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13/06/2026

3DaysOfDesign 2026 🇩🇰

05/06/2026

returns to Copenhagen 10–12 June with the theme ‘Make this Moment Matter’. As always, we’ll be there! Here are thirteen highlights we think are going to be worth seeking out this year…

opens the Sound Club — Sound Club considers how sound defines the character of a space - how it shapes the way we move through it, where we pause, and how we relate to what’s in it.

hosts a party at , where you can also shop a curated selection from the aarticles collection.

presents ‘A Chronicle of Danish Design’ — a look at the heritage and craft behind one of Denmark’s most enduring furniture makers.

presents ‘Greater Than the Sun’, an installation exploring the modularity and endurance that has defined the brand for over 60 years.

marks the PH legacy with a dedicated exhibition — a focused look at Poul Henningsen’s thinking on light, glare and the designed room.

Exhibition platform Ukurant returns after a year’s absence with ‘Ukurant Makes Room’ — 26 emerging designers shown on paper podiums at Fabrikken, with a focus on process and making.

The ‘Aalto 90 Pavilion’ by celebrates Alvar Aalto’s enduring contribution to modern design.

At the Italian Embassy, ‘Sole Vince — The Italian Table’ traces a living dialogue between tradition and contemporary practice through objects, furnishings and material expressions united by the idea of the table as destination.

stage and exhibition at to reflect on the dialogue between HAY and the established and emerging designers who shape its evolving collection
circle returns with sharp curation featuring , and among others.

marks the opening of SCENES — a study of the contemporary home as curation — with seaside drinks in the afternoon.
world looks beyond the table once more, bringing together objects and traditions across cultures.

and collaborate on a popup inspired by the green outside the Louis Poulsen showroom — the sweetest stop of the week.

Follow along with UTILITY throughout the week.

04/06/2026

Founded in Milan in 1945, is the oldest Italian lighting company still operating — and the designers who shaped 20th century Italian design, Joe Colombo and Vico Magistretti among them, built some of their most important work here.

The Atollo. The Coupé. The Spider. Pieces that have been in continuous production for decades, collected by museums, and copied by almost everyone else.

Oluce at Utility — available online and in our Liverpool showroom. Click the link in bio to explore the collection.

14/04/2026

The String Shelving System started as a competition entry.

A simple brief.
Lightweight. Affordable. Easy to ship.

It won.

And went on to become one of the most recognisable shelving systems of the 20th century.

The appeal is straightforward.

It’s modular.
It adapts.
It grows with you.

Light in both form and feel.
Precise. Considered. Not overdesigned.

It works anywhere.
And it doesn’t date.

Which is why people keep coming back to it.

→ You can experience String in our showroom. Or shop it online and in store at Utility

09/04/2026

Togo | Michel Ducaroy, 1973

Every contour of the Togo is shaped with intent, where skilled hands bring the material to life.

From the designer’s sketch to the upholsterer’s touch, every step celebrates craftsmanship and attention to detail.

Made in France, where precision and mastery transform an idea into a design icon.

Experience Togo in our showroom today.

01/04/2026

Utility x The Modernist | Thursday 16th April at 6pm

Join us for an evening of design and architectural insight as professor Richard Brook of Lancaster Univeristy and Dominic Wilkinson of Liverpool School of Architecure, along with Eddy Rheas of explore Liverpool’s post-war renewal and the forces that shaped the city we see today.

Hosted by Utility at our Baltic Triangle showroom. Tickets available via www.the-modernist.org or via the link in our bio.

31/03/2026

30/03/2026

You’re probably familiar with this icon, but did you know the design was inspired by a bicycle?

On a bike ride through Dessau (the home of Bauhaus) in 1925, designer Marcel Breuer was struck by the strong, minimal construction of his bicycle and thought “if it can work for a bicycle, then why not furniture?”

At the time, furniture largely followed the logic of wood. Breuer’s move into tubular steel was a shift in thinking. The result was a chair (originally named Model B3) with a continuous steel frame, polished and precise, with leather panels stretched across it.

The chair later became known as the Wassily Chair, named after Russian painter, Bauhaus master and admirer of the design, Wassily Kandinsky.

Produced today by the Wassily Chair is a recognised design classic. A piece of history that looks more like a piece from the future. Furniture as art.

Available today at Utility, and on display in the Utility Showroom in Liverpool.

20/03/2026

3 worlds. 1 shared love of design.

A look back at the January launch of Puma’s CELL GEO at This Thing of Ours.

CELL GEO reimagines one of Puma’s most iconic running technologies with a progressive, premium design, anchored by an architectural heel piece that gives it a bold, sculptural presence. This Thing of Ours, known for their incredible storytelling, created a launch that blurred the lines between sport, menswear, and design. Utility’s role in all of this was to help weave in some design classics from our collection – to reinforce a shared language of material, proportion, and restraint. A modest role, but one that we were only too happy to play.

The launch served as a nice reminder that the lines between disciplines are blurrier than we may give them credit for. Menswear stores can feel like galleries. Furniture showrooms host dinners. Sneakers borrow from architecture. And every so often, it’s nice to see those worlds collide this cleanly.

Photography by
thing.of.ours .uk