Pleated timber, old floorboards and translucent resin were among the materials used to make six of the most interesting seating projects by emerging creatives on show at 3 Days of Design.
Concluding today, this year’s 3 Days of Design featured a broad range of furniture, including everything from pieces crafted from fluffy mycelium to Kusheda Mensah’s much-anticipated many-fingered ottoman.
As Denmark’s most significant design week draws to a close in Copenhagen, we have rounded up a selection of chairs and benches by lesser-known designers who are making their mark on the industry.
Orbit by Tina Frey
San Francisco-based designer Tina Frey was informed by astronomy and meditation when creating Orbit, a collection of resin furniture featuring a spherical, four-seater bench.
The designer sculpted the seating in clay before it was moulded and cast in a solid block of distinctively translucent pink resin. Frey has plans to create more Orbit furniture in different materials, including bronze.
“You can really see the intersections of the curves when the light passes through the seating,” Frey told Dezeen. “When I launch pieces in bronze, it will be a completely different effect.”
Pleats Bench by Didi Ng Wing Yin
Dezeen Awards emerging designer of the year 2024 Didi Ng Wing Yin is showcasing a pleated timber bench as part of the Unplugged exhibition in Rosengård.
Known for his meticulous treatment of wood, the Helsinki-based creative used locally sourced Finnish spruce to design the bench, which he made to follow the inherent qualities of the natural material.
Ng split strips of timber, turning the inner wood grain outwards to create a texture that resembles swathes of soft fabric.
Pivot by Henri Judin
Finnish designer Henri Judin looked to the clean utilitarianism of sauna benches when creating Pivot, a wooden lounge chair that uses a simple swivel mechanism to stow away its upholstery if necessary.
The back of the chair is fitted with a slatted top that, when tipped forward, creates a protective lid for the chair.
“Pivot is designed to solve the common hassle of constantly moving cushions to protect them from the rain,” said Judin, who is presenting the furniture at the 10 Days of Summer exhibition in the city centre.
Floor to Chair by Aida Maria Bolouri Rasmussen
Royal Danish Academy furniture design graduate Aida Maria Bolouri Rasmussen collected old floorboards and transformed them into a sleek timber chair with a gently curving backrest.
The designer took advantage of the floorboards’ rectilinear shape and various existing holes to create the furniture, removing knots and nails to smooth and connect the floorboards with screws.
“A lot of my prototypes used flat backrests, but a curved one proved the most comfortable,” Bolouri Rasmussen told Dezeen, whose project forms part of the Royal Danish Academy architecture and design degree show.
Blue by Lærke Ryom
Discarded denim clads two chairs and an ottoman by Danish designer Lærke Ryom, who is showcasing her seating at Unplugged.
The Copenhagen-based creative repurposed worn-out jeans stripped of their seams, zips and pockets to make the blue-hued upholstery, which she wove together to form a new and many-layered textile arranged to look like frothy waves.
Ryom is the co-founder of Ukurant, a Danish exhibition platform for young designers.
Good Wood by Asger Emil Didriksen
Royal Danish Academy furniture design graduate Asger Emil Didriksen used CNC machining to create Good Wood, a rounded dining chair made from locally sourced larch.
The designer, whose work forms part of the university’s degree show, sought to explore the idea of comfort through a single species of timber, which should change depending on what is naturally available.
“Prioritising the cultivation of tree species in synergy with the surrounding nature, and well-suited for a particular area, fosters the development of healthy, long-term resilient and naturally regenerative forest ecosystems,” said Didriksen.
3 Days of Design 2025 takes place from 18 to 20 June across eight districts in Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information about events, exhibitions and talks, visit Dezeen Events Guide.
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