Royal Danish Academy

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The Royal Danish Academy—Architecture, Design, Conservation strives to be an active, creative and leading actor in society by contributing to tackling the major national and global challenges of our time. The Royal Danish Academy is a research and educational institution that is drawing on a historical foundation within the fields of architecture, design and conservation. Based on a solid tradition the Royal Danish Academy constantly develops its subject areas by uniting three fields of knowledge: academic research, artistic research and professional practice, which are three different ways of discovering, inventing and creating.

Set at the harbour–side home of the Royal Danish Academy’s Institute of Design, Product & Material, Here & Now celebrates design innovation. It presents new furniture design inspired by antiquity, marking the 7–year anniversary of a collaboration between Egyptian artisan–manufacturers and Academy students.The exhibition is accompanied by an outdoor installation of experimental ceramic furniture by Academy faculty. The Academy Library hosts three related exhibitions featuring graduate process work, lighting prototypes developed with Focus Lighting, and projects from the Academy Startup Hub. Tours of the Academy’s Chair Collection run through the day, while evening DJs & bars provide a relaxed setting for professional exchange and dialogue.

Related Exhibitions
For over 20 years, ARCHITECTMADE has carefully crafted designs from Denmark’s most visionary architects. Rejecting mass production, the brand focuses on a select few creations, each defined by uncompromising quality and timeless appeal. With meticulous craftsmanship at its core, every piece is made to become part of daily life for generations, creating an alternative to throwaway culture.
ARCHITECTMADE
February 14, 2022
Accessories
Part of 2022
Part of 2024
Part of 2025
Part of 2026
Damixa is rooted in Danish design and creates refined, built–to–last kitchen and bathroom tap–ware. Part of FM Mattsson Denmark, the brand has delivered tap–ware since 1932. The focus is on clean forms, precise proportions, durable finishes and responsible water use, with solutions designed to help reduce water and energy consumption without compromising comfort. The range is developed with project specification in mind, offering a coherent design language across spaces and applications. At 3daysofdesign, Damixa presents aesthetic collections of taps, showers and accessories for indoor and outdoor settings, made for architect–led projects and long–term visual appeal.
Damixa
February 5, 2026
Part of 2026
Accessories
Bath
Outdoor
Italian creativity, artisan tradition and international vocation are the distinctive traits of Potocco, a family–run company that has been studying and creating furniture for indoor and outdoor environments for almost a century. Founded in 1919 by Domenico Potocco in Manzano (UD), as a small artisan workshop for the production of chairs, Potocco has evolved over the years into a large industrial reality, specialised in the production of home and contract furnishings. A history of excellence that covers the entire 20th century, along a trail of growth which—from its participation to the first Salone del Mobile trade fair as a founding partner—has led Potocco to collaborate with important brands.
Potocco Italy
March 9, 2026
Furniture
Outdoor
Part of 2026
Piet Hein (1905—1996) embodies timeless Scandinavian design, seamlessly blending functionality, mathematics, and aesthetics. Renowned for creations like the Superellipse Table, the Sinus Lamp, and the Great Bear candelabra, his designs unite beauty and practicality with a deep intellectual foundation. His legacy extends beyond design, with his famous Grooks—witty, philosophical poems—illustrating his visionary thinking. Today, Piet Hein A/S, a family–owned company, continues his tradition of innovation, ensuring his creations remain relevant for generations.
Piet Hein
January 7, 2025
Lighting
Accessories
Part of 2025
Part of 2026
Other Exhibitions
Selected BySecher was launched in 2020 with the aim of reintroducing carefully handpicked furniture by lesser–known Danish designers and furniture architects. The collection presents timeless lighting and furniture crafted with exceptional workmanship, high quality and a strong attention to detail. Each Selected BySecher piece is designed as a refined addition to modern interiors. Selected BySecher is part of Gallery Secher Fine Art & Design, which has specialised in fine art, design and furniture classics since 2002. Everything at Secher in Copenhagen reflects a deep passion for, and knowledge of, classic Danish design and craftsmanship.
Selected BySecher
February 10, 2023
Dignity Design is a collaborative platform and movement exploring how design can restore dignity in vulnerable stages of life through design. Founded by Danish designer Anker Bak and strategist Jonas Sølberg, it brings together design, care, and human experience. It rethinks how products, spaces, and systems shape moments of transition, proposing a new paradigm where care, tactility, and emotional awareness are central to everyday life.
Dignity Design
January 22, 2024
Exakt MFG is a brand combining artisanry and state of the art industrial technology. The design principle is based on a pursuit of beauty and the tools are reduction, practicality and longevity. Every piece is designed and manufactured in-house in southern Sweden, drawing on decades of making high-end bespoke furniture and kitchens. No external factories, no gap between intention and execution. The same hands follow each object from first sketch to finished surface. Beautiful objects are resolved objects — every element present because it earns its place, nothing added to compensate for what isn't working underneath.
Exakt MFG
February 4, 2026
United by a focus on material awareness, production quality, and design integrity, the Objects of Desire exhibition presents contemporary practices developed through considered processes and skilled execution. This exhibition establishes a platform which convenes a selected group of international designers and makers working beyond mass production. Designers explore form, technique, and detail through processes informed by material properties and production methods. The exhibited objects are the result of in-depth material research, technical expertise, and time–intensive development.
Objects of Desire
April 13, 2026
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