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20th-century and contemporary modernist flatware from the 10,000+ pieces collection of Dung Ngo @misterngo

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Incredible weekend in Denver to celebrate @misterngo’s @knifeforkspoon.co exhibition at the @denverartmuseum with my daughter Faye. Mister Ngo curated my first significant photography exhibit at Rice University around 1998. Check out his work @augusteditions and August Journal. Hotel Populus Denver by Jeanne Gang was the place to stay. Gio Ponti, Daniel Libeskind, Michael Graves, and meowwolf.

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The 13th edition of 3 Days of Design took place in Copenhagen from June 10–12, 2026, drawing an estimated 120,000 international visitors across eight distinct design districts. Operating under the theme “Dare to Inherit,” the 2026 festival focused heavily on circular materials, material innovations (like e-waste composites and structural aluminum), and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
#3daysofdesign #3daysofdesign2026 #danishdesign #copenhagen #designcph

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Può succedere, se si è ospiti di Dung Ngo, che chiedendo una posata mancante ci si senta rispondere: “Quale delle 10mila?”. Nato e cresciuto in una famiglia di origini asiatiche negli Stati Uniti, Ngo da bambino si destreggiava altrettanto bene con bacchette e posate. Poi però ha preferito le seconde, anche in seguito ai suoi studi di architettura: «Ernesto Nathan Rogers diceva che un architetto dovrebbe saper progettare dal cucchiaio alla città. Amo le città ma per me sono un mistero: la scala che comprendo e controllo meglio è quella del cucchiaio».

L’oggetto che ha dato il via alla collezione è un set acquistato da un antiquario di San Francisco nel 2000: «Avevo trent’anni e pensavo: sono adulto ora, devo comprare qualcosa che meriti la mia attenzione. Fui subito rapito da alcune posate progettate da Tapio Wirkkala». Per lui le posate sono oggetti intimi: «Quanti altri oggetti di design mettiamo in bocca?»

La sezione modernista della collezione @knifeforkspoon.co di @dungngo è protagonista della mostra “Knife Fork Spoon” al @denverartmuseum .

1. Jean-Marie Patois, Esotismo (Exoticism), 1988; 2. Carsten Jorgensen, Picnic, 1979; 3. Raymond Loewy, Air France Concorde (1), 1976; 4. Kelsey Fairhurst, Just a Fork, 2022; 5. Ergonomi Design Gruppen, Eat and Drink, 1978; 6. Hans Karl Rodenkirchen, Farbenbesteck (Colored Cutlery), 1962; 7. Helen von Boch and Federigo Fabbrini, La Bomba (Bombshell), about 1970; 8. Unidentified designer, Tiny Tots Feeding Set, 1940s; 9. Shigeo Fukuda, Hi-Sense, 1990; 10. James Shaw, Plastic Baroque, 2019.

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It can happen, when you're a guest of Dung Ngo, that if you ask for a missing piece of cutlery, you'll hear the reply: "Which one of the 10,000?" Born and raised in the United States to a family of Asian heritage, Ngo grew up equally adept at using chopsticks and Western cutlery. Eventually, however, he developed a preference for the latter, influenced in part by his studies in architecture: "Ernesto Nathan Rogers used to say that an architect should be able to design everything from a spoon to a city."

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3 days of design & lifetime of inspiration in Copenhagen summer

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Layering your home with soulful objects with Arzu Kartal — I believe in transforming spaces not just with furniture, but with designs that carry character and soul. The pieces in this selection are unique creations that turn everyday living into an aesthetic experience. Among the objects I’ve carefully curated, which one is your favorite?

#design #interiordesign #objectsofdesire #designinspiration #interiorstyle

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Thank you Copenhagen 🇩🇰 ♥️

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3 Days of Design @arkjournal 🤍

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Year after year, Copenhagen becomes a meeting point for the design community.
A city-wide gathering where brands, designers, makers, and visitors come together not only to showcase work, but to share perspectives.

This year, I found myself particularly drawn to projects that celebrated materials, craftsmanship, and the human stories behind them. The installations that stayed with me were not necessarily the loudest ones, but those that revealed a thoughtful process, a cultural narrative, or a genuine connection between people and the objects they create.

Already looking forward to the next edition 🪩

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DESIGN / DIALOGUE y ya está
@arkjournal 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

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I am honored to be participating in Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0, on view June 10–12 in Copenhagen alongside an inspiring group of artists, designers, and architects, and in the exhibition Knife Fork Spoon at the Denver Art Museum (@denverartmuseum ).

For this project, Dung Ngo and Marta invited me to create a set of flatware to accompany Dung’s forthcoming book, Knife Fork Spoon: Modernist Culture 1900–2025. The mandate was to develop a collection that could be fabricated entirely through stainless steel 3D printing.

For the resulting Three Kingdoms Collection, I focused on two priorities. First, a commitment to function—the pieces needed to feel balanced in the hand, enjoyable to hold, properly weighted, and worthy of everyday use. Second, I wanted to embrace the unique possibilities of additive manufacturing. Because these objects are fabricated one layer at a time, intricate structures and delicate details can be preserved in a way that mirrors biological systems, which themselves aggregate one cell at a time.

As usual, I looked to the natural world for inspiration, and found so many extraordinary lightweight lattice structures that it was difficult to choose. I selected forms from three different kingdoms of life. The dried fibrous skeleton of a cholla cactus (plantae) became the fork, the Turing patterns of a puffer fish (animalia) inspired the knife handle, and the delicate veils descending from the caps of stinkhorn mushrooms (fungi) informed the spoon.

Though drawn from vastly different organisms, each offered a remarkably elegant solution to structure, strength, and economy of material.

Animalia — Knife
Plantae — Fork
Fungi — Spoon

Organized by Dung Ngo (@misterngo / @knifeforkspoon.co ) presented by Marta (@marta.losangeles ).

Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0
3 Days of Design
Copenhagen
June 10–12, 2026

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If you’re visiting 3daysofdesign this week, these are the places I would prioritise.
A mix of craftsmanship, material innovation, emerging designers, installations and good fun.
#inspiration #3daysofdesign #recommandation

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