3 Days of Design festival postponed to avoid design fair clash

Denmark's 3 Days of Design fair has changed its dates to 15 to 17 June so that "the dates of the festival don't coincide with any other festival," after it was set to take place at the same time as Salone del Mobile and Design Shanghai.

The annual design festival in Copenhagen, which sees numerous showrooms open their doors to visitors and events and exhibitions take place across the city, was held in the autumn in both 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, its 2022 edition was set to go ahead in its more traditional early summer slot on 8 to 10 June.

Industry "should care enough about each other to give each other space"

But after Salone del Mobile, the world's largest design and furniture fair, announced it was moving its dates to 7 to 12 June as the ongoing pandemic forced it to postpone its April dates, the two fairs were set to take place at almost the same dates.

Trade fair Design Shanghai is also held around the same time, on 9 to 12 June.

Instead, 3 Days of Design has become the latest design fair to postpone its dates so far this year, choosing to move to the festival forward by one week.

The design event acknowledged the difficulty that the clash would have created in a post on Instagram.

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Above: 3 Days of Design announced the date change on Instagram. Top image: theUkurant exhibition at last year's 3 Days of Design. Photo is by Jonas Jacob Svensson

"We believe that everyone in the industry should care enough about each other to give each other space," the trade fair said.

"Since you can’t be in two places at once... And so that the dates for our festival don’t coincide with any other festival, we hope you will join us in Copenhagen for this year's 3daysofdesign from the 15th - 17th of June 2022."

The decision was made after the festival received feedback from the design community.

"We have received so much incredibly positive feedback from our global design community, who don’t want to miss any of the exhibits, events, talks and activities that we have planned," festival founder Signe Byrdal Terenziani told Dezeen.

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With a number of visitors and brands attending both fairs, holding Salone del Mobile and 3 Days of Design during the same dates could conceivably have led to a loss of visitors, at a time when many trade shows are hoping to return to some form of normality after two years of disruption.

3 Days of Design joins other big names in postponing fair

3 Days of Design is one of the most important trade shows in Scandinavia and many Nordic brands are choosing to introduce new launches in Copenhagen rather than Milan.

In an interview with Anders Byriel, CEO of Danish textile brand Kvadrat, during last year's edition of the fair, he said Copenhagen is in a "golden age" where it is becoming a manufacturing centre comparable to Milan.

Byrdal Terenziani said 3 Days of Design grows with each year.

"In 2021, our festival counted more than 200 exhibitors, making this the largest design festival in Copenhagen to date," she said.

The 2022 edition of 3 Days of Design will have the theme "Remember to Play". Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created the concept for the branding and visual theme, which will feature a collage of Danish icons: a famous design, a typical dish and an architectural landmark in Copenhagen.

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Numerous other shows have been cancelled or forced to change their dates this year, including IMM Cologne, which has been cancelled, Maison&Objet, which has been postponed to March and the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which has been moved to September.

Dezeen recently published a guide to twenty-five of the best design weeks and festivals for 2022 and when they are taking place.

3 Days of Design will run from 15 to 17 June in Copenhagen. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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Natural Material Studio and Frama showcase algae and terracotta fabrics

Danish designer Bonnie Hvillum's Natural Material Studio has collaborated with multidisciplinary studio Frama on a collection of biodegradable materials made from algae, clay and foam.

The collection comprises three different fabrics that were turned into clothes, curtains and drapes, and showcased at Frama's Copenhagen showroom as part of last year's 3 Days of Design festival.

Above: Natural Material Studio unveiled new materials with Frama. Top image: the exhibition showed biodegradable clothes. Photo is by Natural Material Studio

The collaboration was the result of Natural Material Studio's long-running research into different types of natural materials.

"Some of the used materials were already in development when Frama's creative director Niels Strøyer Christophersen and I started having our meetings and talks about materials and our relations with them," Hvillum told Dezeen.

Door hangings were made from B-Foam. Photo is by Natural Material Studio

The fabrics that were shown at Frama's Copenhagen showroom were Alger, a seaweed fabric made from seaweed extract and softener, which is dyed with spirulina algae; and Terracotta, a clay-pigmented biofabric formed using a protein-based binder extracted from collagen and a natural softener.

Also on display were fabrics made from B-Foam, a foam material made from charcoal that Natural Material Studio has been developing since 2019. This was showcased at an earlier 3 Days of Design event, as part of design show Ukurant.

The three materials on display in the store are all biodegradable

"The seaweed textiles started during my research with Noma, but the terracotta bio fabric came up as a very impulsive idea we tried out, when we browsed for pigments we could use from Frama themselves," Hvillum explained.

"The B-Foam has been an ongoing research project for years and is used now in many different contexts, including fashion and furnitures."

Clothes were made from fabrics created from algae. Photo is by Natural Material Studio

The designer hand-casts the fabrics in wooden frames, in which they hang to dry for "a few days" before being cut out of the frames. All three fabrics are biodegradable.

"They are all based on a protein bio-polymer derived from waste," Hvillum said. "[The fabrics] are circular and bio-degrade within three months when exposed to soil and live bacterias."

Spores create patterns on clothes

As well as being made from natural materials, the fabrics have an organic look, with the algae ones featuring spores that give them a mould-like feel.

"The seaweed textiles contains live algae, which was used for pigmentations and colouring," Hvillum said.

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"They are alive and breathe the air," she added. "We didn't know exactly how the algae pigmentation would end up looking, and all the curtain and clothing pieces all turned out very individual and bespoke."

Eventually, Hvillum hopes the materials will come into everyday use, but she believes there still needs to be more research into these kinds of fabrics before commercialised standards can be set for them.

Pieces turned out "very individual and bespoke." Photo is by Natural Material Studio

"These are early-stage versions – beta versions, pilot versions, whatever we call them in other industries!" she said.

"They do not live up to quality standards for fabrics yet, but hopefully they will do one day with more research, testing and application trials continues," she added.

"This is a very important point because there is such a long step from early-stage research to commercial standardisation of all these new-age materials we see more and more of."

Terracotta clay was used to dye some of the fabrics

In order to make them commercially available, Hvillum believes more companies need to "be courageous" like Frama and focus on these kinds of natural materials.

"They will come into use gradually with smaller companies and brands that dare to be front movers, and are okay with not everything being fully standardized," Hvillum said. "This is nature we're talking about."

Hvillum's studio has previously launched projects such as the Shellware collection of ceramics made from discarded seashells from the Noma restaurant, while Frama is known for its minimalist design as seen in this interior for a Copenhagen bakery.

The photography is by Paolo Galgani unless otherwise stated.

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Peter Saville designs "rural graffiti" Technicolour collection for Kvadrat

Graphic designer Peter Saville has created his first-ever textile collection, Technicolour, which he designed together with Danish brand Kvadrat.

The collection was shown at Danish design festival 3 Days of Design, where Saville took part in a live-streamed interview with Dezeen editor in chief Marcus Fairs.

The collection was on show at 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen

It was informed by the colourful sprays used to mark sheep that roam the countryside, which create patterns that Saville calls "rural graffiti".

The way in which the bright colours stand out against the white wool was replicated in the Technicolour collection, which features upholstery, rugs and curtains.

The designer had worked with Kvadrat before and the company encouraged him to create his own textile collection. Saville then worked with Stine Find Osther, vice president of design at Kvadrat and Dienke Dekker, Kvadrat's design manager for rugs, on the designs.

Technicolour has its origins in Peter Saville's childhood

"It has its origins in my childhood – which is kind of weird for me, this collection is a bit like a biopic – but then came as an observation and as a concept during this period that I've known Kvadrat," Saville told Dezeen.

"It was about the way sheep are marked in the fields to distinguish ownership. I would look at this and it looked like graffiti in the countryside."

Rugs, upholstery and curtains all feature different interpretations of the design

Seeing the colour used on sheep, Saville described it as "quite loose and random-looking", and thought of how it could be adapted to work on fabrics.

"I started to think, what would happen if those colours weren't washed out?" he said. "What if they made their way through the entire industrial process as a kind of rogue, random agent in the machine?"

Sheer curtains were shown in Kvadrat's showroom

The resulting collection features this concept realised in a number of different ways – as sheer, almost neon-coloured curtains, shaggy white rugs with bright tufts of colour, and even a discrete upholstery fabric in grey with flecks of other colours.

The way in which the sheep are marked, with one colour that denotes who the owner is and other colours used to mark things such as lambing and vaccinations, is the whole premise of the project.

But Saville says that, without him noticing it himself, it also ties back to earlier work he has done.

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"Someone said to me: 'well, it's colour coding, Peter, isn't it, again?'" he said. "And I thought, I've done colour coding before – I'm quite known for doing colour coding. And yet I hadn't quite seen it as that."

"You do what you do. And there are certain things that you do instinctively and automatically and that's who you are. And this is actually all about colour coding."

Bales of wool were created for the launch

This is the first collection from Kvadrat that is designed by a British designer and uses wool from the UK that has also been woven and dyed in the country.

While Find Osther says the collection has the potential to be commercial, she adds: "We had no rules – it's 100 per cent gut feeling, this collection."

To Saville, seeing the samples come back when the collection was being developed was "like Christmas time," he said.

"It was like a great surprise to see the sampling begin to come back and seeing the whole thing evolve."

Technicolour is Saville's first textile collection

"And some of it was totally unexpected – I mean, the rugs are almost what I imagined in my mind's eye, but these upholstery textiles are much more subliminal; I couldn't imagine this, because I don't understand the processes well enough," Saville said.

"And I did not expect these net curtains. They're kind of phenomenal."

Saville is known for his album cover designs for Manchester-based record label Factory Records, which he began working with in the late 1970s.

He has since collaborated with numerous brands on projects ranging from creating a logo for Burberry to designing a trophy based on the shape of sex hormones for Pornhub.

Danish textile brand Kvadrat has previously worked with designers including the Boroullec brothers, and CEO Anders Byriel recently spoke to Dezeen about how he believes Denmark is in a "new golden age of design".

Photography is byBenjamin Lund.

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New golden age of Danish design sees Copenhagen rivalling Milan, according to Kvadrat CEO

Danish design is experiencing a "golden age" with Copenhagen becoming a manufacturing centre comparable to Milan, according to Anders Byriel, CEO of Danish textile brand Kvadrat.

"We've got some large companies and it's becoming like the area around Milan," he said, referring to the concentration of design-led furniture and lighting manufacturers in northern Italy.

Copenhagen becoming "third hub" after Milan and London

Byriel made the comments during the 3 Days of Design festival in Copenhagen last week, which saw dozens of design brands launch new products in showrooms and exhibition spaces across the city.

Business is booming, Byriel said, with local brands "growing on all parameters."

"I think Copenhagen is pitching in to be the third hub after Milan and London," he added. "It has a lot of energy."

Top: Anders Byriel is the CEO of Kvadrat. Above: the brand launched a collection of textiles designed by Peter Saville during 3 Days of Design

Byriel attributed the boom partly to global interest in the Danish lifestyle, which is perceived to be both stylish and sustainable.

This has been fuelled by a revival of interest in Danish design from the last century as well as the recent surge of interest in hygge, a Danish concept that strives to achieve cosiness and wellbeing.

"It's really a golden age"

Several heritage marques have rebranded and revived classic products from their archives. "Many companies have been very smart, combining the future with their heritage," Byriel said.

Meanwhile, a new generation of entrepreneurial business leaders has seen dozens of new company launches. "There are new brands starting on every street quarter," Byriel said. "I feel it's really a golden age".

The strong sense of social responsibility and community in Denmark also helps explain the boom, Byriel said, with companies helping each other out.

"It's very community based," he said, "There's a camaraderie. There are a lot of social bonds. The ecosystem keeps growing."

Vipp launched a supper club inside a converted pencil factory during the festival

Byriel pointed out that 3 Days of Design, a modest event that is now in its tenth year, runs along non-profit lines for the good of the sector.

"Somehow I think the power of this event is actually that it's very community based," he said. "It's not commercially driven. It's a non-profit. The organisation is a community organisation. You pay a small amount and you're in."

Copenhagen's balanced lifestyle "is attracting talent"

With no major trade fair as its anchor, the festival instead features events dotted around the city, often working together with Copenhagen's strong food culture.

This year's event saw local brand Vipp launch a supper club inside a converted pencil factory while Frama hosted dinners each evening in its studio inside a converted pharmacy. It also hosted a talk with Dezeen.

This community approach is also making Denmark a desirable place for talented people to live and work, Byriel said, with half of Kvadrat's staff now hailing from abroad.

"It's also something about welfare, society and of course lifestyle," he said. "The whole thing is blending together. It's more sustainable living and a balanced lifestyle. I think that's attracting talent."

Frama hosted a talk with Dezeen during 3 Days of Design

Danish architects have also shared in the success, Byriel said, with Bjarke Ingels Group and Henning Larsen among firms to have grown beyond their Copenhagen roots to become international studios.

"It's not only about a good lifestyle and creating a beautiful interior but also that things are driven by values," Byriel said. "We just need to watch out not to become too self-content."

Kvadrat, which is based in Ebeltoft in northern Denmark, was founded by Byriel's father, Poul Byriel, in 1968.

The textile brand launched a new collection of textiles by British designer Peter Saville at its Copenhagen showroom during 3 Days of Design.

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Bauhaus-informed chair and hemp vases feature in Ukurant Perspectives exhibition

Exhibition platform Ukurant has launched Perspectives, a showcase of emerging designers, in Copenhagen as part of 3 Days of Design.

Held in a high-ceilinged former library in the centre of Copenhagen, the show was curated by Ukurant founders and recent graduates Laerke Ryom, Kamma Rosa Schytte, Kasper Kyster and Josefine Krabbe Munk.

Works by 17 designers are on display at Ukurant Perspectives

Exhibition designers Frederik Gustav transformed the space, which showcases work by 17 emerging designers, to give the room the feel of a theatre.

"We see it as a technical room where we have a lot of backdrops and a lot of stage curtains that all, in different ways, set the stage for each artist and their different work," Frederik Gustav founders Frederik Weber and Gustav Dupont explained.

Stage-curtain backdrops divide the room

The designs are displayed in front of individual stage curtain backdrops, held up by blue strings that criss-cross beneath the ceiling and are weighed down by sandbag-like Ukurant tote bags.

This is the Ukurant exhibition, after the initiative premiered at 3 Days of Design last year, and features pieces by upcoming designers from all over the world.

Hemp Vases can be broken down and remoulded

Among the designs on show is Kristina Lula Brown's Hemp Vases series, which were developed to make use of a hemp byproduct that otherwise would have gone to waste or been used for rabbit and horse feed.

"The vases are made from hemp hurds – a bioproduct of industrial hemp – that was mixed together with chalk and water and then moulded by hand, before being given another layer of chalk and then a finishing layer of beeswax to make it smooth," the Danish designer told Dezeen.

The vases can eventually be broken down and mixed with more chalk and water in order to be remoulded, making for a design that is endlessly recyclable.

The Heavy Duty collection is made using industrial byproducts

Industrial designer Carsten in der Elst, from Cologne, Germany, also used waste materials for his Heavy Duty Collection 2020, which is comprised of five pieces that are all made from industrial byproducts.

"My pieces are made from the byproducts of a woodturner, an industrial forge press, an aluminium company, a construction site and a coating company," he explained.

The resulting furniture includes heavy circular side tables made from forged steel and chairs covered in polyurethane dust and shotcrete.

The Lath Chair was informed by Bauhaus design ideas

German designer Tanita Klein looked to create an accessible design with her Lath Chair, which was constructed from beechwood laths joined together using traditional wood joinery techniques.

"It was inspired a little bit by my German heritage," the designer told Dezeen.

"I looked to the Bauhaus movement in the 1920s, which was a lot about making design more accessible and for it to reach more people."

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"My chair is made from a very standardised wooden beam that you can get anywhere in Europe in different profiles," she added.

"This is just made from one profile and it's all about the wooden connections – the design of it is inspired by a super-stereotypical idea of a chair."

More than 200 designers applied to take part in the exhibition

The designers taking part in this year's Ukurant Perspectives exhibition were chosen from an open call for young global designers, which received more than 200 applications.

"When we pick out the works for this exhibition we value experimental character, craft and originality," co-founder Krabbe Munck said.

"When we enter 3 Days of Design, we really want to get in touch with the established scene," she added. "When we are here, we really think that we are on equal ground with the bigger companies."

Muuto showed some of its products on the upper shelves

This year's exhibition was supported by design brand Muuto, which showcased some of its goods on shelves above the main exhibition space and for which Ukurant designers Davide Ronco and Pablo Dorigo also created a sculpture.

According to the curators, working with a bigger brand didn't change the way Ukurant works.

Davide Ronco and Pablo Dorigo designed a sculpture for Muuto

"When Muuto contacted us and suggested this collaboration, it was very important for us to still be autonomous and do our own thing," co-founder Rosa Schytte told Dezeen.

"We are one thing and they are another thing and the interesting thing is the meeting between us. When we curated the show it was important that it was our decision and our perspective, to keep the young perspective which is the whole point of this."

Baptiste Comte created sculptural vessels called Monolith

The annual exhibition also works with a different graphic designer, exhibition designer and photographer each year, which it gives free hands to create what they feel is appropriate for Ukurant.

"We don't do a theme because we really want to see what inspires and interests the designers themselves and what is important to young designers right now, so I guess that can be the grand theme," Rosa Schytte said.

Ukurant Perspectives was held in a former library

"In the end, what's important to us is that when people leave here, they have a feeling," she added. "It doesn't have to be a good feeling, they can also feel provoked – but they have to feel something."

Ukurant Perspectives was awarded 3 Days of Design's prize for Exhibition of the Year. It was one of many design showcases at this year's 3 Days of Design, which also included the renovated Hay House 2.0.

Photography is bySofie Flinth.

Ukurant is on show at3 Days of Design from 16 to 26 September. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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Hay unveils renovated Hay House 2.0 during 3 Days of Design

Danish interior design brand Hay has completed the renovation and expansion of its shop in central Copenhagen, Hay House 2.0, which has been given a colourful update by the company's in-house team and now also holds a showroom and an events space.

Located in an art nouveau-style building on Amagertorv in central Copenhagen, Hay House 2.0 now spans four floors in the building, which has been home to the Danish interior and homewares brand for years.

A new showroom was created on the fourth floor

After an upstairs neighbour moved out, the company took over the two upper floors and used them to create a showroom and an events space that can also be used as a restaurant.

"We have been in the building for more than 10 years," Hay co-founder Rolf Hay told Dezeen. "We started out on one floor and two years ago we added another. And now we've added two more floors, so basically we have the whole building."

Vibrant colours and tiles by Nathalie du Pasquier decorate the store space

Co-founders Mette and Roy Hay designed the interiors of the new rooms themselves, together with Hay's in-house design team. The brand unveiled the spaces during 3 Days of Design, the annual Copenhagen design festival.

While the Hay store on the lower levels features plenty of the brand's signature vibrant colours, the new showroom, while still colourful, has a slightly more muted colour palette with a multitude of soft greys, greens and blues.

"This is a bit more of a professional space; it's a place where we meet architects, designers and dealers," Rolf Hay said.

A more muted colour palette was used for the upper floors

It also features some standout signature pieces, including a vibrant yellow sofa embroidered with dandelion flowers, wine glasses and vodka bottles called "The Aftermath of a Garden Party" by Icelandic artist Loji Höskuldsson.

For Rolf Hay, it was important to have these kinds of collaborative pieces on display in the showroom.

Artworks decorate the walls of Hay's new workspace

"When Hay is at its best it is somewhere in between art, architecture and the time we live in," he said.

"I think it has always been important for us to bring in artists," he added. "I think it's exciting with the right starting point. So it's nice to work with artists on and off – also in an industrial design context."

Large spherical lights hang from the ceiling of Hay House's top floor

An office space where the Hay team or clients can sit and work was also added to the fourth-floor showroom.

At the top floor, which has been turned into a space for events and was hosting lunches for visitors during 3 Days of Design, clusters of Hay's Nelson Ball Bubble Pendant hang from original wooden beams that create an intricate pattern beneath the high ceiling.

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The Hay team undertook a minor renovation of this new floor.

"We kept it quite true to the existing character; we took down some walls, enlarged some door openings and put a new floor up here – which is a process when you're on the fifth floor," Hay head architect Susanne Furbo told Dezeen.

"But apart from that we haven't made any structural changes to the building, we just looked at what we had and gave it a better flow."

Comfortable furniture is spread out in the events space

The events space also has a softer, paler colour palette than the store and the showroom, in order to make it clear that you're "entering another universe," Furbo added.

The main store space, which covers the lower two floors of the building, was also updated as part of the renovation.

Among the new features here is the New Order shelving system by Stefan Diez for Hay. Painted in a new blue colour, it entirely fills one of the rooms.

Stefan Diez' New Order shelving for Hay fills one room

Artworks by V1 Gallery in Copenhagen's meatpacking district as well as geometric tiles and paintings by artist Nathalie du Pasquier now decorate the walls of all floors of Hay House.

Hay House 2.0 opened during 3 Days of Design when the brand also launched a new handmade collection of origami dolls by Clara von Zweigberk and a furniture and accessories collaboration with Muller van Severen.

Previous Hay locations to feature on Dezeen include a pop-up co-working space in an 18th-century palace and the brand's first bricks-and-mortar store in North America.

Hay House was unveiled during3 Days of Design in Copenhagen, Denmark. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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Live talk from Copenhagen with Peter Saville on his rug collection for Kvadrat

In this live talk produced by Dezeen for Kvadrat, British graphic designer Peter Saville introduces his new Technicolour range of fabrics for the Danish textile brand. Watch live from 4:15pm Copenhagen time.

Saville, known as a prolific designer of record sleeves for acts like Joy Division and New Order, will speak to Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs live from Kvadrat's flagship showroom in Copenhagen.

Also appearing on the panel are Kvadrat's vice president of design Stine Find Osther and Dienke Dekker, design manager for Kvadrat's rugs.

Peter Saville has created the Technicolour collection for Kvadrat

The talk coincides with the launch of Technicolour, Saville's first ever textile collection comprising an upholstery textile, two curtains and three rugs.

The talk is streamed from within an exhibition of the same name installed in the brand's Copenhagen showroom, which tells the story behind the collection and exhibits its various components.

According to Saville, the collection draws from the bold colours commonly used to mark flocks of sheep and is thematically concerned with the boundary between pastoral and industrial.

"I am excited by how the collection brings the industry of the land, in raw form, into the living environment," he explained. "The collection elements offer an experience of texture and colour, ranging from the expressionistic to the subliminal."

Saville will be on the panel

Born in Manchester in 1955, Saville studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic and made his name as co-founder and art director for Factory Records, where he began designing record sleeves.

He moved to London in 1979, where his design consultancy clients included department store Selfridges, record label EMI and fashion houses such as Jil Sander, John Galliano, Christian Dior, Stella McCartney and Burberry. He has been creative director of the City of Manchester since 2004 and was the winner of the London Design Medal in 2013.

Saville is also the designer of the 2010 England football kit, the trophy for the 2019 Pornhub Awards, and a sticker riffing on his sleeve design for Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures to support the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic.

He has previously designed a visual identity for Kvadrat, and collaborated with architect David Adjaye to design the brand's London showroom,

Stine Find Osther will also be on the panel

As vice president of design at Kvadrat, Osther is responsible for the creative arm of the business. In her work with Kvadrat's collections, she collaborates with a wide range of external designers including Patricia Urquiola, Olafur Eliasson and the Bouroullec brothers.

Osther started working at Kvadrat in 2007 in the brand's product development team. She holds a masters degree in textile design from Kolding Designskole, Denmark.

Dienke Dekker will also be speaking

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Dekker is design manager of rugs at Kvadrat. She chose to specialise in textiles during her studies at Design Academy Eindhoven and founded her own studio in Rotterdam after graduating.

She has worked with brands including Kinnasand, Gan Rugs and Crafts Council, and has initiated a number of experimental textile projects as a member of the collective Dutch Invertuals.

This is taking place on 16 September in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of3 Days of Design. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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Watch our live talk with Frama at 3 Days of Design

Dezeen has teamed up with Danish design brand Frama and 3 Days of Design to host a live talk about how good design can enhance everyday living to mark the launch of Frama's new book Perception Form. Watch it live from 5:00pm Copenhagen time.

The talk has not started yet. It will start at 5:00pm Copenhagen time (4:00pm London time).

The talk sees Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs speak with Frama's founder and creative director Niels Strøyer Christophersen about his new book Perception Form.

The book features a selection of objects that have found their way into his life over the years and become special to him.

The talk marks the launch of Frama's new book Perception Form

The talk explores how objects can become profoundly significant to people and how the best design can enhance day-to-day life. It will also consider how the coronavirus pandemic has changed our relationship with the objects around us.

The event is being streamed live from the Frama Studio Store in Copenhagen as part of the 3 Days of Design festival.

Talk marks the launch of Perception Form book

The talk marks the launch of Perception Form, which his published by Frama's publishing arm Frama Literature.

During the talk, Christophersen will select some of the objects included in the book and explain their significance to him.

Niels Strøyer Christophersen is founder of Frama

Niels Strøyer Christophersen is the founder and creative director of Frama, a multi-disciplinary design brand that creates lifestyle objects that inspire the senses and encourage mindful living.

With an emphasis on natural materials, simple geometries, and uncompromising quality, Frama’s work connects the imaginative with the practical, resulting in a uniquely warm and honest aesthetic.

This talk takes place on 14 September in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of3 Days of Design and is being live-streamed online by Dezeen. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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Vipp converts former pencil factory in Copenhagen into supper club venue

Danish homeware brand Vipp has expanded into food by creating a venue for pop-up supper clubs inside the former Viking pencil factory in Copenhagen.

Set to launch during annual design festival 3 Days of Design, Vipp Pencil Factory is a 400-square-metre showroom space that will host guest chefs from around the world, creating a dining experience for up to 26 guests.

The space was originally a factory for Viking pencils

The space was styled by interior designer Julie Cloos Mølsgaard, combining furniture and accessories from Vipp's collection with pieces sourced from local design galleries including Etage Projects, 2112 and Galleri Nils Stærk.

Located in lslands Brygge, the pencil factory had been closed down since the 1970s, when Viking – the manufacturer behind Denmark's ubiquitous yellow school pencils – was taken over by a rival company.

Mølsgaard's design sees the large industrial space become more cosy and intimate, with the introduction of wooden furniture and flooring along with tactile fabrics in the form of curtains, rugs and cushions.

Vipp is using the venue to host pop-up supper clubs

The food will be made in Vipp's modular V2 kitchen, which sits at the centre of the space.

Wide concrete steps lead up to the dining space, where a long table with a matching limestone surface is accompanied by swivel chairs in black leather. Folded paper pendant lamps hang overhead, while large windows provide the backdrop.

Music performances will accompany the dinners

This understated colour palette extends to the lounge areas, where visual interest is provided by original artworks, ceramics and sculptural furniture pieces.

There's also a grand piano, which creates a space for music performances.

The space features muted textiles, wooden flooring and ceramic objects

"I set myself free to play around and experiment with a complimentary mix of Vipp classics, upcoming products, and prototypes," said Mølsgaard.

"Vipp Pencil Factory acts as sort of a testing lab where we can try out new ideas, forms and materials in unconventional ways."

Artworks and limited-edition design pieces were sourced from local galleries

The project is the latest in a series of new ventures for Vipp, which started out as a manufacturer of metal pedal bins.

The brand now also offers hotel stays – either in a prefabricated micro cabin in a Swedish forest, or in a loft apartment on top of its Copenhagen headquarters.

Vipp also recently launched a hybrid showroom in New York, which is used as both an exhibition space and a pied-à-terre for owners Sofie and Frank Christensen Egelund when they're in town.

The Viking pencil factory pop-up marks its first venture into the restaurant industry.

Food will be prepared in a kitchen at the centre of the space

Vipp Pencil Factory will officially launch during 3 Days of Design – taking place from 16 to 18 September – with a dinner prepared by Italian chef Riccardo Canella, a former R&D sous chef at Noma.

The public will be able to book space at future dinners.

Photography is byAnders Schønnemann.

Project credits

Project: Vipp
Interior design: Julie Cloos Mølsgaard
Floors: Dinesen
Curtains and carpets : Kvadrat
Paint: Jotun
Audio: B&O
Electric appliances: Miele
Shower: Dornbracht
Tiles: Made a Mano

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