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.

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One of the most enduring furniture companies in Italy, Acerbis stands as a connoisseur’s benchmark of Italian design — a pioneer with 150 years of expertise, whose continual search for modernity has produced creations of stunning innovation. Today, that mission continues with fresh vigor. With industry leader MDF Italia acquiring Acerbis to elevate its presence in the international market, and creative directors Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces helming a dynamic path forward, Acerbis affirms its family-led lineage of cutting-edge vision, and its universe of designs that unite function and the avant-garde.
Acerbis
February 3, 2026
Furniture
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Ethimo is an Italian company founded in 2009 that specialised in high–end outdoor furnishings that express contemporary design in a balanced synthesis of form and function. Study of materials and shapes of elements speak of the tailoring of a knowhow consolidated over time and of all–Italian style. A fusion of art, nature, tradition, contemporaneity and design that finds its identity and balance in every project bringing alive an idea of outdoor living made up of harmony with nature and respect for the environment. Ethimo projects stress the importance of protecting and preserving the natural environment and awareness of the physical and mental well–being generated by contact with nature.
Ethimo
March 6, 2024
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Part of 2024
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Rethinking paper for architecture and exhibition design. Drop Paper sits somewhere between material innovation and spatial storytelling. Its ultra-light, non-woven surface—fibrous, flexible and quietly expressive—has become a go-to for designers working across exhibitions, events and interiors. It can be cut, folded and suspended with ease, yet retains a distinctive visual softness that comes alive when interacting with light.
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Materials
sackit designs furniture with a focus on comfort, quality, and longevity. Each piece is carefully constructed using durable materials and a thoughtful design approach. The Danish brand prioritises sustainability by incorporating reusable and recycled materials, staying true to its commitment to responsible production. sackit presents both in–house designs and collaborations with Danish designers. Rooted in Northern Denmark, the brand blends honesty and craftsmanship to create furniture for the home, office, and outdoor spaces, designed in quality materials and made to last.
sackit
January 31, 2024
Accessories
Furniture
Outdoor
Lighting
Part of 2024
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Jotun
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Lammhults convinces design as a great potential to improve everyday lives and to contribute to more meaningful and sustainable ways of living. The optimistic spirit is a defining characteristic of Lammhults – a vital part of their heritage since 1945. Lammhults develops contemporary design for various kinds of spaces – public spaces, modern offices, and domestic spaces. Inhabited spaces have a strong influence on oneself. Some spaces make you creative, social, and generous, others enable you to slow down and to reflect. Lammhults believes in the importance of that space. Good design contributes to shape dwellings and surroundings in ways that are relevant both today and tomorrow.
Lammhults
January 10, 2023
Dornbracht provides exclusive designer fittings and accessories for bathrooms, spas, and kitchens. The brand combines iconic design, uncompromising quality, and infinite design freedom, enabling architects and designers to create extraordinary spaces. Since 1950, Dornbracht has maintained a dedicated commitment to craftsmanship and perfectly proportioned design, with every product reflecting the utmost attention to detail. With the highest level of craftsmanship and limitless design freedom, every design detail can be customised. From subtle design modifications to unique, one–of–a–kind editions.
Dornbracht
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Marta is a Los Angeles–based, globally–engaged gallery for art and design. Founded by partners and designers Benjamin Critton and Heidi Korsavong in 2019, the gallery makes space for artists to experiment with the utility of design, and for designers to explore the abandonment of function. Marta’s curatorial and publication programs take interest in the process and facilitators of a work’s creation as well as the narrative of its creator(s). Marta embraces the intersection of and the transition between disciplines, advocates for diversity in design, and promotes broad access to the arts.
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