Ten things you won't want to miss at 3 Days of Design 2025

In the run-up to next week's 3 Days of Design festival, we have selected 10 installations, exhibitions and other standout projects on show across Copenhagen between 18 to 20 June.

The 12th edition of 3 Days of Design will present works from hundreds of international brands and designers, both established and emerging.

Presented across city-wide locations ranging from open showrooms to alternative pop-up locations, participants' projects will respond to this year's theme, Keep It Real.

Ahead of Denmark's biggest design event, we have rounded up 10 key things not to be missed:

Material Matters

Known for its investigations into the significance of materials and how they influence our lives, British design think tank Material Matters will present an exhibition of various participants over two floors at the former warehouse Gammel Dok in Christianshavn, Copenhagen.

Among the works on display is No 1 Common, a show by The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) exploring the often overlooked qualities of hardwood and featuring pieces by designers including Andu Masebo and Anna Maria Øfstedal Eng.

This year marks the first time Material Matters will exhibit outside the UK, following a trio of shows at London Design Festival.

Gammel Dok, Strandgade 27B, 1410 Copenhagen

Bread and Butter

Bread and Butter is a travelling exhibition platforming the work of young designers. This year, the show will include dining objects created by 12 designers from Denmark, Korea and the Netherlands.

Exploring the idea of the "perfect pair", the exhibition will display design pieces that complement, complete and contrast one another in myriad ways.

Bread and Butter will be presented in collaboration with local Korean restaurant Ouri.

Sankt Peders Stræde 24A, 1453 Copenhagen

Hem

Swedish furniture brand Hem will return to 3 Days of Design with an exhibition celebrating its 10th anniversary in the heart of the city.

Among the pieces on display will be the squishy, graphic-shaped Palma pouf by British-born Ghanaian designer Kusheda Mensah, which launches on 12 June. Mensah creates playful and colourful interlocking furniture designed to bring people closer together.

Bredgade 65, 1260 Copenhagen

Archetypes by Stine Mikkelsen

Danish designer Stine Mikkelsen will present Archetypes, an exhibition of furniture and lighting that wrestles with the potentials and pitfalls of turning artistic concepts into commercial designs.

Central to the show will be an ash wood and stainless-steel bench that was originally only conceptual. The bench is among a series of ideas Mikkelsen that has transformed into commercial works, marking a significant expansion in her practice.

Frederiksgade 1, 1265 Copenhagen

Home from Home by Charlotte Taylor

British visualisation designer Charlotte Taylor will take over the city's Noura Residency apartments with an installation that explores how our domestic spaces reflect the ways we live.

The exhibition will bring together works from designers including NM3, Andrew Pierce Scott and Amelia Stevens, as well as brands including Tekla, Birkenstock and Aesop.

Noura Residency, Sankt Peders Stræde 35A, 1453 Copenhagen

New Design and Architecture by Royal Danish Academy

Over 250 projects by emerging designers and architects will be presented in the Royal Danish Academy's graduate degree show.

The show, which marks the end of the participants' five years of study at the university, will bring together projects that interrogate how architecture and design can serve as drivers of societal change.

A showcase of Egyptian-Danish furniture designed by bachelor's and master's students will be among the other exhibitions presented by the Royal Danish Academy during 3 Days of Design.

Danneskiold, Samsøes Allé 51, 1434 Copenhagen

Fast/Forward by Fenix and Formica

International designers Laurids Gallée, Unchronia, Panter & Tourron, Federica Biasi, Thabisa Mjo and Tino Seubert will feature in the Fast/Forward exhibition presented by materials specialists Fenix and Formica.

Curated by Federica Sala, the designers were commissioned to create a contemporary piece of furniture that interprets a historical period from the 1920s to the 2010s using products from material brands Fenix and Formica.

Danneskiold, Samsøes Allé 19 – 21, 1436 Copenhagen

Bjarke Ingels Group

Danish architecture studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) will open its Copenhagen headquarters during 3 Days of Design, offering the public a unique look inside.

BIG HQ will host a series of talks and workshops exploring seven of the earliest materials that shaped our built environment – stone, earth, concrete, metal, glass, wood and fabric.

The studio is responsible for recent global projects, including London's landscraper designed for Google and a New York residential building with chamfered edges.

Sundkaj 165, 2150 Copenhagen

Project Materia by Tableau

The works of nine international designers finished in bronze, marble and glass will feature in Project Materia, an exhibition curated by Danish studio and gallery Tableau.

Gallée, Andrés Reisinger, Helle Mardahl, Louise Roe, Cathrine Raben Davidsen, Onno Adrianse, Willem Van Hooff, Jacob Egeberg and Forever Studio will present a mixture of pieces made in the materials chosen for their centuries-long history of shaping artistic practices.

Landemærket 10, 1119 Copenhagen

Petra hotel by &Tradition

Danish furniture and lighting brand &Tradition has designed Petra, a boutique hotel that will open its doors to visitors during 3 Days of Design.

Set within a 1943 building originally designed by architect Kay Fisker, the hotel has been renovated by & Tradition in collaboration with Copenhagen Design Hotels.

Handcrafted bannisters, terrazzo flooring and brass fittings werepreserved throughout Petra, which will host a daily aperitivo hour and a talk with designers Jaime Hayon and Luca Nichetto on Wednesday 18 June.

Dronningens Tværgade 45, 1302 Copenhagen

The images are courtesy of 3 Days of Design unless stated otherwise.

3 Days of Design 2025 takes place from 18 to 20 June across eight districts in Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information about events, exhibitions and talks, visit Dezeen Events Guide.

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