Kvadrat

Kvadrat showcased a dynamic program across Copenhagen, unveiling the new THREE residential curtain collection by Creative Director Isa Glink in their showroom. This collection explored multidimensionality and materiality, transforming textiles into sculptural, spatial forms. The showroom also featured interactive displays, including 118 curtain swatches and stackable cushions, as well as immersive installations with anodised aluminium frames and Loux rugs.

Meanwhile, films highlighted the interplay of light, shadow and movement in the collection. Kvadrat Acoustics launched a re-engineered Soft Cells acoustic system at the Design Workshop, emphasising flexibility, sustainability and innovative textile attachment for longevity and reuse. The Kvadrat & Vitra Café also returned, blending Kvadrat textiles with Vitra furniture and curated cuisine.

Japanmade

Japanmade Vol.1 debuted as a focused exhibition celebrating contemporary Japanese design and craftsmanship in a Scandinavian setting. Curated by OEO Studio and Danish producer Jens H. Jensen, the exhibition showcased a carefully selected group of Japanese brands: New Light Pottery, MAS, Naowashi, Sekisaka and Sheep. Each exemplified local production, material intelligence and a deep connection between designers and craftspeople.

OEO Studio transformed a 750-metre space into an immersive narrative blending Japanese minimalism with Danish functionality, reflecting their two decades of collaboration with Japanese artisans. Highlights included sculptural lighting from New Light Pottery, innovative Hindi wood furniture by MAS, traditional washi paper from Naowashi, refined lacquerware by Sekisaka and artisanal soybean candles from Sheep.

Cult – NAU

Australian furniture brand NAU used 3daysofdesign to showcase contemporary Australian design on an international stage. The exhibition brought together new and existing pieces to highlight the Cult brand’s focus on craftsmanship, material quality and a refined, understated design language.

Central to the presentation were two new works by Tom Fereday: the Cove collection, featuring sculptural timber forms, and the Nola table light, combining hand-cast crystal and stone. These sat alongside established pieces by Australian designers including Adam Goodrum. More than a product launch, the showcase positioned NAU within a growing global conversation around Australian design, reflecting the brand’s ambition to expand internationally while presenting a distinctly local design identity.

Design By Them

Design By Them returned to Copenhagen to celebrate over 18 years of Australian design. Their showcase, held at Dronningens Tværgade, featured the launch of new collections by prominent Australian designers including Adam Goodrum (Field Chair), Gibson Karlo (Cattle Armchair and Twill Armchair), Marcel Sigel (Marcel Modules), Tom Fereday (Sail Table) and Trent Jansen (Megafauna).

The exhibition also included staple pieces from designers such as Angus Easthope, Daniel Tucker, Daniel Emma, Danielah Martinez and Rhys Cooper. Each collection highlighted a unique approach to form, materiality and cultural narrative, part of a wider commitment to innovative, playful and functional design.

Daniel Boddam

The Sydney-based architect and furniture designer exhibited some pieces at 3daysofdesign. The Orlo Sofa was a first look at this new seating collection — “a low, enveloping form where a continuous curve guides everything from the armrest to the base,” as Boddam explains. The collection — upholstered in bouclé, chenille, mohair or wool — features deep seats, a sculptural silhouette and modular configurations.

The Cella Table, meanwhile, draws on Frank Lloyd Wright’s hexagonal modules, reinterpreted with a retro-modernist warmth — cork surfaces, timber veneer edges in Walnut or Oak, and a bronze glass centre panel option. They are available as a coffee or side table, individually or grouped. The pieces will soon be on display in Bronte at Boddam’s studio.

Aesop

At Aesop Nyhavn, OTHER MATTER’s algae-based bioplastics took the form of oversized product silhouettes, rendered in a pale green to showcase the brand’s Parsley Seed Skin Care range. Aposē, the first lamp for the home, designed and revealed in Milan during Salone del Mobile, was also be on display. At Aesop Kronprinsensgade, decals in the same proprietary bioplastics were applied to the store window, with visitors invited to peel off a piece resembling a tube of Parsley Seed Cleansing Masque to take home with them.

The unique decals can be reused or reprocessed following each application, resulting in a self-sustaining closed-loop system. OTHER MATTER founder Jessie French led a talk at Aesop Kronprinsensgade to discuss the process of creating a new leather-like material, made in part by reusing algae-based bioplastics used for previous Aesop window installations. French presented the leather-like fabrication at 3daysofdesign, while a selection of Made by Morgen furniture pieces using the new material was also on show at the Latitude exhibition.

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GUBI

Across four acts — the living room, dining room, bedroom and atelier — GUBI explored the contemporary home as a curated living space in Copenhagen. The installation sought to create “a place where furniture, lighting, materials, colour, pattern and composition create rhythm in everyday life.”

At the center of each act were GUBI designs, both new and archival pieces brought together in settings shaped for the way we live today: “Spaces for gathering, retreating, creating, hosting and simply being at home. Together, the four acts form a portrait of contemporary living shaped by beauty, atmosphere and the objects we choose to live with.”

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