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The future of Copenhagen Fashion Week? Look towards the students of SAFD
Taught by designer Anne Sofie Madsen, the tightly knit students of the Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design (SAFD) are adding a new jolt of energy to the city’s manicured fashion scene. Dal Chodha heads to Copenhagen to meet its rising stars
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In Copenhagen, cult Icelandic outerwear brand 66°North celebrates a century in business
At Copenhagen Fashion Week, Wallpaper* sits down with 66°North CEO Helgi Óskarsson as the brand – which has garnered a devoted following both inside and outside its native Iceland – looks forward to the future
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In Copenhagen, Charlotte Taylor gave us a glimpse into the mess of real life
At 3 Days of Design, Charlotte Taylor staged ‘Home from Home’, a group exhibition in collaboration with Noura Residency, showcasing the chaos of the everyday, from unmade beds to breakfast leftovers
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The Bang & Olufsen-powered Spaceshop enables Vollebak to boldly go into the future of retail
Cult clothing brand Vollebak reaches for the stars with this cross-disciplinary take on the traditional pop-up, a ‘Spaceshop’ that brings together science fiction, science fact and showmanship
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3 Days of Design 2025: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 18-20 June, design is taking over Copenhagen. Follow along with the latest news, launches and other goings-on from 3 Days of Design, as seen by Wallpaper* editors.
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Designers’ guide to dining and wining in Copenhagen
Wondering where to eat in Copenhagen during 3 Days of Design 2025 and beyond? Local designers share their favourite haunts
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The future of tourism? Copenhagen’s CopenPay rewards visitors for acting sustainably
Under the scheme, which was piloted last year and will return from 17 June 2025, tourists earn perks for doing things like riding bikes and picking up litter
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Danish Architecture Center celebrates trailblazing 20th-century designer Nanna Ditzel
A new exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking work of Nanna Ditzel opens in Copenhagen
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A guide to the best fashion stores Copenhagen has to offer
Wallpaper* picks the must-visit fashion stores in Copenhagen – from big-name boutiques and historic department stores to local labels and the best in second-hand, each presenting a fresh take on Danish design
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‘120 years of artistry, of character’: How Paula Gerbase is breathing new life into historic Danish design house Georg Jensen
Paula Gerbase, the newly instated creative director of Georg Jensen, speaks to Wallpaper* about bringing the 120-year-old silversmith into a new era
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The Living Places experiment: how can architecture foster future wellbeing?
Research initiative Living Places Copenhagen tests ideas around internal comfort and sustainable architecture standards to push the envelope on how contemporary homes and cities can be designed with wellness at their heart
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New Light Pottery brings its Japanese designs to Denmark in a harmonious craft exchange
New Light Pottery will be showcasing its lights alongside PP’s Furniture at PP’s flagship store in Copenhagen, marking the first time New Light Pottery’s lamps are shown outside of Japan
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‘It’s a human story’: Baserange is creating underwear for real bodies
As Copenhagen-based brand Baserange reaches ten years – and adds menswear and homeware to its offering – we catch up with the founders about their non-conformist approach to body- and underwear
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Meet Mast, the emerging masters of floating architecture
Danish practice Mast is featured in the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024
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Five emerging Copenhagen Fashion Week designers to have on your radar
Nicole DeMarco picks five on-the-rise designers to watch from Copenhagen Fashion Week S/S 2025, which took place in the Danish capital earlier this month
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3 Days of Design 2024: best of Danish design and beyond
What to see at 3 Days of Design 2024, the Copenhagen-wide design festival spotlighting the best of Danish and international design (until 14 June)
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Nicklas Skovgaard is the Copenhagen-based designer spearheading a 1980s fashion revival
Chosen by Wallpaper* in January as a fashion star to watch, Scarlett Conlon travels to Copenhagen to meet Nicklas Skovgaard, an on-rise-designer whose warped partywear is inspired by outré 1980s style codes
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Copenhagen Fashion Week A/W 2024: the key shows and takeaways
Scarlett Conlon reports from Copenhagen Fashion Week A/W 2024, where the event’s sustainable credentials met creative and pragmatic collections from the locale’s eclectic designers
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The Opera Park in Copenhagen is an urban green island where ‘nature comes first’
The Opera Park creates a new urban green lung near Copenhagen's fast-developing Paper Island district, courtesy of Danish architecture studio Cobe
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Ursula Reuter Christiansen on her art: ‘I have to go through, and through, and through’
German-Danish artist Ursula Reuter Christiansen tells Wallpaper* what drives her, as her exhibition ‘Rose Thorn’ opens at Von Bartha, Copenhagen
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How Copenhagen’s Chart Art Fair celebrated its first decade
The 11th Chart Art Fair highlights span architectural installations, an ongoing sculpture show, and a novice collectors’ exhibition
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American artist Rachel Rose reaches for the sun and the moon in her Nordic exhibition debut
Rachel Rose’s ‘Good Morning Midnight’ at GL Strand, Copenhagen, centres on her cinematic Enclosure (2019) and recent video The Last Day (2023)
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24 hours in Copenhagen: stay, bike, dine, and discover Danish design
Plan your 24 hours in Copenhagen: sleepover in a former brewery, wake up with a wild swim, and immerse yourself in the home of a modernist master
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A weekend in wonderful Copenhagen
The ultimate weekend in Copenhagen starts here: discover the latest openings across the UNESCO World Capital of Architecture, stay in a hotel afloat, start your day with brilliant baked goods and ski down a power-station piste
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3 Days of Design 2023: best of Danish design, and more
Our highlights from 3 Days of Design 2023: a city-wide programme of launches and exhibition by leading Danish and international design brands
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Kimsooja transforms Copenhagen’s underground Cisternerne into a laboratory of light
We exclusively preview South Korean artist Kimsooja's ‘Weaving the Light’, an illuminating, kaleidoscopic installation in Copenhagen’s subterranean Cisternerne (26 March – 30 November 2023)
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Tora Schultz: ‘Bitch on Wheels’ is a surreal, witty take on a world designed for the male body
From crash test dummies to pitchfork stilettos, Tora Schultz’s show ‘Bitch on Wheels’ at Copenhagen’s O–Overgaden is a tragic comedy exploring gender bias, stereotypes, and the surrealism of everyday life
