Cutting-edge rugs were on show at 3 Days of Design.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark's largest city hosted its 13th edition of 3 Days of Design, a city-wide design festival held June 10-12, and prestigious European area rug labels, younger upstarts and even a NYC atelier showcased a range of new innovative designs and weaves at the Copenhagen event.

While the fair is a must on the design circuit for professionals, it is also open to the general public and free to attend. The exhibition's theme Make This Moment Matter showcases making conscious choices about the designs brought into the home and interior settings.

RugNews.com editors take you on a tour of our favorite 3DOD area rugs presented across showrooms, galleries, shops and various other venues throughout the Danish capital.

AUDO COPENHAGEN


Audo Copenhagen, Tile Rug by designer Kroyer-Saetter-Lassen

Danish furniture and furnishings maker Audo Copenhagen, part of Flos B&B Italia Group, showcased its new furniture, lighting and rugs. A highlight is its Tile Rug, designed by Kroyer-Saetter-Lassen, which offers a structured geometric motif constructed from loop and cut pile crafted from a blend of New Zealand wool, jute and cotton.

CC–TAPIS


Cc-tapis, Dedalo by studioutte. Photo: Eline Willaert

Contemporary Milan-based rug company cc–tapis returned to Copenhagen and showcased its imaginative approach to rugs which are designed in partnership with forward–thinking creatives. The rug atelier featured a preview of Dedalo, a new collection designed by studioutte. The collection offers motifs inspired by grids, pathways, and modular patterns in three distinct weave constructions: Hydra, Cardo, and Cnosso. Each design explores a different relationship between knotted surfaces, geometrical compositions, and embroidered threads.


Cc-tapis, Dedalo's Cardo by studioutte

DUSTY DECO


Dusty Deco, Lisboa rug

Founded by Edin and Lina Kjellvertz and based in Stockholm, Dusty Deco showcased a range of furniture, rugs and accents at two distinct locations at 3DOD, each offering a uniquely curated environment. At Store Renegade 2, in collaboration with its exclusive Danish partner Nuvole, a refined living room setting was showcased. The second exhibition was at Strandgade 36, within a 250-year-old listed building in historic Christianshavn, where a fully furnished apartment brings together new, updated, and old works with art and collectible objects.
Rugs, which were the duo's first category when launched ten years ago, are handcrafted from 100 percent wool with a cotton backing, with unique patterns and colors, and a favorite updated high-low Moroccan-inspired Lisboa took center stage.

EGE CARPET


Ege Carpet, Superflex

Danish commercial carpet source Ege Carpet created a special exhibition in its 3 Days of Design showroom with Danish fabrics developer and manufacturer Gabriel dubbed The Shape of Perception, which was developed in collaboration with anthropologist and designer Rikke Skytte. The exhibition launches Ege Carpet's new Superflex – a collection defined by freedom and flexibility. It explores natural surfaces, texture, faded woven textiles, gradients, and the interplay of color, light and shadow,


Ege Carpet, Superflex

FINARTE


Finarte: Columbus, hanging right, Apollo on the floor, and Iris, hanging front

Finarte is among Finland's top design houses for rugs and soft accessories inspired by Finnish weaving traditions, especially the räsymatto (rag rug). The company collaborates with Finnish designers and Indian artisans to reinterpret traditional craftsmanship, redefining Nordic design. Featured was the Apollo rug, a contemporary take on the Finnish rag rug traditionally handwoven of up-cycled cotton. Another showcased design is Columbus, a best-selling design created by company co-founder Eija Rasinmäki in the late 1990s, and one of her very first wool rug designs. It was re-issued last year as part of the company's Anniversary Collection.

JAN-KATH DESIGN


Jan Kath: hanging rear top Doto; hanging below, Andolo; and on the floor, Kirman Robson Artwork 19. Photo credit: Tine Bek

German contemporary luxury rug atelier Jan Kath Design featured its richly colored Erased Artwork collection, which blends abstract and ornamental elements, hand-knotted of highland wool and silk. After each carpet has been hand-knotted in Agra, India, it undergoes an “antique finishing” process developed especially for Jan Kath. Over several weeks, the fibers are deliberately treated with fire and water creating a lived-in look. Jan Kath's rugs are certified for sustainability by the Swiss label STEP.


Jan Kath, Mamluk Kensington Raved, hanging rear, and Tabriz Canal Aerial, right. Photo credit: Tine Bek

KASTHALL


Kasthall Bonbon

Kasthall, a maker of luxury rugs crafted in its own mill in Kinna, Sweden, combines industrial craftsmanship with human skill. For 3 Days of Design, Kasthall together with furniture maker Vaarnii takes over Café Pegasus at Den Frie in an exhibition curated by Ark Journal. Kasthall presented its latest collaboration with award-winning international design studio Barber Osgerby, launching the new Atlas and Bonbon collections. Atlas features a double-weft construction that lends the rug a substantial tactility. Bonbon offers a denser weave and the rug layers tone-on-tone yarns for depth, ending in a triple-shuttle looped edge for a tailored and tactile finish.

KATEHA


Kateha Mimic in raspberry cream

Kateha, a Swedish family-owned company, designs and creates flatwoven, piled or tufted rugs crafted of natural materials. It showcased the company's favorite classics and pieces from its latest collection, including the handwoven Mimic semi-pile rug of pure New Zealand wool with a hemmed linen edge.

LAYERED


Layered Teklan Labyrinth in coral pink

Stockholm's Layered creates handcrafted area rugs that feature the company's bold vision and sustainable mindset. At the design fair, it presents the Cord collection, created in collaboration with the Stockholm-based furniture producer Massproductions. Cord consists of four handwoven wool rugs that explore the intersection of industrial rigor and handcrafted texture. The collection integrates its signature stripe directly into the warp. Another featured lineup is the new Labyrinth lineup, handcrafted from 100 percent wool. Created in collaboration with Swedish colorist and designer Tekla Evelina Severin, the Artist Series Teklan collection balances architectural structure with playful experimentation, moving beyond color-blocking and basic forms into a more refined exploration of framing, optical effects, and three-dimensional illusions.

LINIE DESIGN


Linie Design Aurora Lume Spectrum

Danish design house Linie Design, with traditions rooted in Scandinavian design, is a prominent developer of European handmade rugs. For 3DOD it creates Palette Muse, an exhibition that explores the sensory and artistic potential of textiles through color and rhythm. Hand-drawn sketches are transformed into hand-woven rugs and the exhibit featured the new Aurora Lume Spectrum designed by Urd Moll Gundermann. This rug features an organic silhouette shaped by hand-drawn lines and defined color fields woven of hand-carded wool and linen. Another showcased design is Vivid Rush, also designed by Gundermann. It brings together segments of soft color within flowing, hand-drawn lines. The two-toned, hand-spun wool reveals subtle shifts in color and variations in pile height for added tactile richness.

MOLTENI&C


Molteni&C D.754.1 by Gio Ponti

High-end furniture brand Molteni&C showcased its newest Made in Italy contemporary furniture and also resurrected its iconic D.754.1 rug designed by Gio Ponti in 1954. This shaped geometric rug is made of pony hide leather with a faceted geometric design and shape.

NANIMARQUINA


Nanimarquina Matiz by Julie Richoz

Spanish-design label nanimarquina is dedicated to handcrafting contemporary rugs and regularly partners with renowned international designers. It is also certified Climate Neutral, meaning it measures, offsets and reduces its carbon footprint. It unveiled its latest 2026 collections as part of the FRAMING exhibition. Among the introductions is Matiz, a collection by French designer Julie Richoz. This dhurrie lineup introduces an innovative dyeing technique, where a woven base is over-dyed to create subtle contrasts and unique variations in each piece. Entirely handcrafted, no two rugs are alike and the collection features a refined balance between color, texture, and craftsmanship.

NODA ITALIA


Noda Italia, Dama Belt Rug

The Italian Embassy in Denmark, located in an elegant historic residence in the heart of Copenhagen, was transformed during 3 Days of Design. In collaboration with the Italian Danish design studio Rinata Milano, the venue hosted a special exhibition within the elegant reception rooms of its residence in Copenhagen, featuring a curated selection of representatives of Italian design and craftsmanship.

Among the showcased brands was Noda Italia, a maker of contemporary outdoor furniture and rugs. Featured were the latest interpretations of the company's Dama Belt Rug Outdoor, a high-performance series crafted from Olyna yarn featuring an artisan woven belt design, handmade in Italy.

NORDICMODERN


NORDICMODERN VK-8 (rust)

NORDICMODERN presents the woven rugs of Danish textile artist Vibeke Klint (1927–2019), reissued in collaboration with her family. Klint approached textiles as part of the interior -- working with proportion, rhythm and color to create calm foundations rather than décor. All rugs are handwoven using her original designs and techniques, continuing a Danish modern textile tradition in a contemporary context. The Vibeke Klint collection includes ten designs.

REZAS


Rezas New Age collection by Gabrielle Jangeby

Rezas, a renowned rug brand that combines Nordic design with traditional craftsmanship, showcases its latest high-end handmade rugs, and introduces its newest Everyday machine-woven pieces. Among the new rugs presented was a piece from the New Age collection designed by Gabrielle Jangeby, of DIS Design in Stockholm. This collection features an abstracted organic linear design across a mostly solid ground. Pieces are hand-knotted using high-quality New Zealand wool in a dense and thick construction. The company showcased a range of styles from its machine-woven Everyday Oushak collection.


Rezas Everyday Oushak

STYLESCAPE


Stylescape Serra

Stylescape, a Norwegian furniture and area rug studios rooted in the idea of quiet, timeless living. The brand creates objects that balance soft minimalism, natural materials and refined craftsmanship. For the fair, it presented high texture solid color high-low motifs and organic tonal designs. Featured was its Serra rug, hand-tufted of premium New Zealand wool and viscose. The softly flowing geometric pattern is hand carved. The Nordic Light 07 rug offers a modern Moroccan-inspired design. Hand-knotted of New Zealand wool


Stylescape The Nordic Light 07

VANDRA RUGS


Vandra Rugs Velvet Check in white by Maja Johansson Starander

Ukrainian Rug atelier Vandra Rugs, founded in 2007, crafts handmade rugs that blend contemporary design with craftsmanship. Made from high-quality natural materials like cotton, wool felt, wool yarn, and linen, the company presented Velvet Check from rug designer Maja Johansson Starander. The rug reworks the classic checkerboard pattern into a contemporary statement. Flatwoven twill sections form a structured grid, framed by plush rya-knotted stripes to create a thick, plush texture. Tighter single-weave areas enhance the rug’s definition, while subtle metallic yarn details are woven in like hidden gems.

WARP & WEFT


Warp & Weft Blocks in apricot

Warp & Weft, a boutique design studio based in New York City, returns to its second 3 Days of Design and presents its Lineage collection, which reflects on over 25 years of hand-knotted and handwoven practice. Made by artisans in Nepal and finished in Switzerland, each rug embodies material integrity and enduring design. Among the showcased designs is Blocks, a sophisticated geometric motif rendered in soft neutrals and apricot, hand-knotted of wool and silk. And Veranda, in a deep burnt orange hue, offered a softly textured tonal barely-there geometric motif, also hand-knotted of wool and silk in Nepal.


Warp & Weft Veranda in ember