I Expected to Love My First 3Days of Design in Copenhagen. But I Could Never Have Anticipated What Would Make It So Great.

If you can believe it, this was my first year attending 3DaysofDesign in Copenhagen, and I went to the fair, now in its 10th year, armed with absurdly high expectations. I knew that just existing in Copenhagen in early June — using Lime bikes to cycle around, drinking natural wine, eating smørrebrød — would set a good baseline for fun. But after my experience at Salone, which I wrote about here, I felt increasingly desperate for Copenhagen to mean something. I told people I was going because, as a chronicler of design fair culture, I felt compelled to see one that had become such a word-of-mouth success. But on a personal level, it’s like I needed Copenhagen to prove to me that design fairs were still worth attending. As hesitant as I am to say this — lest everyone frantically start planning their show next year in Denmark, which is simply not the right move for everyone — Copenhagen actually exceeded my expectations.
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The 9 Best Things We Saw at Frieze Week Los Angeles 2025

We would be remiss not to address the relatively somber mood the LA wildfires cast over this year's Frieze week, an event that typically traffics in the commerce (and celebration) of extreme wealth while, for the rest of us, turbo-charging the sleepy LA social calendar to a welcome, if exhausting, degree. There were still sales to be made and parties to attend, to be sure, but everything felt a little quieter, a little more contemplative — and important to everyone to somehow acknowledge the context in which the fair was happening, whether in content or conversation.
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