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UMAGE takes its name from a Danish word meaning “making an effort,” reflecting the care and attention they put into design and its processes every day. Founded in 2008 by Jacob Nannestad Hansen and Søren Ravn Christensen, UMAGE is a B Corp–certified brand that blends Danish design with quality, sustainability, and affordability. Their furniture and lighting combine aesthetics, functionality, and environmental care, with flat–packed collections reducing emissions. Adaptable and versatile, UMAGE products fit homes and public spaces, with replaceable parts, recyclable components, and customisable options that ensure timeless, evolving designs for modern living, made to enrich everyday life.

For this year’s 3daysofdesign, UMAGE presents Spaces That Shape Us. Design shapes the way people live, work, gather, and feel. The spaces around us influence routines, mood, and connection. Some stay over time, shaping experiences, routines, and memories. At UMAGE, thoughtful design begins with understanding how people truly live. From multifunctional furniture to lighting that adapts throughout the day, each collection balances form and function with lasting quality. Rooted in Nordic values and guided by honest sustainability, the designs evolve with the spaces and lives they inhabit. With Spaces That Shape Us, visitors are invited into the world of UMAGE. A story of everyday living, shared moments, and most importantly: design.

Related Exhibitions
For 3daysofdesign, Chylak presents a series of site–specific works in bobbin lace, developed for the Copenhagen flagship store Baum und Pferdgarten. Rooted in a shared cultural narrative between Copenhagen and Warsaw, the works draw on the story of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s monument to Józef Poniatowski and its journey across time and place. At the centre of the exhibition is the horse motif, reinterpreted through delicate lace into a light, almost transparent structure bridging history, craftsmanship, and contemporary fashion. Installed in dialogue with the space, the works form a subtle “lace entrance,” creating a layered, immersive environment.
Zofia Chylak
March 12, 2026
Materials
Part of 2026
NORDST – Nordic Style, established in 2016 in Copenhagen, expresses a profound admiration for the Danish Design tradition. Over the years, it has operated as an OEM manufacturer for numerous leading furniture brands and continues to do so. The recent physical inauguration of its showroom on Grønningen in Central Copenhagen provides an excellent opportunity to introduce our their designs, grounded in its core principles. At NORDST, every design is seen as a challenge to be overcome through resilience and innovation. The company maintains its own production facilities in both Asia and Europe, ensuring that all designs are developed in-house without compromising quality.The primary material used in designs is natural stones in all shapes.
NORDST
January 20, 2026
Part of 2026
Portugal’s participation at 3daysofdesign under the Made in Portugal Naturally brand—presents Momentum, a curatorial concept exploring the dialogue between craftsmanship, cultural memory and contemporary design. Shaped by a deep connection to the Atlantic and the influence of the oceans, it reflects a culture rooted in tradition, innovation and material awareness. Through cork, textiles, wood, ceramics and metal, Portuguese design expresses continuity and transformation. Momentum highlights the ability to turn heritage into contemporary objects, positioning Portugal as a design ecosystem where craftsmanship, industry and innovation evolve together.
AICEP Portugal
December 11, 2025
Materials
Furniture
Part of 2026
Elis Monsport is a Czech multidisciplinary designer and visionary glass engraver working at the intersection of fine and applied arts. Inspired by landscapes, mountains, and the transformation of light, Elis Monsport translates natural atmospheres into glass with refined sensitivity and poetic precision. Specializing in engraved and kiln-formed glass, continuously expanding the material’s expressive and spatial potential. The work spans architectural elements, sculptural objects, mirrored installations, and collectible furniture that balance geometric clarity with organic fluidity.
Elis Monsport
February 1, 2026
Part of 2026
Other Exhibitions
Let’s create. Welcome to the intriguing world of Jess, where striking individual pieces come together to form one family. The brand designs, produces and sells furniture that is different, seductive and pure. Rooted in Dutch craftsmanship, its designs combine sleek lines, comfortable materials and contemporary frames, making them alluring additions to any space. Jess has been in existence for over 30 years and manufactures in the Netherlands. Familiar, pure and always unique. At Jess, designer furniture is not just a product, but a passion. Every design is created with that same drive and made to fit naturally into a wide range of projects, with endless possibilities in colours, materials and frames.
Jess Design
February 12, 2024
MOTARASU crafts design objects within lighting, furniture and interior that unites the clean, functional elegance of Danish design with the poetic beauty and refined simplicity of Japanese aesthetics to bring joy. Dedicated to creating timeless, sustainable pieces that evoke tranquillity and harmony, transforming everyday spaces into serene environments. By blending the best of both cultures, MOTARASU aspire to induce mindful living, elevate interiors with pure forms and natural materials, and infuse them with a quiet, understated elegance that speaks to the soul. During 3daysofdesign MOTARASU launches a new pendant by Ryota Yokozeki.
MOTARASU
February 14, 2022
Duni Lighting Solutions a Swedish design brand aiming to become the global leader in cordless ambience lighting. The brand transforms light into atmosphere, shaping emotion and identity from hospitality spaces to workplaces and homes. Working with world leading designers, engineers, and partners, d.ls combine design, technology, and human insight. d.ls Essential and d.ls Pro collections offer attractive solutions and at the core of the offering is the d.ls Modular platform enabling endless flexibility in style, forms, finishes empowering designers to design their own lamp. Rooted in longevity, serviceability, and with some products in recycled materials & 3D printed, d.ls strive to be the most sustainable partner in its field.
Duni Lighting Solutions
March 25, 2026
Established in 2020 in Armenia, OCHRE merges artistic ideas with artisanal expertise to craft objects for everyday life. At the heart of OCHRE’s practice is wool—a material that serves as both a physical foundation and a source of reflection. Yet wool is a starting point, never an obligatory final destination. In recent years, OCHRE’s collections have expanded into the world of embroidery, ceramics, and beyond. OCHRE creates objects for everyday life, guided by a search for more sustainable ways of relating to materials, to histories, and to one another.
OCHRE
January 28, 2026
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