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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To Christen Their New Dimes Square Gallery, Love House Kept It in the Family

This past month, Love House founders Jared Heinrich and Aric Yeakey debuted a new space just off Dimes Square in New York's Lower East Side; to christen the gallery, they curated their first group show ever — 60 brand-new works from the deep bench of contemporary design talent they've spent years fostering. The exhibition was titled, appropriately, The Family Show, and each artist or designer was asked to contribute a piece that represented their own interpretation of the theme.
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