 15, 1130 København, Denmark
&Tradition celebrates a design icon
&Tradition explores the legacy of Verner Panton (on the late designer’s 100th birthday) through a series of interpretations of his legendary Flowerpot Lamp. At the Copenhagen showroom, the elements of the Flowerpot are deconstructed and reassembled into arrangements devised by Panton himself but never realised before. The &Tradition and Panton collaboration punctuates the city as well, with special installations at the Danish Design Museum and the Danish Architecture Centre.
Conceived by the &Tradition spatial team, the exhibition design to showcase the company’s new launches is based on a modular pine structure created with durability and flexibility in mind. Making its debut at 3 Days of Design this year, the system is going to be further developed for future uses (including retail).
Writer: Rosa Bertoli
&Tradition, Kronprinsessegade 4, 1306 København, Denmark
A new chapter for House of Josty
House of Josty is an institution of culture and wellbeing, originally established in 1824 on the edge of Frederiksberg Gardens.
Now beautifully restored and reopening this week, House of Josty enters a new chapter forming a café, a residence and a house for gatherings. The interiors combine vintage Scandinavian furniture with striking pieces by Gubi and tactile rugs from Layered. Surrounded by the gardens’ lush greenery, the house feels like a secluded retreat in the heart of the city.
Writer: Olly Mason
House of Josty, Pile Allé 14A, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
For Værktoj, designers sew and stitch
For Værktoj, designers were invited to engage with the sewing machine as a tool that merges industrial production and domestic making. All objects on display, by the likes of Erwan Bouroullec, Foster and Partners and Louise Campbell, were created with the sewing machine as a starting point.
Now in its third edition, Værktoj is a platform that explores how designers’ identities are formed by the tools they use in their work, and the tools themselves as key factors in the creative process.
Writer Rosa Bertoli
Gothersgade 30
Ground yourself at the Danish Architecture Centre
Lots on at the Danish Architecture Centre. In ‘Age of nature,’ designers such as Studio coquille and studio ossidiana, discuss how architecture and design can work with organic matter, climate and elements to regain our lost balance with the planet. There is a mushroom tower, soil studies, plant based building fabric and more.
Meanwhile, on the ground level, a sensory installation will become permanent lobby for DAC. Studio Archival collaborated with Dinesen to redesign the reception’s rest areas and furniture, adding smells, sounds and textures of the forest. Benches, counters and columns will be kept or repurposed throughout the centre, after 3days.
Writer Ellie Stathaki
Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 København, Denmark
Kvadrat unveils ‘Three’ curtain series
At Kvadrat, the launch of new curtain collection, 'Three' by Isa Glink (the company’s creative director of Residential Curtains), is an opportunity for an overview of the ways textiles can take multiple dimensions to divide, screen or simply hang.
Writer: Rosa Bertoli
Kvadrat Showroom, Pakhus 48, Klubiensvej 22, 2150 Nordhavn
A soft, sculptural presence by Space Copenhagen
Quick pit stop at Ambra, designed by Space Copenhagen and featuring its ‘Bella’ lamp (supersize edition!) for &Tradition. Shaped like a four-leaf clover, its structure is softened with textile to be a discreet presence in the room.
‘This space is beautiful but also intimidating if you want to create a cozy feeling,’ says the studio’s co-founder Signe Bindslev Henriksen. ‘So we felt we needed a significant presence on the ceiling, a soft, stoic piece of lighting we needed to create the right atmosphere in a subtle manner.’
Writer: Rosa Bertoli
Store Kongensgade 59, 1264 København, Denmark
A-N-D debuts lighting showroom
A-N-D lighting has illuminated our pages frequently since its founding in 2014. The company (which stands for A New Detail) is based in Vancouver, and today has opened its first showroom outside of its home town in Copenhagen. A-N-D’s lights are suspended across three floors of a former book printing factory, with highlights including co-founder Lukas Pete’s wibbly glass ‘Pebbles’ scattered and suspended in abundance. Every component on an A-N-D light is designed and manufactured in-house. Modularity is key for optimal bespoke specificity. ‘Please touch everything,’ co-founder Matt Davis implored, refreshingly, at the opening: ‘These are beautiful lights that work hard.’
Writer: Hugo Macdonald
Sankt Peders Straede 45B
Celebrate 100 years of Verner Panton
The Verner Panton centenary is definitely felt across town - here’s a room at the Danish Design Museum dedicated to the designer’s vision, part of a series of spaces titled ‘Living with Verner Panton’ and demonstrating how his works adapt to a variety of interior set ups.
Writer Rosa Bertoli
Bredgade 68, 1260 København, Denmark
Vitra launches the ‘Bascule’ collection by Studio Œ.
The Bascule Lounge Chair pairs the relaxed aesthetic of a loosely fitted fabric cover with an innovative patented Vitra seat mechanism that offers automatic weight adjustment. The chair follows the body from an upright angle all the way to a deeply reclined, almost horizontal position. Studio CE designed a generously cut cover that drapes over the structure like a jacket. Tailoring techniques from the world of fashion - originally developed for ease of dressing and freedom of movement - have been translated into the chair's design.
Writer Olly Mason
Vitra, Klubiensvej 22, Pakhus 48 2150 Nordhavn Copenhagen
Ishinomaki Laboratory
Ishinomaki Laboratory was forged in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. In a landscape of sudden, overwhelming uncertainty, the simple act of making became a vehicle for moving forward. Over the last fifteen years, as Ishinomaki slowly rebuilt, the studio’s utilitarian ethos evolved from a local emergency response into a global design movement. As the city’s daily rhythms stabilised, Ishinomaki Lab blends hyper-rational design and robust materials to transition away from temporary fixes.
To mark this 15-year milestone, a new exhibition brings together 15 definitive pieces that capture the essence of the brand. Far from mere furniture, these objects serve as physical markers of place and time. Fifteen years later, the making hasn't stopped.
Writer Olly Mason
At Århusgade 128, 2150 København, Denmark
Tekla’s celebration of the patchwork quilt
The Heart of Living is Tekla’s celebration of the patchwork quilt. At Kunsthal Charlottenborg, a series of quilts constructed with traditional Swedish log cabin pattern featuring interlocking strips of fabric taken from the companies archives are shown on box beds inspired by 19th century Scandinavian homes. A spatial installation by Mentze Ottenstein, it features pine cabin-like structures whose patterns mirror the quilts themselves.
Writer Rosa Bertoli
Kogens Nytorv 1
Exploring Scent as sculpture at Frama
At the Frama Studio Store, an ongoing space for experimentation, the ‘The Mechanics of Scent’ exhibition introduces a collection of ‘Scent Sculptures’, explored by Frama for the first time. ‘Apothecary’, the aroma at the core of the exhibition, returns to the Studio Store in a homecoming to the interior that first inspired the combination of its ingredients.
Writer: Olly Mason
At FRAMA, Fredericiagade 57, 1310 København, Denmark
For Scale issue three in town
David Michon, founder of For Scale – the decor world’s favourite critical rag – and Wallpaper* Design Award winner, is in town to launch Issue 3 of his print edition. The issue explores various acts of doing and undoing, with riotous imagination, vis and vim. We toasted David and his launch at our favourite Copenhagen watering hole Bo-Bi Bar, ahead of the magazine’s official launch tomorrow with Australian hardware brand Bankston at their showcase ‘How to Handle’.
Writer: Hugo Macdonald
Gammel Mønt 2
Louise Roe’s doggie delights
At Louise Roe’s gallery, the soigné maven’s son and brand director Emil introduced us to a very handsome table and dining chair called Frankie. Available in ash or beech, their tidy geometry is perfect for the more refined, gently deco hospitality setting we are seeing back in fashion. There is a sturdiness to the furniture too. And it’s this robust elegance that inspired Emil to suggest the collection be named after his dog Frankie - a Labrador, Bulldog, Staffie cross. Woof.
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Vognmagergade 9
Material Matters at Ukraine House
Plenty of material conversations, as expected, at Material Matters at Ukraine House. Fascinating surfaces made of mycelium, olive pits, construction waste, recycled leather and much more. Established and newer names - pit-to-table stood out, but also Studio Bundle and PriestmanGoode.
Writer Ellie Stathaki
Gammel Dok, Strandgade 27B, Copenhagen
AHEC's 3D forest
AHEC have a feature space at Material Matters. Their immersive installation, occupies walls, ceiling by and floor - you can see, sit on it and smell it. Working with Mitre & Mondays (“It's a real 3D physical experience of the forest,” they said at the opening) and Benchmark, they argue for not only the value of wood and using timber in construction and design, but also about understanding our forests as living organisms and entire entities.
Writer Ellie Stathaki
Strandgade 27B, 1401 Copenhagen
Come for Tableau’s cups, stay for a drink
The cup as an ‘emotional everyday object’ is the centre of Tableau’s display at Cafe Sommersko. Curated by studio founder Julius Værnes Iversen with Liv Vaisberg, the installation takes over the venue’s public spaces to offer a selection of cups (that you can buy) from a series of creatives working across different materials and genres. The display starts outside with a small shelving unit on a run-down Citroen car and continues inside: come for the cups, stay for a drink.
Writer Rosa Bertoli
Palægade 6, 1260 København, Denmark
GUBI x House of Josty dinner
The GUBI and House of Josty opening dinner - a beautiful setting in the main dining room of Josty brought press, architects, designers and friends together over food by FoodStudio, perched upon GUBI Daumiller Side Chairs across long tables in the evening sun.
Writer Olly Mason
At House of Josty, Pile Allé 14A, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Magniberg's whimsical bedding
Early morning visit at Magniberg, tucked into a courtyard on Fredericiagade and serving as the Swedish brand's new home in Copenhagen. The display features the new madams bedding, made from scans of wildflower illustrations from vintage books, rearranged on white and partly recoloured for a touch of surrealism.
Also on display is a new series from E 15 featuring their Backenzahn stool in stainless steel, available in polished and powder coated versions.
Writer Rosa Bertoli
Fredericiagade 15E in Copenhagen
Velux: the power of daylight
Velux, the Danish window behemoth, has enlisted the creativity of Christina Augustesen, a Danish visual artist, architect and light designer – and now daylight expert. Christina is concerned with how we use artificial light and daylight together holistically to influence our perception of atmosphere and space. The result is ‘Daylight Instruments’: four glass light sculptures at the Velux-dense building of Pas Normal’s HQ. The sculptures capture daylight and turn it into something more physical and dynamic. ‘Daylight is everywhere (when it’s not night),’ Christina says. ‘It is powerful, it is energy, but it is also invisible and immaterial. When it hits a surface, it becomes physical. My ambition with ‘Daylight Instruments’ is to collect daylight so it becomes a material and takes on a form. These sculptures remind us how to sense small shifts in daylight. As such, they make the unconscious conscious, through colour, light and reflection.’
Writer: Hugo Macdonald
Pas Normal, Århusgade 126a
String Furniture's ‘Faces for Spaces’
The architecture of adaptability meets a playful new persona. In ‘Faces for Spaces’, String Furniture celebrate their heritage modular system, translating structural flexibility into literal characters. Each unique composition is brought to life through a precise interplay of objects, balance, and spatial imagination.
Writer Rosie Cave
Odd Fellow Palace, Bredgade 28, 1260 Copenhagen
Carl Hansen & Søn presents four new products
At their showroom, Carl Hansen & Søn presents four new products from four different decades, including Frabricius & Kastholm’s ‘Scimitar Chair’, inspired by Kastholm's time in Lebanon in the late 1950s, where he observed relaxed, cross-legged seating which he wanted to replicate with a piece of furniture.
Among the new launches is also the Begonya Pendant by Øivind Slaatto, shown in its deconstructed form and featuring a geometric metal structure and a shade inspired by paper lanterns but actually made from a woven fabric.
Elsewhere, the CH280 modular Sofa by Hans J. Wegner reflects his belief that furniture should serve evolving needs of life.
Writer Rosa Bertoli
Bredgade 21-23, 1260 København, Denmark
Four decades, four designs at Carl Hansen & Søn
At their showroom, Carl Hansen presents four new products from four different decades, including Frabricius & Kastholm’s ‘Scimitar Chair’, inspired by Kastholm's time in Lebanon in the late 1950s, where he observed relaxed, cross-legged seating which he wanted to replicate with a piece of furniture.
Among the new launches is also the Begonya Pendant by Øivind Slaatto, shown in its deconstructed form and featuring a geometric metal structure and a shade inspired by paper lanterns but actually made from a woven fabric.
Elsewhere, the CH280 modular Sofa by Hans J. Wegner reflects his belief that furniture should serve evolving needs of life.
Writer: Rosa Bertoli
Bredgade 21-23, 1260 København, Denmark
Other Circle top 10
In its second year, Other Circle has grown arms and legs and tentacles. There are more than 80 exhibitors in the industrial building, with sponsorship from Claude and BMW (thank you for the lift back into town). It’s definitely a scene within the scene; a circle within a circle perhaps. 90s music, technical outerwear, 3D printed eyewear, intricate pastries. The intro flier describes ‘a post-disciplinary creative culture’. This is true, and the ‘collective momentum’ they are aiming for is definitely vibrant. There is a lot here, and if we have a quibble it’s only that there is so much of real interest, laid out casually, cheek-by-jowl, that inspiration risks tipping into overwhelm. It feels like the world’s best graduate show, or a microcosm of the design industry: a cacophony of creativity and creations bouncing between art and ingenuity. Alongside beautiful work, previously featured in W* by Max Lamb and Potato Head, and NM3 - here are ten of our highlights:
Christine Ingridsdotter has reissued 8 items of furniture from the archives of her fiancé, Swedish interior architect Jonas Bohlin. Designed for some of Stockholm’s institutional restaurants in the 80s and 90s (and still in use) they are arrestingly brilliant and deserving of celebration. We’ll take them all, please.
A tidy, bubblegum pink TV and cable stand by Danish brand Pedestal with a voluptuous sculptural podium by Copenhagen artist Jacob Egeberg, which had us feeling the need for ice cream.
Inner View Object by Line Vester, released in a limited edition of 150 to mark Muuto’s 20th anniversary.
Muuto’s 20th anniversary Library installation included some renegade library rules that we enjoyed.
Field Studies are two magnificent rugs by LA-based interior designer Jamie Bush for Marc Phillips Rugs. As with the best design, they need little explanation.
A satisfying display of graphic tiles in Tile Works, by Tajimi Custom Tiles. TCT offers fully bespoke-able tiles for architects and designers, based in Tajimi, Japan’s historic and largest ceramic tile producing region.
We lusted after Parisian design studio Douze Degrés table and standing candle last year in Milan, based on the principles of a lighthouse. The studio returns with a prototype for a wall-mounted sconce, which they hope to have in production by September.
Mission Seating by Cypriot designer Christine Kalia is an intriguing series of forms with perhaps rather punishing levels of comfort. The chair, bench and armchair are made from repurposed window profiles.
CRUDE is artist Sofie Winther and designer Charlie Boyte. We applaud their investigation into ‘post-growth’ aesthetics, told with poetic poignancy in a series of found, mass-produced dining chair skeletons, covered in miss-fitting skins sourced from discarded sofas. Calling it early, but this is the project that will stay in my mind long after the 3 Days are done.
Nychair X is a Japanese folding chair designed by Takeshi Nii in 1970. Nii devoted his life to the pursuit of perfecting the folding chair and, after a brief slump in one, we feel quite strongly that he succeeded.
Sanna Holmberg’s ceramic-as-molten-metal objects felt like ceremonial or devotional ware from another time, place and perhaps even planet. All of which feels very attractive at the moment.
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Don't miss Hay's exhibitions
Hay’s exhibitions at 3 Days of Design always attract a lot of buzz and this year was no different. Their space (they are showing away from Hay House this year) was packed from very first thing on opening morning. Joining the collection is a sofa by Philippe Malouin, a folding chair by Icelandic designer Gudmundur Ludvik and a cast aluminium lamp by Claire Lavabre.
Writer Rosa Bertoli
Overgaden Neden Vandet 17, 1414 Copenhagen
LA gallery Marta lays the table
LA gallery Marta set the table with a series of cutlery by some of today’s leading creative voices, curated by Dung Ngo. Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0 features sets that have 3D printed to demonstrate the creative potential of the technique beyond fast prototyping.
Writer Rosa Bertoli
Den Frie Udstilling, Oslo Plads 1
A spot of play
From day one in her role as creative director, Paula Gerbase has mined the archives of Georg Jensen with an anthropological quest to determine the human soul within the silver. At Play is a series of exquisite games adorned with Danish wildlife, inspired by the woodlands surrounding Georg Jensen’s birthplace at Raadvad. The games are set-up in a halcyon garden space in Højbro Plads. More than a collection,’ says Paula, ‘It is an invitation to join us and enter our universe with curiosity, lightness and a generous dose of joyful competition.’
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Højbro Plads
Take the tube
Eschewing the inevitable more-is-more grandstanding that takes place during any design gathering, we applaud Aesop for the confidence to put quiet rigour over loud noise. Across two of their stores in the city, the brand has an installation called Enduring Forms, promoting algae-based bioplastics developed by Melbourne studio Other Matter, aka Jessie French. In both stores the algae-based material brings its lively green-ish hues to the windows as vinyl. More than mere decor, we are introduced to the leather-like material developed by French, into which the vinyls will be repurposed once the festival is over. The fascinating work with French is a punctuation mark on a longer-term collaborative journey. We’re excited to see where it takes us to next.
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Strandstræde 8 & Kronprinsensgade 4-6
Under his eye
In the mighty barrel-vaulted loggia of the Thorvaldsens Museum, at the feet of the feet of some of the Danish sculptor’s largest works, are a scattering of artworks or design art or collectible design or craft. Works ‘beyond mass-production’ is how the curiously anonymous curatorial text for Objects of Desire describes the remit. The international group includes Birgitte Due Madsen, Boris Berlin, Studio Corkinho, Rahee Yoon and Uncommon Ancestor. As the evening light poured into the hall, the spectacle was magnificent, however the question remains: can even the most beautifully singular, sculptural side table hold its own against the scale of a giant marble man on a horse or throne? Suddenly the works felt very small indeed. Bombastic? Definitely. A folly? Perhaps.
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Bertel Thorvaldsens Plads 2
Tarkett takes a new look at linoleum flooring
Tarkett has invited three visionary designers – Yinka Ilori MBE, Laurids Gallée and Christian + Jade – to explore how carpet, homogeneous vinyl and linoleum can be used creatively, not as finished flooring products but as material starting points on a circular journey. Arriving in Copenhagen with a trio of site-specific installations, each designer interpreted materials from the brand's collection – made from renewable natural materials such as linseed oil, resin and cork. Ilori produced a colour-soaked rainbow room, transforming Tarkett's materials into an immersive environment inspired by play, community and joy. Gallée created graphic interpretations of his illustrated furniture, realised in linoleum intarsia. Meanwhile, Christian + Jade draped the flooring material in deep black to create new perspectives on contemporary seating.
Writers: Olly Mason and Laura May Todd
Gothersgade 49, 1123 København, Denmark
Normann Copenhagen opens its HQ showroom
Normann Copenhagen open the doors to their HQ showroom and celebrate with ‘The Grid’ exhibition – highlights include a reissue of Niels Bendtsen’s lounge chair from 1974, and a vase by Tableau amongst others.
Writer: Olly Mason
Niels Hemmingsens Gade 12, 1153 København, Denmark
Lay your head down
Tina Seidenfaden Busck is the hostess with the mostest and, in our humble opinion, the greatest curator in Copenhagen, as any visitor to The Apartment can attest. Her eye has a knack for beholding beauty beyond the majority of us, and her showcases have an almost spiritual dimension as a result. For 3 Days, Tina is showing a self-evidently titled group show: ‘Artists I Collect and Admire’. Alongside the peachy Märta Måås-Fjetterström tapestries, we were delighted by the news that Tina is now letting The Apartment as somewhere to stay. Careful Tina: how will you ever get people to leave?
Writer: Hugo Macdonald
The Apartment, Overgaden Neden Vandet 33
What are you doing?
We are given an intimate insight into Jaime Hayon’s life and practice, in an autobiographical showcase that celebrates the Spanish designer’s relationship with his late mother Raquel. Raquel died two years ago, and in the soothing hallows of the House of St Leo, Jaime has curated a series of works and ephemera that ‘capture moments in time: conversations, memories, anecdotes’, the designer says. Raquel lived with Jaime for three years before she died and the designer took the title for his show from he endless, mystified curiosity about his practise. ‘She would come to me when I was doing anything and say, ‘Jaime – what are you doing?’’ The room is filled with layers of curios, each annotated by hand by Jaime. On show is a painting by Jaime that he made as a tool to explain why he was getting divorced, when words failed him. There is a chai he designed for Fritz Hansen that Raquel chose the colour of, with her favourite cushion and fan still resting in it. Photos of Raquel and young Jaime with his brothers bring the memories sharply to life. ‘I was raised in freedom, and this exhibition tells me who I am,’ the designer said matter-of-factly, ‘Too many of us only realise how important our parents are when they die.’
Writer: Hugo Macdonald
House of St. Leo, Trelleborggade 5
Celebrating 90 years of Alvar Aalto and Iittala
There are few forms more recognisable in the canon of Scandinavian design than Alvar Aalto’s wavy, organic vases for the Finnish design brand Iittala. Aalto first conceived the iconic shape, inspired by the leather breeches of a Sámi woman, precisely 90 years ago – and to celebrate that milestone, Iittala has teamed up with Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro to transform the vase into a larger-than-life pavilion on Copenhagen’s waterfront. Constructed from low-carbon aluminium, the seven-metre-tall structure was designed by Tableau CPH as a faceted, silvery interpretation of the Finnish design classic. Inside, Iittala unveiled the new Aalto City Vase collection, an exploration of how the design icon continues to evolve across cultures and contexts.
Writer: Laura May Todd
Ofelia Plads, Kvæsthusbroen, 1250 Copenhagen
Muuto: ‘Next Chapters’
Muuto celebrates its 20th anniversary – with highlights including the ‘Close to Heart Chair’ by Spacon and the ‘Inner View Object’ by Lise Vester, each design in a limited edition of 150 numbered pieces.
Muuto also revealed the winners and runners up in their Muuto Design Contest – this year’s winner was ‘A Piece of Seating’ by Kihyun Kim from Seoul, South Korea. The runners up were ‘Cork Stool’ by Jules Charvet from Paris, France, and ‘Erosion Container’ by Gabriella Mozo from Milan, Italy.
Writer: Olly Mason
At Østergade 36-38, 1100 København, Denmark
Maharam's architectural boat trip
Maharam celebrates the European launch of Edelman and Knoll Textiles with a multibrand installation at 3daysofdesign’s Framing exhibition at The Odd Fellow Palace. The installation features designs from across Edelman, Knoll Textiles, and Maharam on a dynamic presentation system by American industrial designer Leon Ransmeier. Maharam also celebrated the week by taking to the water with an architectural boat trip and breakfast!
Writer Olly Mason
Bredgade 28, 1260 København, Denmark
Step into Eilersen House
Stepping into Eilersen House feels like a warm hug, perfectly capturing the move away from cold minimalism and towards ‘cozy cocooning’. Walking through the exhibition's five beautifully layered rooms, each space feels personal and welcoming, a comforting sanctuary from the busy streets of Copenhagen. At the heart of every space sits a stunning new design, including the new Snooze Sleeper Sofa, the Bean Sofa, and even a new dog bed, providing your home with pieces that are relaxed, elegant and functional.
Writer Rosie Cave
Address: Eilersen House, Niels Hemmingsens Gade 7, 1153 Copenhagen
Industrial choreography
LAYERED and Massproductions present Industrial Choreography - an installation that translates the two-dimensional craft of weaving into a spatial experience. It captures the dynamic that sparked their new ‘Cord’ Collection. The exhibition formed huge spinning car wash-style pillars - clad in the thick Cord collection yarns - mimicking the mechanical rhythm of the loom.
Writer Olly Mason
At Amaliegade 6, Copenhagen, Denmark
A-POC Able Issey Miyake's pleated shades and portable lights
Making their debut at 3daysofdesign, clothing brand A-POC Able Issey Miyake shines with their new TYPE-XIII Atelier Oï lamps. The collection mixes one piece of cloth with one piece of wire to form a beautiful, portable light. The removable pleated shade has been specifically designed so you can change the colour to match your mood, allowing you to play with your decor and bring a joyful, fresh feeling to any room.
Writer Rosie Cave
Address: Holbergsgade 20, 1057 Copenhagen
Baina reimagines the bathroom as a sacred space
We had never considered a footed salt dish an essential bathing-space accessory, but after seeing Agnieszka Owsiany's elegant hand-forged stainless steel interpretation, we can't stop thinking about it. The ceremonial vessel is one of several pieces specially commissioned by Antipodean bathing brand Baina for its exhibition ‘The Practice of Bathing’, which we stumbled upon between appointments. Conceived to mark the launch of the brand's home fragrance collection, the show celebrates bathing rituals through a series of functional objects, including a sterling silver oil burner by Gala Colivet Dennison, a leather-fronted cabinet by Marsha Golemac and a suspended mirror by Olivia Bossy.
Writer Ali Morris
Baina, Borgergade 91, 1300 Copenhagen
Hidden gems at Aarticles Gallery
Hidden away on the fourth floor of a historic Copenhagen apartment building, ‘Compositions’ by local gallery Aarticles is one of the week's most rewarding discoveries. Set within rooms blessed with stained-glass windows and views across the city's rooftops, the exhibition sees co-founders Kasia Sznajder and Fred Aartun bring together newly commissioned works, existing pieces from the gallery's collection and carefully selected found objects. The result feels like a contemporary cabinet of curiosities, filled with objects to discover. Among them are delicate silver works by Yeodong Yun, black ceramic vessels by Nozawa and carved wooden pieces by Aartun himself.
Writer Ali Morris
Christian IX's Gade 1, 4th floor, 1111 Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen's archive
One of the week's highest-profile launches is Triton, the reissue of a collection of shell-like porcelain vessels drawn from Royal Copenhagen's archive. Originally introduced in 1976, Triton was the creation of the late Danish artist Arje Griegst. It fell out of production, and pieces from the collection have since become highly prized collector's items. For its return, the collection has been developed in collaboration with Griegst's son, Noam, who created three new colourways to sit alongside the original rose finish. More than 50 years on, Triton remains one of the brand's most technically demanding projects, but also one of its most spectacular. See it in person at Royal Copenhagen's flagship showroom in an exhibition curated by Dan Thawley, with a futuristic scenography by 1kg that combines sound, scent and optical illusion.
Writer Ali Morris
Royal Copenhagen, Amagertorv 6, 1160 Copenhagen
Form Portfolios
Danish designer and textile artist Kim Naver is the focus of an exhibition by design company Form Portfolios that shines a welcome light on a prolific and under-recognised creative career. Curated by Naver, now in her eighties, in collaboration with Form Portfolios creative director Peter Christensen, Kim Naver: Dansk Moderne unfolds across three rooms within the company's Copenhagen offices. Spanning more than six decades, Naver's practice is a joy to discover. Light-filled interiors, wire-hung display shelves and slender metal tables give her richly textured textiles, drawings and archival material room to breathe, revealing the breadth of a body of work that deserves far wider recognition.
Writer Ali Morris
Form Portfolios, Badstuestræde 17, 1209 Copenhagen
Inside a collector's home: Tina Seidenfaden Busck opens her doors
This week, the eighteenth-century apartment gallery of Tina Seidenfaden Busck plays host to works by artists she has long lived with, admired and collected. Arranged throughout its rooms are paintings, photographs, ceramics, textiles and collages by artists including Yto Barrada, Isabella Ducrot, Nathalie du Pasquier, Alekos Fassianos, John Kasmin, Hylton Nel and Peter Schlesinger, all sitting in perfect harmony. Known for her discerning eye, Busck views collecting as a continuous movement between looking, living and making. 'I don't go by any rules,' she says. 'If I like it, I go for it.'
Writer Ali Morris
Overgaden Neden Vandet 33, 1. sal, 1414 Copenhagen
Deoron: ‘A space for curated sound and objects worth noticing’
Deoron brings together more than 50 designers in an industrial space on Paper Island – working across furniture, lighting, homeware, technology and lifestyle. A sculptural sound system is running all day, with listening sessions, live performances and a space to stay and unwind. Deoron partners with Hypebeast for the opening aperitivo party.
Writer Olly Mason
Papirøen 21, Copenhagen
Rue Verte's dark, sculptural world gets a refresh
At Michala Jessen's concept store and design studio Rue Verte, a sultry monochrome mood prevails through a palette of volcanic stone, sculpted marble, textured metals and dark woods. Completely refreshed for 3 Days of Design, the eighteenth century space showcases new collections by designers and artists including Henry Wilson and Jojo Corväiá alongside vintage pieces and carefully sourced objects gathered by Jessen.
Writer Ali Morris
Ny Østergade 11, 1101 Copenhagen
To My Ships: ‘The Incessant Anxiety’
Further cementing itself as the design industry’s favourite personal care brand, To My Ships unveiled their new geranium eau de toilette this morning with the frankly genius name: ‘The Incessant Anxiety’. Over a breakfast that turned out to be the sceniest gathering of 3 Days, we were given a preview of Daphne – the soon-to-be new restaurant by the design industry’s favourite restaurateur: Frederik Bille Brahe. The grounded superstar has recently had his fourth child. He says Daphne will be: ‘A special place for beautiful, simple food like the best roast chicken’. And that he’s looking forward to sitting in the corner and taking a bit of a breather.
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Daphne, Pilestraede 58
Bath time
Baina is an Antipodean towelling company making its 3 Days debut this year. And what a debut. Alongside introducing us to its 100 percent organic cotton towels and apothecary collection, the brand is launching a very nice new home fragrance with 11 essential oils; most keenly smelt among these are Sandalwood, Amaris and Vetiver. Baina has also commissioned a fascinating works for bathing by a series of contemporary artists, which are interspersed with historic bathing objects. We will take the sterling silver Oil Burner by Gala Colivet Dennison and the hand-forged steel Footed Salt Dish by Agnieszka Owsiany. Scratch that: we’ll take it all.
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Borgergade 91
The best seat in town?
A Chieftain Chair by Finn Juhl sat atop a Range Rover Defender.
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Stellar casting
Australian designer Henry Wilson’s cast bronze lights have graced one of Beyoncé’s music videos and featured in a Roy family residence in Succession. Two more modern iconic placements, you’d be hard-pushed to find. And with good reason: they are exquisite, neo-classical forms that tingle the spine and fingers with their beauty. Henry’s lighting is on display in abundance at Rue Verte, alongside a weapon-grade hefty aluminium champagne bucket, and an extremely chic bronze bottle opener. (Rue Verte is also home to one of our favourite fireplaces.)
Writer Hugo Macdonald
Ny Østergade 11
Vinyl waste, reimagined
Across town from her algae-based window vinyls for Aesop, Australian designer Jessie French of Other Matter is demonstrating what can be done with end-of-life vinyl and production offcuts. Rather than being discarded, the material is mixed with charcoal and reprocessed into a leather-like surface called Other Matter Leather. 'The charcoal unifies the colour and provides a beautiful texture,' French told us. ‘It's the only thing added.’ At ‘Latitude’ – a showcase of work by a collective of Australian designers – French is presenting the first application of Other Matter Leather as upholstery on Australian brand Made by Morgen's ‘Crafted’ dining chair and stool. 'Nothing is wasted, nothing sent to landfill or compost to sit in the ground. It is reprocessed into something of value where the loop is a workable model that sustains itself.'
Writer Ali Morris
5 Grønningen, 1270 Copenhagen
Vipp x Mesura: a Midsommar picnic
Vipp's collaboration with Barcelona-based design studio Mesura is a playful take on the Vipp guesthouse inspired by Danish Midsommar. The immersive installation takes place in a converted garage and open-air courtyard space at the company's Copenhagen campus.
The installation includes a huge swimming pool-inspired modular seating pit in soft buttery yellow upholstery, a Swivel Chair see-saw and umpire's chair.
The installation is inspired by the simple act of a picnic. Draped across the space and over Vipp's furniture, a vibrant plaid textile creates a shared landscape for rest, conversation and play.
Writer Olly Mason
Snorresgade 22, 2300 København, Denmark
Royal Copenhagen relaunches Arje Griegst's ‘Triton’ collection
Alongside Royal Copenhagen’s polished presentation celebrating the relaunch of Arje Griegst’s ‘Triton’ collection, visitors to Copenhagen this week should also make time for a detour to the Griegst showroom on Holbergsgade, where an exhibition drawn from the designer’s archive offers further context to the revival. Designed by Copenhagen-based architects Mentze Ottenstein, the show brings together archival ‘Triton’ pieces alongside examples of Griegst’s wider oeuvre, providing a rare opportunity to view the Danish designer’s ceramics, jewellery and metalwork in dialogue.
Writer: Ali Morris
Holbergsgade 10, 1057 København, Denmark
Ege Carpets explores human sensory perception
Danish textile brand Ege Carpets presents ‘The Shape of Perception’, an immersive sensory exhibition created in collaboration with anthropologist and designer Rikke Skytte. By analysing how early human understandings of spaces remain relevant in contemporary design, Ege invites visitors to explore how movement, sound, touch and sight shape our interactions with colors, textures and environments.
Writer: Rosie Cave
Ege and Gabriel showroom, Christianshavns Kanal 4, 1406 Copenhagen
Eldvarm explores 500,000 years of human connection
‘I, Belong’ is a cosy little presentation at The Conary by Scandinavian fireside accessories brand Eldvarm. Developed by founder Louise Varré in collaboration with designer and thinker Paul Bennett, the show explores how half a million years spent gathering around fires may have shaped our brains, behaviours and sense of belonging. Featuring new and existing Eldvarm products by Emma Olbers, Daniel Rybakken and Guillaume Delvigne, it examines the rituals once centred on the hearth – from storytelling to shared meals – and considers why they continue to soothe our nervous systems today.
Writer Ali Morris
Dronningens Tværgade 26, 1302 København, Denmark
Emerging designers ask us to slow down at Fanzi
Surveys of emerging designers are always amongst the most exciting components of any design fair, showing us what the industry’s youngest and most eager talents are most preoccupied with. Taiwan- and Copenhagen-based roving gallery Fanzi did just that with a group exhibition of European and Taiwanese designers that explored themes of slowness, materiality and cultural exchange. Titled ‘Welcome. Slow Down.’, highlights included an interlocking modular table system from the Zurich-based studio Intra-Intra, sconces made from lab-grown crystals by the German designer Elisabeth Seidel and sunburst-shaped extruded metal vases from Taiwan’s Kaiping Liu. In addition to the exhibition, Fanzi also hosted a series of participatory events in the space, including tea ceremonies, sound baths and a performance by a calligraphy master, making good on their promise to encourage visitors to slow down and engage more mindfully with design.
Writer: Laura May Todd
Posten 6, 1577 Copenhagen
Tucking in with Imogen Kwok and Noura Residency
Following the debut show curated by Charlotte Taylor last year, Noura Residency invited London-based chef and creative director Imogen Kwok to conceive the latest iteration. Titled ‘Fat Powder Fruit Sugar’, Kwok merged the worlds of design, craftsmanship and cuisine to create a mise-en-scène that evoked the ephemeral moment just before a beautifully laid table is unravelled by the act of serving and eating. Highlights included cherries with glass-like sugar leaves, a floral-topped butter cone sculpture and tabletop objects by Barcelona’s Marlot Baus, contemporary furniture brand Køge and Nootora, which sources ethical ingredients from local and organic farms.
Writer: Laura May Todd
Noura Residency, Sankt Peders Stræde 35A, 1453 Copenhagen
A joint show from two 18th century craft houses
Two of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic and historic craft houses joined forces for a shared presentation in Copenhagen this week. 18th-century ceramics manufacturer Wedgwood and Irish crystal manufacturer Waterford both welcomed visitors and offered a glimpse into their creative process. The former did so through a photographic series by photographer Lesley Lau, which offered a rare glimpse into Wedgwood's historic Stoke-on-Trent factory and the artisans behind its signature Jasperware production. Waterford, meanwhile, invited guests with a hands-on insight into the process of crystal making, showing visitors the many stages behind each finished piece, from paper plans to hand-carved wooden moulds, before bringing the craft to life through demonstrations from its master cutters.
Writer: Laura May Todd
Amagertorv 6, 1160 Copenhagen
Bomma illuminates Copenhagen with 'Fragments of Light'
Bomma, a Czech design lighting brand, unveils 'Fragments of Light' during 3 Days of Design, an immersive installation centred around its 'Fragments' lighting collection and set within the extraordinary interiors of Copenhagen's newly restored Court Theatre. Crafted from upcycled crystal shards, each ‘Fragments’ piece is being meticulously refined by master glass cutters into gemstone-like objects. The experience is accompanied by a special presentation of the portable ‘OLLO’ lamps, while a live performance brings the remarkable venue to life. 'Fragments of Light' celebrates the craftsmanship, innovation and circular design behind the Czech glassmaker.
Writer: Rosie Cave
Christiansborg Ridebane 16, 1218 Copenhagen