The Hypebeast Guide to 3DaysofDesign
Now in its 14th year, the 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen has quietly become one of the most genuinely design-focused events on the calendar. Spread across eight districts from Christianshavn to Nordhavn, the 2026 programme ranges from century-old furniture institutions to a…
Now in its 14th year, the 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen has quietly become one of the most genuinely design-focused events on the calendar.
Spread across eight districts from Christianshavn to Nordhavn, the 2026 programme ranges from century-old furniture institutions to a show inside a vending machine, from waterfront flagship takeovers to a studio debut on a second floor in Rosengård.
There’s a huge amount set to be taking place from June 10 to 12, and we’ve gone through with a fine-toothed comb to find the things we’re going to make sure to hit for our annual guide and plotted map. It might be a bumper 30-stop list, but given the quality of the programme, we’d consider it a starting point.
The Milan-based curatorial platform makes its Copenhagen debut at Papirøen, bringing over 30 designers, brands and independent studios together under one roof. A sculptural sound system anchors the space and hosts listening sessions and live performances throughout the day.
The Danish furniture giant needs little introduction, but its HAY House space remains one of the most reliably satisfying stops during the festival. In addition, they’ll be showing previews of upcoming collections at the art institution O-Overgaden in Christianshavn.
Overgaden Neden Vandet 17, 1414 Copenhagen
One of the festival’s most consistent champions of emerging talent, Ukurant returns for its 2026 edition at Fabrikken for Art & Design on Islands Brygge. The emphasis this year is on process: the exhibition brings the making of each piece to the fore, giving visitors a window into the experiments, materials and considerations behind the work.
The American Hardwood Export Council takes over Gammel Dok in Christianshavn for Wood for the Trees, an immersive show created with Mitre & Mondays and Benchmark that traces timber’s journey from forest to finished object. The space is transformed into an abstract woodland across five stages – Growth, Planning, Selection, Resilience and Timber – combining tactile installations and audio-visual storytelling to make the case for responsible forestry.
Gammel Dok, Strandgade 27B, 1410 Copenhagen
2026 marks 100 years since Verner Panton’s birth, and there’s going to be stuff going on around the city. Many brands will be paying homage to the late designer, and at Designmuseum Danmark, Panton’s family-run estate, which serves as the sole custodian of Panton’s archive, has curated a selection of his most visionary work, presented in collaboration with the museum.
Designmuseum Danmark, Bredgade 68, 1260 Copenhagen
Rather than a traditional exhibition, Louise Roe will activate her gallery space in Rosengård as “The Roe Bar”. The new Frankie Café Chair and Table make their debut here, alongside the Person Glass Lamp, in a setting that feels casual and unhurried.
The Aarhus-based brand takes over Pool cph, the café nestled in the courtyard of Bolten’s Gård near Kongens Nytorv, for an exhibition that puts experience over spectacle. A new chair premieres here alongside furniture, lighting and interior objects, all designed to be tried out over a drink.
Marking 15 years since the Japanese furniture brand was born out of the rebuilding effort following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, this show in Nordhavn brings together 15 iconic pieces that trace the label’s evolution. The retrospective muses on what it means to make things in and for a community, and why that ethos has proved so enduring.
Idk about you, but my feed is constantly full of vintage Bang & Olufsen. Fitting, then, that their show “Designing for Future Generations” asks: what does it mean to make products that remain emotionally, aesthetically, and functionally relevant over time? The Strøget flagship is the backdrop for an exhibition as much about philosophy as product.
Copenhagen’s long summer evenings provide the backdrop for this atmospheric multi-exhibitor programme, bringing together a cluster of brands for a series of evening activations across the festival. One to keep a close eye on for spontaneous discoveries after the main exhibition circuit.
Running from the 10th to the 13th of June, Other Circle bills itself as “post-disciplinary creative culture” – a gathering point for design, art, fashion, food and music that resists easy categorisation.
The Lab, Vermundsgade 40, 2100 Copenhagen
The 120-year-old Danish silver house returns to 3DD with “Georg Jensen At Play”, which will see explore the brand’s founding material. They’re set to create a whimsical silver garden in the heart of the city, honing in on the craft-driven spirit that has defined the house since 1904.
The Stockholm-based textile brand Founded by Bengt Thornefors and Nina Norgrenopens a new Copenhagen studio during the festival — part showroom, part living space, part event venue.
The People’s Princess of bedding labels will make a return to Kunsthal Charlottenborg with The Heart of Living, an exhibition exploring patchwork quilt tradition through the lens of 20th-century Swedish design. Cabin beds, heirloom colours from the Tekla archive and broderie anglaise pieces fill the former royal palace rooms.
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Nyhavn 2, 1051 Copenhagen
The flooring company has commissioned Yinka Ilori, Laurids Gallée and Christian + Jade to reinterpret three materials, making the case that circularity starts at the design stage, and that it should be the choices of designers that leads the conversation.
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Gothersgade 49, 1123 Copenhagen
This cross-disciplinary exhibition in Nordhavn will present 23 designers’ responses to a single brief: the coat rack. The ubiquitous object will be seen as a conceptual framework and material challenge, resulting in works that show how contemporary designers engage with the familiar.
Fresh off its 10th anniversary, the Swedish furniture brand sets up on Papirøen for a show centred on dialogue and making. The centrepiece is a new solid wood chair by British designer Max Lamb, which explores making the most of material.
The family-run Copenhagen studio curates Soft Monuments — an exhibition where objects are placed to stand on their own, experienced through weight, material and atmosphere rather than explanation.
Silkegade 11, 2nd Floor, 1113 Copenhagen
We often love the stuff +Halle puts out, and their collab with Spacon&X was one of the best things we saw last year. This year, they’re creating a deli, launching pieces by the likes of Fengfan Yang, Jamie Wolfond Studio, Krøyer–Sætter–Lassen and Form Us With Love.
Kattesundet 4, Strøget 24, 1st Floor, 1458 Copenhagen
