Among the bounty of ideas offered at 3 Days of Design 2023 in Copenhagen, one of the resounding themes was the dialogue around designer’s responsibilities to specify materials that can drive a move towards sustainable and low-impact production.
In ‘Three’, The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) looked to the next generation of Scandinavian designer-makers to highlight this message. Each representing one of three Nordic countries – Denmark, Norway and Sweden – the designers were matched at random with one of three plentiful and underused American hardwoods and encouraged to play, to explore the material and to tell their own story.
