Words By Allegra Salvadori

From minimalist poetry to maximalist flair, Copenhagen’s annual 3daysofdesign fair once again proved why it’s the thinking person’s design week. Set against the backdrop of one of Europe’s most design-forward capitals, the 2025 edition brought together bold debuts, quietly radical concepts, and tactile craftsmanship across furniture, lighting, and lifestyle objects. Marie Claire Maison Arabia navigated the city’s labyrinth of showrooms, pop-ups, and historic venues to uncover the pieces and brands shaping the future of living—through the lens of creativity, sustainability, and soul.

&TRADITION

Referencing the 1970s conversation pit, &Tradition introduced the Hi Lo Lounge—a spatial installation built around Anderssen & Voll’s new modular sofa. With exaggerated proportions and inward-facing lines, the design reimagines communal seating as an immersive, architectural experience. Form becomes landscape, inviting a slower way of being.

AUDO

In Monuments, Audo—alongside Norm Architects—reimagines Neoclassicism through the lens of contemporary minimalism. Set across Audo House, the installation balances symmetry and silence, sculpture and function, in a spatial essay on time, restraint, and enduring form. A design language where history becomes method, not memory.

BOLIA

At 3daysofdesign, Bolia offered a renewed vision of Scandinavian living—rooted in nature, crafted for adaptability. Their AW25 collection unfolded as a serene landscape of customisable forms, where design becomes a reflection of rhythm, light, and personal narrative. A quiet manifesto for beauty with purpose.

BOTANE STUDIOS

Botane Studios turned its showroom into a living installation—where sculptural vases, art, and floral compositions unfolded in quiet dialogue. Everlasting botanicals met tactile design in a space shaped as much by atmosphere as by object. A studio where nature is arranged, not tamed.

GUBI

In a series of immersive spaces, GUBI traces a lineage of Italian design—reissuing icons by Scarpa and De Carli while introducing new voices like AMDL CIRCLE. From sculptural forms to the atmospheric Beetle Bar and open-air Alfresco lounge, design here unfolds as narrative and encounter. A choreography of memory and modernity.

HAY

At HAY House, light takes center stage as material, gesture, and mood. New pieces by Ana Kraš, Julien Renault, and Romain Sillon—ranging from the soft glow of Ava to the sculptural Twist—explore how illumination defines space. A quiet choreography of shadow and form.

HEM

Kusheda Mensah’s Palma Pouf for Hem transforms seating into spatial punctuation—graphic, tactile, and playfully unorthodox. Designed to disrupt hierarchy and spark connection, each form invites both visual tension and communal ease. A gesture of softness with sculptural intent.

LEE BROOM

With Chant, Lee Broom distills the spirit of 1970s ecclesiastical glass into a luminous, geometric object. The new portable lamp—crafted from a single blown-glass cube atop a brushed metal base—merges sacred reference with sculptural precision. A quiet icon for indoor and out.

LOUIS POLSEN

Henrik Vibskov’s Circle Dome Square transforms Verner Panton’s Panthella Portable into a spatial installation of light and rhythm. Set within Copenhagen’s Kuglegården, the piece highlights how heritage design can be reimagined through movement, scale, and atmosphere. A dialogue between icon and interpretation. 

NUURA LIGHTING

In Solara, Nuura reimagines daylight as immersive poetry. Designed by Søren Lyngsø, the installation syncs shifting light and sound to evoke the sun’s movement—filtered, flickering, alive. A luminous meditation on rhythm, nature, and the sensory depth of light.

PORCELANOSA

In Mosaic Odyssey, Porcelanosa stages a dialogue between Spanish innovation and Danish craft within the Nils Stærk Gallery. Marble, ceramics, and wood become sculptural language—reframed through a collaboration with designer Emil Brandt Brøndum Brandhøj. A tactile meditation on material, memory, and method.