Denmark's 3 Days of Design fair has changed its dates to 15 to 17 June so that "the dates of the festival don't coincide with any other festival," after it was set to take place at the same time as Salone del Mobile and Design Shanghai.
The annual design festival in Copenhagen, which sees numerous showrooms open their doors to visitors and events and exhibitions take place across the city, was held in the autumn in both 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, its 2022 edition was set to go ahead in its more traditional early summer slot on 8 to 10 June.
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But after Salone del Mobile, the world's largest design and furniture fair, announced it was moving its dates to 7 to 12 June as the ongoing pandemic forced it to postpone its April dates, the two fairs were set to take place at almost the same dates. Trade fair Design Shanghai is also held around the same time, on 9 to 12 June.
Instead, 3 Days of Design has become the latest design fair to postpone its dates so far this year, choosing to move to the festival forward by one week.
The design event acknowledged the difficulty that the clash would have created in a post on Instagram.

 

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Above: 3 Days of Design announced the date change on Instagram. Top image: the Ukurant exhibition at last year's 3 ...