Art, architecture and travel in Denmark
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Denmark - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Denmark.
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Anselm Kiefer’s lead airplane sculptures loom large at Copenhagen Contemporary
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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The C40 World Mayors Summit flags Copenhagen as one of the greenest cities in Europe
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Great danes: Denmark's new architecture has bite
At the forefront of modern architecture, Denmark is striking a balance between humanism and sky-high experimentation. From a Panda pen designed by BIG, to Dorte Mandrup's skyscraper proposal that will soar past the Shard; from a rooftop ski-slope, to a plan for a series of islets inaccessible to humans...
By Scott Bay Last updated
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Talent and textiles come together in a new project by Kvadrat Febrik
28 emerging designers from around the world create furniture and objects using Kvadrat Febrick fabric range
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‘Mother!’: artists interpret the many facets of motherhood in Denmark show
Fertility, sacrifice and surveillance are just some themes examined in the group show ‘Mother!’, at Denmark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, coinciding with Mother’s Day 2021
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3 Days of Design 2022: best of Danish design, and more
Explore the best new spaces and furniture launches from Danish and international brands and designers at Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design 2022
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Frama’s first atelier collection pays homage to modernist Kaare Klint
Copenhagen-based design brand Frama pays homage the father of Danish furniture design, Kaare Klint, with a new atelier collection
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A new Scandinavian midcentury design emporium opens in London
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Gillian Wearing keeps it in the family at Copenhagen’s National Gallery
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Copenhagen café named after architect Viggo Boesen’s lounge chair
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Danish brand Lindberg offers divine lightness and infinite variety
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Dahlman1807’s leatherwork is a labour of love
Ahead of the Dahlman1807 and Goods accessories collection launch on 23 May, take a trip down Danish design's memory lane
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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BIG’s Refugee Museum of Denmark addresses ‘one of the world’s greatest challenges’
BIG has converted and extended buildings at a Second World War Danish refugee camp to create the new Refugee Museum of Denmark
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Vertical Farm in Copenhagen reimagines sustainable food
We're looking up to tech specialist YesHealth Group and Nordic Harvest for their clever take on the future of food production
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Sporting inspiration triumphs at 3XN’s new Olympic House in Lausanne
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Olafur Eliasson’s first building completes in Denmark
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Popl wins Best Burger Bar: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
Designed by Danish architects Spacon & X, the new Popl in Copenhagen sees the world’s most influential restaurant chart a more populist course
By TF Chan Last updated
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This innovative Danish villa's CLT structure was constructed in just three days
Danish/German architect Jan Henrik Jansen collaborated with Australian architect Marshall Blecher on Villa Korup, a long, low and weathered steel-clad house in Denmark's island of Fyn, discreetly built using prefabrication methods and cross-laminated timber
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Fritz Hansen celebrates 150 years with pavilion by Henning Larsen
We take a look at Henning Larsen’s design for the Fritz Hansen pavilion, unveiled in Copenhagen during 3 Days of Design (15 – 17 June 2022)
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Copenhagen’s Designmuseum Danmark reopens after two-year renovation
Kaare Klint's Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen reopens on 19 June 2022, after a renovation project in collaboration with local practice OEO Studio
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Fritz Hansen marks its 150th anniversary with new collection
Fritz Hansen’s ‘Anniversary Collection’ features reissues of iconic pieces by Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjærholm, presented during 3 Days of Design 2022 (15 – 17 June)
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Noma Projects brings the world’s greatest restaurant into your kitchen
Noma Projects launches with a smoked mushroom garum for at-home cooking, the first in a series of products and media and environmental programmes set to make the famous restaurant more accessible
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Copenhagen’s cultural institutions, as recommended by leading Danish creatives
In collaboration with Visit Copenhagen, the city’s official tourism agency, Wallpaper* invites four great Danes – fashion designer Freya Dalsjø, chef Frederik Bille Brahe, interior and furniture designer Signe Bindslev Henriksen, and floral artist Julius Værnes Iversen – to tell us about their favourite Copenhagen museums, and how to make the most of the city’s creative scene
By Melina Keays Last updated
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Testing the water at Copenhagen's 1960s modernist swimming baths
Here, we revist our feature from the July 2012 issue of Wallpaper* (W*159), when we explored a refreshingly-designed Copenhagen public bathing complex
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Holy house: this Danish home brings together minimalism and hygge
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Elmgreen & Dragset's retrospective at the National Gallery of Denmark explores loneliness and solitude in contemporary culture
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Copenhagen’s Empirical Spirits offers a new textured tasting lab
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