Materia 2026.
The second chapter of Project Materia. Nine internationally renowned artists each created one object in Matek™ - a circular material by Mater - and presented them together at Købmagergade 3 during 3 Days of Design Copenhagen 2026, before touring to Paris, London and the United States.
A material with no history.
Last year, Materia explored the weight of history through bronze, marble and glass. This June, during 3 Days of Design, the conversation shifted to a material that carries no history at all.
Matek did not come from the earth. It was pressed into existence from coffee shells, sawdust and recycled plastic. Yet it possesses a density and honesty that demands a seat at the same table as heritage materials.
Materia 2.0 asks what happens when we treat discarded resources with the same gravity we once reserved for marble.
Read about Matek & Mater →The cohort, gathered.
The artists.
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Cathrine Raben DavidsenPainter & Sculptor · Denmark - 02
Sophie DriesArchitect & Designer · Paris / Milan - 03
Willem van HooffSculptor & Designer · Eindhoven, NL - 04
Lea ColomboPhotographer & Artist · South Africa / Italy - 05
Onno AdriaanseSculptor and designer · Eindhoven, NL - 06
Jacob EgebergSculptor & Designer · Copenhagen, DK - 07
Forever StudioMultidisciplinary Design · Rotterdam, NL - 08
Filippo AndrighettoArchitect & Designer · Copenhagen / Treviso - 09
Oliver ThygesenFounder, CPHwood · Copenhagen, DK
From Copenhagen to the United States.
- 01 ·CopenhagenDenmarkKøbmagergade 3 · Ground floorKøbmagergade 3, 1150 København K (entrance directly from Købmagergade, across from Illum)
The launch of Project Materia 2026 - Materia × Mater - presented during 3 Days of Design Copenhagen (June 2026).
10–12 June 2026Read announcement → - 02 · ConfirmedParisFranceQuartz Cafe
The exhibition tours to Paris following the Copenhagen launch.
10–12 Sept 2026Read announcement → - 03 · ConfirmedLondonUnited KingdomMater Earth Gallery London 144
London is the third stop on the international tour.
14–17 Sept 2026Read announcement → - 04 · UpcomingUnited StatesUSATBA
The international tour concludes in the United States.
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