GAME ON: Helle Mardahl Casts Candy Crush in Glass
In Copenhagen, the Danish designer’s GAME ON installation brought mouth-blown glass to life through colour, symmetry, and the irresistible logic of play.
Bread & Butter 2026: designers explore bathing routines through intimate pairings
Teapots, pitchers, soap trays, brush holders – In Copenhagen, the Bread & Butter exhibition explores bathing rituals through design pairings across cultures.
Ukurant Makes Space: eight highlights by emerging designers in Copenhagen
From a lamp using gravity to shine and a lounger tracing the arc of a spinal column. This year’s Ukurant exhibition blurs craft and function.
Aalto 90 Pavilion: Iittala Scales Up a Design Icon in Copenhagen
Built in low-carbon aluminium, the Aalto 90 Pavilion reimagines a design classic as a monumental, walk-in public installation.
Form Follows Seam: Designers Show What A Sewing Machine Can Do In Copenhagen
Stitched lamps, enfolded chairs, a leather sling suspended in steel — Erwan Bouroullec, Foster + Partners, and more work with the sewing machine for the VÆRKTØJ exhibition at 3DaysOfDesign.
Birdie Air-Monitor Knows When Your Room Needs Fresh Air
Quietly poetic and refreshingly practical, Birdie is not just a monitor—it’s a friendly companion that takes a dramatic tumble until you ventilate the room.
Poetic Daylight Pavilion: A Quiet Dialogue Between Space and Light
The Poetic Daylight Pavilion turns the passing hours into an architectural experience, celebrating how the sun’s quiet choreography defines atmosphere and well-being.
Inside Out, Downside Up: slowing down through the architecture of reuse
The Inside Out, Downside Up pavilion by Slaatto Morsbøl is built mainly from reused materials, offering a sensorial architectural experience with a powerful message: Slow Down!
Barn Again: Slowing Down with Timber in Copenhagen
Tom Svilans and THISS Studio repurpose an old barn into a cocooning meditative space. Their Barn Again pavilion at the inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial highlights the creative potential of reclaimed materials.
Copenhagen Architecture Biennial: A Call to Slow Down
In an era dominated by speed and constant production, the inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial doesn’t just showcase architecture; it slows it down, daring to suggest another path: one where architecture helps us live not faster, but better.
Reishi in the Nordic Light: MycoWorks Joins Forces with Danish Designers at 3 Days of Design
The ‘Reishi in the Nordic Light’ mycelium-based collection brings together Danish design legacy with bio-innovation.
Muuto’s Dream View Bench by Lise Vester is designed for sky-gazing
Recline, look up and dream a little. Lise Vester’s Dream View Bench “reminds us to reconnect with those fleeting moments of beauty.”
3 Days of Design 2025: eighteen must-visit exhibitions in Copenhagen
Check out our design guide for 3 Days of Design 2025 in the Danish capital. From cutting-edge sustainable materials to a floating textile installation, unexpected design pairings, and more.
Build of Site: Denmark Pavilion in Venice as a responsible construction site
With the ‘Build of Site’ exhibition, Søren Pihlmann renovated the Denmark Pavilion at the Venice Biennale while showcasing innovative methods for reusing surplus materials uncovered during the construction process.
A roof resembling a folded paper sheet lands on the new Museum for Paper Art by BIG
Bjarke Ingels Group is set to transform a former supermarket building into the new Museum for Paper Art in North Jutland, Denmark.
Noma Projects blends food and design in Copenhagen
During 3 Days of Design, Noma Projects opens the doors of the pioneering food lab of René Redzepi’s famed restaurant in the Danish Capital.
The Teenage Dreams exhibition explores teens’ design spaces
Festival tents, biogenetic materials, and selfie backdrops. The ‘Teenage Dreams’ design exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center shows what teenage bedrooms will look like.
3 Days of Design 2024: eight furniture collections debuting in Copenaghen
From sculptural wooden patchworks to crafted plastic furniture and lightweight coffins. We selected 8 eclectic furniture collections debuting in Copenaghen.
3 Days of Design 2024: Ten must-visit exhibitions in Copenhagen
Teenagers’ bedrooms, knitted Icelandic pizzas, and trainers in a pastel-coloured Nordic palette. Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design 2024 celebrates the future of Danish creativity and beyond.
Henning Larsen Architects completes the Klaksvík Row Club in the Faroe Islands
Nestled in a breathtaking fjord, sheltered from Arctic winds and offering panoramic views of the surrounding islands, the Klaksvík Row Club by Henning Larsen Architects is a testament to the Faroe Islands’ rich sporting heritage.
Henning Larsen Architects designs a New Wood Terminal in the Faroe Islands
In Torshavn, the capital of the remote Faroe Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, Henning Larsen Architects has designed the New Wood Terminal, a new ferry terminal and HQ embracing the picturesque backdrop of lush Arctic landscapes and open seas. The building pays homage to traditional Faroese fishing boats.
BIG’s FLUGT Refugee Museum features a curvy volume connecting Denmark’s past and present
BIG transformed a former hospital in Denmark’s largest Refugee camp from World War II into the FLUGT Refugee Museum. Two original elongated buildings are connected by a curve-shaped volume that creates a welcoming structure, visible from afar.
3 Days of Design 2022: 7 furniture designs debuting in Copenhagen
3 Days of Design 2022: Denmark’s furniture and lighting festival returns with a positive attitude, theme and incitement: ‘Remember to play!’ We have selected seven designs on display.
LUNARK by SAGA Space Architects is the extreme home for astronauts on the moon
Young Danish studio SAGA Space Architects designed and even spent 100 days in Greenland for an extreme mission to test LUNARK, a lunar habitat showing how we can not only survive but thrive in space.
3 Days Of Design 2021 focuses on well-being through design
Textile ‘rural graffiti’ inspired by flocks of sheep, the beauty of imperfect objects with a past and psychologically supportive mirrors. 3 Days Of Design 2021 took over Copenhagen, exploring how the objects we live with can help us to feel better.
BIG’s Marsk Tower opens to visitors offering a bird’s-eye-view on Denmark’s iconic marshes
Marsk Tower, a new sculptural landmark and lookout point in Southern Jutland, Denmark, has finally open to the public! Enjoy the panorama on the UNESCO World Heritage site of Wadden Sea National Park.
CON-NECT-ED-NESS: the Danish Pavilion in Venice evokes an indelible sense of connection between people and Nature
A cyclic water system connects visitors, senses and surroundings at CON-NECT-ED-NESS, the biophilic exhibition at the Danish Pavilion.
3 Days of Design 2020: 7 circular furnitures debuting in Copenhagen
Stools made from leftover grain from beer production processes and chairs from up-cycled ocean plastic. We have selected 7 circular furnitures on show at 3 Days of Design 2020, which finally went phygital after being postponed due to Covid 19.
KNIT! phygital exhibition: international designers explore the potential of Kvadrat’s textiles
Vibrant interlocked convivial chairs, duct-taped blankets and ceramic tableware moulded with a fabric imprint are among the projects by international emerging designers on show at Kvadrat’s KNIT! phygital exhibition.
Form Follows Environment: Nordic architects vs Climate Change
Nordic architects are showing the way to build a sustainable future. BIG completes the cleanest waste-to-energy plant topped with a ski slope, Snøhetta has inaugurated the the world’s northernmost energy-positive building. Dorte Mandrup’s Icefjord Centre breaks ground to offer breathtaking views of a melting UNESCO World Heritage Site, new sustainable cultural venues thrive in Helsinki and a sinking arctic Swedish city is being relocated…