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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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Royal Danish Academy
10 Jun
Royal Danish Academy
Guided Tour in the Chair Collection
Address
Fabrikmestervej 10, København, Danmark
Start
10:30
End
11:30
10 Jun
Royal Danish Academy
Opening Here & Now at the Library
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Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 50, København, Danmark
Start
16:00
End
18:00
10 Jun
Royal Danish Academy
Royal Danish Academy & Dezeen: Opening Party Harbourside
Address
Fabrikmestervej 10, 1437 Copenhagen
Start
18:00
End
0:00
11 Jun
Royal Danish Academy
Guided Tour in the Chair Collection
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Fabrikmestervej 10, 1437 Copenhagen
Start
10:30
End
11:30
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9 Jun
A–N–D
A-N-D Opening Party
Address
Sankt Peders Stræde 45B, 1453 Copenhagen
Start
19:00
End
22:00
10 Jun
Designmuseum Danmark
The Great Material Shift / with Henrik Vibskov
Address
Bredgade 68, 1260 Copenhagen
Start
18:15
End
19:00
11 Jun
Rosendahl Design Group
Mingle: An Afternoon of Design & Connection
Address
Bredgade 18, 1260 Copenhagen
Start
16:00
End
18:00
12 Jun
Fredericia
Closing Bar
Address
Løvstræde 1, 1152 Copenhagen
Start
15:00
End
17:00
11 Jun
Nuura
Designtalk w/ Christian Flindt
Address
Frederiksgade 14, 2nd Floor, 1265 Copenhagen
Start
11:00
End
11:45
10 Jun
House of Finn Juhl x Edition Cph
Wine Hour & the Artistry of Craftsmanship
Address
Strandgade 66, 1401 Copenhagen
Start
14:00
End
16:30
11 Jun
UMAGE
UMAGE x SO SOCIAL TALK: Social Media and Retail Success
Address
Havnegade 29, 1058 Copenhagen
Start
16:00
End
16:30
11 Jun
FAT POWDER FRUIT SUGAR
FAT POWDER FRUIT SUGAR by Imogen Kwok at Noura Residency
Address
Noura Residency, Sankt Peders Stræde 35A, Copenhagen, Denmark
Start
19:00
End
21:15
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