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Japanese Design Festival
16. & 17. November 2025
The Japanese Design Festival represents a wide and varied selection of designers and artisans. Each one is inspired in their own way by Japan, the aesthetics or craft techniques.
TICKETS: Entrance to the festival is 75 DKK per person per day.
The festival is a non profit and non sponsored event.
All profits go to children and young people in Seidokan Japan Center.
Den japanske designfestival repræsenterer et bredt og varieret udvalg af designere og kunsthåndværkere. Hver enkelt er inspireret på deres egen måde af Japan, æstetikken eller håndværksteknikkerne.
BILLETTERE: entré til festivalen er 75 kr. pr. person pr. dag. Festivalen er en non profit og ikke sponsoreret begivenhed. Overskud går til børn og unge i Seidokan Japan Center.
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Design, craft, sensory and café
0 - 4 floor
At the festival you can discover 4,000 m2 of design, craft, sensory experiences. You can also relax and have a cup of sake, coffee or tea in our café, and maybe enjoy fine pastry.
The café is at the 4.th floor
The sensory salon is in the old basement.
Have a sensory experience
0 floor
New this year is our sensory salon situated in the old basement of Kosmopol. Here you will be able to listen, look, feel, taste and smell.
We will also be showing a short movie and we might have a special surprise.
The sensory salon is open trough the entire festival.
BILLETTO
PRICE 75 DKK
Entrance to the festival is 75 DKK pr. person. One ticket gives access to one day.
The festival is a non profit and non sponsored event.
all profits go to children and young people in Seidokan Japan Center.
With Japanese notes
In our little cafe you can enjoy fine pastry to stay or to go. Made by our good friend Mikkel, who is a pastry maker through many eyars. Mikkel brings his experiences from his trips to Japan into his work and blends Danish and Japanese notes.
Japanese organic tea, tea tasting (sensory room)
ioいほis a Copenhagen-based teahouse dedicated to the exploration of the potential of Japan’s organic and naturally farmed teas. Io sources all of their teas directly from the Japanese tea producers with a focus on the cultivation of tea gardens without the use of pesticides and artificial fertilisers.
Japanese Onigiri
Ambitious Japanese cuisine made with fine Danish quality ingredients. Saito will be having a pop up cuisine serving delicious Japanese Onigiri - to stay or to bring home to enjoy.
Concept and designstudio
Concept and designstudio specialized in prefabricated modular houses from wood. As part of the concept Njordrum HOME designs also both building components, furniture, lighting and home accessories - all part of the concept and desire to deliver a complete and coherent, sustainable design experience.
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Design Studio Lars Vejen
Designer and architect driven by the desire to make a difference and to create products that last in form, function and quality, Lars Vejen specialises in creative development, interdisciplinary collaborations and
design of high quality products.
Handmade Ceramics by Longfei Wang aka Tosei
Tōsei folds East Asian philosophy into Scandinavian aesthetics using traditional techniques. Tosei’s pieces are crafted with self-blend glaze using locally sourced Danish clay and wood ashes and then fired with renewable energy. Core to his artistic process is respecting the naturalness of clay and other earthly materials.
Bespoke Wood Work
Interior architect Anton Normark and cabinetmaker Andrea Stokholm creates bespoke wood work based on the passion and interest in craftsmanship, form and design. Back ground from Toyama University, Japan and the Royal Danish Academy of fine arts.
Design
MOTARASU gathers Japanese and Danish designers in one brand, thereby emphasising the common design styles and traditions. Art and nature are key elements in all of MOTARASU designs and the results are poetic, tactile and functional objects.
Japanese Art & Aesthetic by Malene Wagner
Art historian and art dealer, Malene Wagner, specialises in Japanese woodblock prints. She has curated several exhibitions in DK and abroad with a special focus on original Japanese prints of the 20th and 21st centuries. Contributor to several publications, including Tokyo Weekender, Apollo Magazine, Journal of Japonisme and Kinfolk Magazine.
Ceramics
Ceramic work based on Japanese philosophy focusing on earthy material and aesthetics, which appears in form, color and structure. In his ceramics, he uses exclusively the yakishime method (unglazed) to give the objects a harsh and earthy feel.
V. Zenia Ekdal
Bespoke paper reliefs and art work made of Japanese Washi paper and cotton paper. A study of fibres and cellulose and an ode to the craft of handmade paper.
V. Peter Fogh
Sake expert Peter Fogh shares stories and facts about sake brewing, the different types of sake and the exciting breweries he has visited on his trips and sake education in Japan.
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V. Steffen Bach
Top quality knives by former Geranium Chef Steffen Bach. As an apprentice for 4 years under master Keiichi Fujii and Tower Knives Osaka, Steffen is only one out of three foreigners outside of Japan, who has learned to master the legendary art of Japanese knife sharpening.
