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MANU builds object-to-human relationships. Their objects are all ‘characters’ to live alongside — not bought and sold, but adopted. Working across waste streams, the material becomes both the starting point and the guide, allowing its limitations to shape the design of each object. They craft objects from PET bottles, lemon peels, or sand — depending on what’s available around them. MANU believes this philosophy can help us rediscover the value of finite raw materials, encouraging more respect and care for the objects we live with.

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17 Jun
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Afterlight Opening Party
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Vognmagergade 5, Parking Lot, 1120 Copenhagen
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16:00
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19:00
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20 Jun
Sustainable Style & Vegan Bites A Designpreowned Experience
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Frederiksgade 1, 4th Floor, 1265 Copenhagen
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12:30
End
14:00
18 Jun
Rezas
Bubbles with Rezas
Address
Illums Bolighus, Amagertorv 10, 1160 Copenhagen, Denmark
Start
16:30
End
19:00
19 Jun
Danish Art Workshops
Talk: Margrethe Odgaard & Sara Martinsen
Address
Gammel Dok, Strandgade 27B, 1410 Copenhagen
Start
11:30
End
12:30
20 Jun
Mater
Guided tour of the exhibition
Address
Købmagergade 3, 1150 Copenhagen
Start
13:30
End
14:00
19 Jun
Nuura
The Power of Light with Sofie Refer
Address
Frederiksgade 14, 2nd Floor, 1265 Copenhagen
Start
13:30
End
14:30
19 Jun
Stilling
Transparency in Motion: Curtain Design a a Dynamic Element in Contemporary Architecture
Address
Bredgade 22, 1260 Copenhagen
Start
14:00
End
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20 Jun
Louis Poulsen
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Kuglegårdsvej 19—23, 1434 Copenhagen
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10:00
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Højbro Plads 6, 1200 Copenhagen
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