If in 2024 we spoke of 3daysofdesign as the boutique event of European design, capable of opening stately homes, studios and ateliers to mix city and design, this edition confirms that intuition. The festival, held from June 10 to 12, 2026 under the slogan Make This Moment Matter, was once again unfolded in showrooms, galleries, workshops and urban routes where design is discovered by walking, almost by conversation. We bring you our three highlights after visiting Copenhagen.
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- From waste to material with presence
In Christianshavn, Material Matters functioned as one of the most accurate thermometers of the fair. There, sustainability became a material language through solid surface materials made from recycled plastics from household appliances, mycelium applied to furniture, olive pits transformed into boards, biocement, circular textiles, and plastics with a chromatic memory of their previous life.
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2. The everyday object as an icon
Another powerful trend was the elevation of the domestic sphere. Vipp once again demonstrated how a trash can can become a brand universe, including architecture; Rosti championed the Margrethe bowl as a functional and emotional piece; and ELVO recalled the value of endangered trades, such as the manual manufacture of cardboard boxes. Meanwhile, &Tradition revived Verner Panton’s Flowerpot on the designer’s centenary, with versions conceived but never made, emphasising that reissuing is about breaking the mould and looking again.
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3. Silent luxury, dark wood and tactile feel
In contrast to the glitz of the spectacle, Copenhagen opted for a luxurious attention to detail, highlighting solid oak in toasted or black tones, laminated wood veneer, colourful marquetry, steel and aluminium for their recyclability, and linoleum displaced from the floor to furniture surfaces and worktops. Even immersive experiences, such as Muun’s proposal for rest in dim light and with music, seemed to point to the same thing: how to design less to impress and more to refine perception.
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