Material Matters

Material Matters

Dates

10 Jun - 12 Jun, 2026

Location

Gammel Dok

Gammel Dok, Strandgade 27B, 1401 København, Denmark, Copenhagen

Material Matters

Material Matters is a platform exploring material intelligence in architecture and design through podcasts, exhibitions, and its annual fair. Following four editions in London, the fair made its Copenhagen debut at 3daysofdesign in 2025, where its material-led focus found a strong audience within the festival.

Returning to 3daysofdesign, Material Matters Copenhagen brings together 19 international exhibitors at Ukraine House. The programme spans wood, glass, textiles, waste, bacteria, concrete, mycelium, rice husks, paper, and more, highlighting designers, makers, manufacturers, and researchers working with materials in thoughtful and inventive ways. With participants from Hong Kong to Slovakia, the UK to Ukraine, the fair offers a broad view of how material research is shaping contemporary design.

VenueGammel Dok
TypeExhibition
Duration2 Days
CityCopenhagen

About

Material Matters

Material Matters launched as a podcast in 2019 with a simple idea. In each episode design writer and commentator, Grant Gibson, would talk to an artist, maker, designer or architect about their relationship with a particular material or technique and discover how it changed their lives and careers – a bit like a design version of Desert Island Discs. So why materials? Well as writers such as Glenn Adamson and Professor Mark Miodownik have pointed out, if we understand materials, then we understand how the world works. And if we understand how the world works, then we have a better chance of averting the climate emergency the planet is currently hurtling towards.

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