Copenhagen's reputation as the Scandinavian capital of cool wasn't built overnight. Few events embody that spirit better than 3 Days of Design.
Held from June 10 through 12, 2026, this is Denmark’s official design festival and Northern Europe’s platform to showcase and celebrate some of the continent’s up-and-coming creatives.
While it may be more relaxed and burgeoning compared to its closest Milanese counterpart, 3 Days of Design is growing in popularity exponentially. Last year, the city welcomed over 60,000 visitors to explore Copenhagen’s various design districts, studios, events, and talks. With 2026 marking the showcase’s 15th year with more than 400 exhibitors on the program, it's a far cry from when the debut festival launched in a waterfront warehouse with just four brands.
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Even in a city known for being easy to walk (or, as the locals do, cycle), navigating Copenhagen’s design festival with so many new names, up-and-comers, and established designers opening their doors and debuting new products can be a daunting task of where to start – and most importantly, what not to miss.
To help, we’ve rounded up the most exciting previews and exhibitions from the leading figures in lifestyle, design, furniture, and interior design.
Highlights of 3 Days of Design Copenhagen
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Marta
Los Angeles gallery Marta brings a fresh perspective to an everyday essential. KNIFE, FORK, SPOON 3.0, as curated by Dung Ngo, presents 12 experimental flatware designs from the likes of Rafael de Cárdenas, Jacqueline Rabun, Marcin Rusak, and David Wiseman, among others. Each leading artist and architect puts their own contemporary spin on the practical utensil through 3D printing and working with stainless steel.
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Fritz Hansen Sound Club
One of Denmark’s most enduring design houses, for 3 Days of Design, Fritz Hansen turns its attention to the role of sound in shaping our experience of space. Sound Club transforms the brand’s Copenhagen showroom into an immersive listening environment, with original recordings, live DJ sessions, and a bespoke vinyl release inviting visitors to engage with Fritz Hansen’s furniture in an entirely new way.
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A–POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE
Making its 3 Days of Design debut, A–POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE brings its forward-thinking approach to textiles and experimental manufacturing techniques into the world of lighting. The brand will unveil new additions to its ongoing TYPE-XIII collaboration with Swiss studio atelier oï, which launched in 2024. The new editions set to be launched in Copenhagen include portable lamps featuring the fashion house’s signature pleated fabric shades.
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Helle Mardahl
An Instagram darling of contemporary Danish design, Helle Mardahl has built a devoted following for her fantastical universe of candy-colored glass creations. For 3 Days of Design, the Copenhagen-based artist draws inspiration from the playful worlds of Candy Crush and Tetris, transforming vibrant hues and geometric forms into a joyful installation of mouth-blown glass lighting.
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KANTTARI
For 2026’s 3 Days of Design, bespoke furniture maker KANTTARI continues its mission statement to push the boundaries between “functional furniture and collectible design”, with the showcase of ORION. Created in exclusive collaboration with glass artist Artis Nimanis, this sculptural, sonical take on the bar cabinet is handmade in brushed aluminium, interior marble, and titanium and will be presented at the ToneArt showroom alongside PH Pianos and AUDIOMUS speakers.
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Material Matters
Material Matters is a platform dedicated to exploring material intelligence in architecture and design, with more than 150 podcasts and four acclaimed editions of its London fair. Following its successful Copenhagen debut in 2025, the platform returns to the design festival, bringing 19 exhibitors to the showcase at Ukraine House. With makers, manufacturers, and researchers from Hong Kong to Slovakia, the UK to Ukraine, this year’s project focuses on what materials can do, offering answers in waste, bacteria, concrete, mycelium, and rice husks, just to name a few.
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Davide Groppi
Known for its minimalist and atmospheric approach to illumination since its founding in the 1980s, Italian lighting company Davide Groppi joins Artistic Position in Space, a collaborative exhibition presented by File Under Pop alongside Agape, Agapecasa, Garde Hvalsøe, and V-ZUG. Exploring the relationship between architecture, materiality, art, and light, the showcase features works by Sonja Ferlov Mancoba and Angelo Mangiarotti, demonstrating how even the most avant-garde lighting can shape a space without demanding too much unwanted attention.
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Homo Faber Fellowship
What happens when master artisans and emerging designers share a workshop? Homo Faber Fellowship’s ‘Today's Masters Meet Tomorrow's Talents' has the answer. The non-profit, backed by Michelangelo Foundation and partner Jaeger–LeCoultre, brings together the results of the 22 artisans who participated in the latest edition of the eight-month-long skill-share exchange, showcasing the results and perspectives that emerge when craft traditions are passed from one generation to the next.
